Faculty art, Culley works on exhibit

By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Services Editor

Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is no admission charge.

FACULTY ARTISTS: A FUND-RAISER, which opened Oct. 4, features small works by faculty painters, printmakers, photographers, illustrators and sculptors.

All works shown are reasonably priced and will be available for sale throughout the show, with proceeds to benefit students in the Department of Art. The show runs through Oct. 22.

DIAGRAMS: PAINTINGS BY ROBERT CULLEY will open on Thursday, Oct. 24, with a reception in the gallery from 6-8 p.m., and will run through Nov. 12.

Culley is an abstract expressionist whose cryptic visual elements include scientific iconography and references to autobiography and magic.

Gallery Director Kurt Kornacki says that to Culley, "science and art are related forms of investigation and celebration.

"Topological forms, a schematic drawing by Thomas Edison, an illustration from an alchemical treatise are all sources of imagery for Culley," he says. "He is a firm believer in the mystery of art and works from what he knows into the inexplicable. As Braque said, 'a piece is complete when the idea disappears.' So, too, with Culley."

Kornacki says that a great love and respect for materials permeates his paintings and constructions.