UB Gallery Will Present Sculptures By Lisa Hein, Installation By Lara Schnitger

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present an exhibition of elegant moving sculptures by American artist Lisa Hein that will run concurrently with a site-specific installation by Dutch artist Lara Schnitger.

The exhibit by Hein, curated by gallery director Al Harris F., will open with a public reception for the artist from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, and will continue through Nov. 7 in the gallery’s second floor exhibition room in the Center for the Arts (CFA) on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

While installing the show, Hein will meet with UB art students and will present an informal lecture at 4 p.m. on Sept. 25 in the CFA Screening Room.

Hein is a New York artist whose works, which often incorporate motor-driven fans and pumps, have been interpreted as models for chaos theory, as well as models of emotional equilibrium.

The installation and exhibition of the work of Schnitger, curated by gallery associate curator Karen Emenhiser, will open with a public reception for the artist from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, in the gallery’s first-floor exhibition space. It will run through Nov. 7. A selection of Schnitger’s photographs, collages and videos also will be exhibited.

Schnitger will meet with art students while at UB, and will present an informal lecture at 4 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the CFA Screening Room.

In her work, Schnitger addresses such classical concerns as formal balance and expressiveness, using what Emenhiser describes as “transitive, very non-traditional materials -- plastic, latex balloons and foam rubber -- with a delightful sense of humor that confounds the seriousness of her work.”