 | This work, titled "Three Goddesses Subduing the Giants," is one of Rob Anderson's drawings of "The Great Frieze" of the Pergamon Altar. |
A new exhibition opening on April 3 at the Jonathan Edwards College (JE) master's house will feature the work of California artist Rob Anderson.
"From Portraits to Pergamon: The Art of Rob Anderson" features drawings and paintings representative of the artist's work, the centerpiece of which is his drawings of the Pergamon Altar.
Anderson has drawn selections of the "The Great Frieze" of the Pergamon Altar, a 2,000 year-old marble sculpture. Measuring 400 feet in length, "The Great Frieze" wraps around the altar and depicts the fierce battle between the gods and the giants. Anderson first saw the Hellenistic altar, which originated in Pergamos, Turkey, and is considered the "Eighth Wonder of the World," while visiting Berlin's Pergamon Museum as a child.
JE Master Gary Haller has dedicated the living room area of his home to Anderson's sketches and paintings of the Pergamon scene, saying that the room will be "a kind of small version of the frieze of the Pergamon Altar."
The hallway and receptions rooms of the master's house will be devoted to Anderson's other works. The artist is particularly interested in the human form, and is noted for drawings and paintings of the human hand and flowers and for his portraits.
"Drawing flowers allows the artist to isolate a complex natural form and concentrate on its unique characteristics," says Anderson's friend, Ruth Hagopian, in an essay on the artist. "Within the human body, the hand is the complete embodiment of mobility and dynamic expression. The artist selected hand gestures conveying sensuality, anger, passion and reserve, as well as poses mimicking a particular flower. The hand drawings were simultaneously developed with his other subjects: flowers were drawn in the morning, until the light changed, hands in the evening, and portraits at midday."
Anderson will be the guest of a master's tea on Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m. at the JE master's house, 70 High St. The event, titled "A Conversation with Rob Anderson on Light, Flesh and Form," is free and open to the public. A public reception for the artist will take place at the exhibit opening later that evening 5-7 p.m. in the master's house. This event is also open to the public.
Anderson earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, and has studied at the David Hardy Art Studio and the California College of Arts and Crafts. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in California, in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, and in North Dakota, and has been featured in numerous group shows. It is in the public collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Achenbach Foundation, as well as in the Gay and Lesbian History Archives of the San Francisco Public Library.
"From Portraits to Pergamon" is on view through May 29. It is open most Thursdays or by calling (203) 432-0356.
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