Union’s Mandeville Gallery is hosting its first general alumni art exhibit, “ReView: Five Union Alumni" through Oct. 14.
An artists' reception is scheduled for Oct. 4.
“ReView” represents alumni artists spanning more than 50 years and includes both men and women working in a variety of media. The only prior Gallery exhibit to feature Union alumni was a 2000 exhibition by women alumni artists in honor of the 30th anniversary of co-education at the College.
Rachel Seligman, director and curator of the Mandeville Gallery and curator of the Union College Permanent Collection, envisioned the exhibit after hearing numerous accounts of great alumni artists.
“I wanted to make an exhibit where the art would all work nicely together; to inform and benefit from the juxtapositions,” said Seligman. “There are so many great alumni artists of the College and I wanted a chance to celebrate their work and bring them to the attention of our community.”
Artists to be featured include Alfred J. Nadel ’56 (drawings and mixed media), painters Stephen Pentak ’73 and Linda Fisher ’87, Chester Urban ’93 (sculpture and drawings) and Nori Lupfer ’03 (photographs and prints).
Pentak has co-authored two books: “Color Basics” and “Design Basics,” and Lupfer was awarded a Watson Fellowship in 2003 to study “Circuses and Stunts: Photography of Entertainment in Motion.” She will display photography taken over the last eighteen months during an expedition to update the Garmin GPS marine database.
For additional information, contact Seligman at (518) 388-6729 or visit the Mandeville Gallery.