Hart sculpture exhibit coming to Sage
Shannon Odell
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: Arts
Diane Deiss has known of Hillsdale for years, first hearing about the school from her state representative in Illinois. She said there are very few institutions in the country like Hillsdale. Knecht said that includes a commitment of the art department to traditional forms of art.
Deiss is glad to finally bring Frederick Hart's work to campus.
"It is a pleasure to be able to do anything for Hillsdale," she said.
Along with marble and clear acrylic sculptures, she said she also hopes to be able to bring one of Hart's bronze works to exhibit another aspect of his talent.
Knecht said Hart's work is phenomenal, describing it as "a mixture of anatomical excellence and powerful feeling."
Senior Gina Koshute, the head gallery manager at the Sage Center, is glad that the department is able to bring in work by talented artists such as Hart. She says that for art students, studying original works is like reading primary source documents for the history student.
"Artists," she said, "learn more from studying actual pieces of work than from reading about them in a book."
Koshute also praised the timing of the exhibit as it will overlap with a Center for Constructive Alternatives about the arts.
She said it is nice that the college has a chance to bring in a specialized collection when people interested in art will be visiting.
For his part Knecht said he is excited for the exhibit.
"The show has no definite theme except one in which the beauty of the human form is celebrated with grace and anatomical expertise."
Deiss is glad to finally bring Frederick Hart's work to campus.
"It is a pleasure to be able to do anything for Hillsdale," she said.
Along with marble and clear acrylic sculptures, she said she also hopes to be able to bring one of Hart's bronze works to exhibit another aspect of his talent.
Knecht said Hart's work is phenomenal, describing it as "a mixture of anatomical excellence and powerful feeling."
Senior Gina Koshute, the head gallery manager at the Sage Center, is glad that the department is able to bring in work by talented artists such as Hart. She says that for art students, studying original works is like reading primary source documents for the history student.
"Artists," she said, "learn more from studying actual pieces of work than from reading about them in a book."
Koshute also praised the timing of the exhibit as it will overlap with a Center for Constructive Alternatives about the arts.
She said it is nice that the college has a chance to bring in a specialized collection when people interested in art will be visiting.
For his part Knecht said he is excited for the exhibit.
"The show has no definite theme except one in which the beauty of the human form is celebrated with grace and anatomical expertise."
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