Hart sculpture exhibit coming to Sage
Shannon Odell
Issue date: 10/29/09 Section: Arts
Sculptures by Frederick Hart, the 20th century American sculptor, will be on display in the Sage Center for the Arts in November.
The Sage Center will be exhibiting four or five sculptures by the internationally recognized sculptor in in its lobby from Nov. 1 until Nov. 15. Sam Knecht, chairman of the art department, said the sculptures come from the private collection of Joe and Diane Deiss, supporters of Hillsdale College.
Born in 1943 in Atlanta, Frederick Hart was a prominent American figurative sculptor. Diane Deiss said Hart always enjoyed art and especially drawing, but when he discovered sculpture, which he considered drawing with weight and dimensions, he knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.
Hart's most famous piece is "The Creation Sculptures" on the west façade of the Washington National Cathedral. The three triangular relief sculptures over the cathedral's doorways, called tympanas, include his most famous called "Ex Nihilo." Hart also created a bronze statue for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial called "The Three Soldiers."
Residents of Northbrook Illinois, Joe and Diane Deiss are President's Club members and avid supporters of the school. Diane Deiss is an employee of Chesley LLC, a company that distributes Hart's work to a network of galleries who then sell his pieces. She obtained the sculptures that will be on display in different ways - a few were given to her, and she purchased others.
One of the sculptures that will be on display is called "The Three Graces," a piece Deiss bought for her husband when they were married. Deiss explained that Frederick Hart "desired to work in the classic mode of sculpting, but in a medium that was never used by another artist in generations before."
"The Three Graces" is one such piece, made of clear acrylic, a medium Hart described as "sculpting with light." Other pieces in the exhibit include sculptures named "Spirit Song" and "Grotesque With Violin and Skull."
The Sage Center will be exhibiting four or five sculptures by the internationally recognized sculptor in in its lobby from Nov. 1 until Nov. 15. Sam Knecht, chairman of the art department, said the sculptures come from the private collection of Joe and Diane Deiss, supporters of Hillsdale College.
Born in 1943 in Atlanta, Frederick Hart was a prominent American figurative sculptor. Diane Deiss said Hart always enjoyed art and especially drawing, but when he discovered sculpture, which he considered drawing with weight and dimensions, he knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.
Hart's most famous piece is "The Creation Sculptures" on the west façade of the Washington National Cathedral. The three triangular relief sculptures over the cathedral's doorways, called tympanas, include his most famous called "Ex Nihilo." Hart also created a bronze statue for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial called "The Three Soldiers."
Residents of Northbrook Illinois, Joe and Diane Deiss are President's Club members and avid supporters of the school. Diane Deiss is an employee of Chesley LLC, a company that distributes Hart's work to a network of galleries who then sell his pieces. She obtained the sculptures that will be on display in different ways - a few were given to her, and she purchased others.
One of the sculptures that will be on display is called "The Three Graces," a piece Deiss bought for her husband when they were married. Deiss explained that Frederick Hart "desired to work in the classic mode of sculpting, but in a medium that was never used by another artist in generations before."
"The Three Graces" is one such piece, made of clear acrylic, a medium Hart described as "sculpting with light." Other pieces in the exhibit include sculptures named "Spirit Song" and "Grotesque With Violin and Skull."
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