By TOM LAVIS
TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM
Two new exhibitions open Friday at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto.
“Twentieth Century Prints: Gifts of Allwyn and Ellen Levine” will be on view through June 5 in the museum’s Margery Wolf-Kuhn Gallery upstairs.
The other exhibition, titled “Robert E. Peary: Accomplished Arctic Explorer,” will be on view through March 6 in the rear Zamias Gallery.
Bobby Moore, SAMA’s interim curator, said the majority of works in the exhibition consists of large prints, both in black-and-white and vibrant colors.
“The prints were donated to the museum’s permanent collection in 2000 and 2004 by Allwyn and Ellen Levine,” Moore said.
“We have 55 prints by important 20th century printmakers.
“These are well-known printmakers not only on a national scale, but some have an international reputation, as well.”
The display will feature works from such artists as Jim Dine, Larry Rivers, Philip Pearlstein, Red Grooms, Alex Katz, Nancy Graves and Will Barnet.
Before the advent of the printing press, printmaking was used as a form of communication and was not considered to be an art form. It wasn’t until the 18th century that it began to be recognized for the art form it is today, Moore said.
Today, printmaking is still an important trend in the art world.
“The same techniques have been used for generations with excellent results,” Moore said.
The Peary exhibit is a testament to what the Cresson native had to endure to be the first man to reach the North Pole.
The display includes 13 prints generated from black-and-white photographs and hand-tinted glass lantern slides gifted to the Cresson Area Historical Society by The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Peary was born in Cresson in 1856, but moved to Maine as a child after the death of his father.
“We have one print that shows Peary when he was a 4-year-old child,” Moore said.
After graduating from Bowdoin in 1877, Peary found work with the Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D.C., and later with the Navy, Moore said.
By the age of 30, he had made his first trip to Greenland.
Between 1886 and 1909, Peary spent more than 10 years in the Arctic, exploring the Greenland ice cap and the coasts of northern Greenland and Ellesmere Island.
“There are images in this exhibit that show the harshness of the environment that Peary encountered,” Moore said.
“There are prints that show Admiral Peary dressed in Arctic furs, the SS Roosevelt, as well as its captain, Robert Bartlett.”
In 1908, Peary embarked on his last expedition to try to reach the North Pole.
“We have prints showing Peary’s expedition at the North Pole on April, 6, 1909,” Moore said.
In the main gallery, “Shirley Goldfarb: The Later Years” exhibition continues through Feb. 20.
A majority of the 27 large-scale works were created between 1955 and 1979.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Information: 472-3920.
On display
What: “Twentieth Century Prints: Gifts of Allwyn and Ellen Levine.”
Where: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto.
When: Friday through June 5.
Admission: Free.
Information: 472-3920 or visit www.sama-art.org.
What: “Robert E. Peary: Accomplished Arctic Explorer.”
Where: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto.
When: Friday through March 6.
Admission: Free.
Information: 472-3920 or visit www.sama-art.org.
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