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MEDIA CONTACT: Art and Music Library (585) 275-4476 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800
July 9, 2003
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Thursday, and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; from Thursday, July 10, through Tuesday, Aug. 26, in the Gallery at the Art and Music Library, located on the ground floor of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
The Gallery at the Art and Music Library at the University of Rochester is
presenting an exhibition of paintings by William Bond Walker from Thursday, July
10, through Tuesday, August 26.
The exhibition includes abstractions done chiefly in acrylic on paper or board
and show Walker's concern with color and geometry.
"At a time when many artists work in video or installations and environments,
I prefer to paint," said Walker. "In the past I have worked in larger
formats, 48 by 60 inches, but in recent years have preferred smaller paintings,
and keep several sketchbooks going with improvisations in paint."
A retired chief librarian from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walker lives and
paints in Canaan, N.Y., near the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. He studied
art in Taos, N.M., and in Los Angeles before earning his degree at the University
of Iowa.
Walker will attend the exhibition's closing reception from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday,
Aug. 24.
Hours for the Gallery at the Art and Music Library, located on the ground floor
of Rush Rhees Library on the River Campus, are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Thursday,
and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information,
call (585) 275-4476.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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