Jul 10 through Aug 28, 2010

This exhibit remains admission free through the membership support of people like you!

Homelands captures the gentleness and beauty of Ireland and Israel, two countries whose tumultuous histories have fostered a strong sense of identity in their peoples. Wetmore has created portraits of American presidents, British royalty and various celebrities. Over the last three decades, his painting assignments have taken him all over the world. His work is included in the collections of the Royal Palace of Monaco, the Knesset in Jerusalem, the White House and Harvard, Duke and Emory Universities.

Also on display: Paintings by Ruth Ward Lyle in the Lynwood Artists Gallery

Gordon Wetmore Website

Jul 10 through Aug 28, 2010

This exhibit remains admission free through the membership support of people like you!

Artist Binh Danh was born in Vietnam in 1977, two years after the fall of Saigon. In 1979 he and his family left their country and eventually reached the United States. The experience of fleeing his homeland and his subsequent journey to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia inspired him to create artwork exploring time and memory. “This series ... continues my exploration of the photographic process. Photography has allowed me to meditate on death and its influence on the living. The themes of mortality, memory, history, landscape justice, evidence and spirituality encompass this [work],” states the artist.

This exhibition was organized by the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University. The exhibition and the accompanying publication were made possible by the Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Fund, Hollins University. Image courtesy of the artist and the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University. ©2010 Binh Danh.

Related Events:
An Evening with Binh Danh
Thursday, August 19 • 6:30 PM

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