Peninsula Fine Arts Center - AQUATIC: Expressions of Water in Art

Peninsula Fine Arts Center

Mariners' Museum Park
101 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606

 AQUATIC: Expressions of Water in Art

 July 20-October 6
 Aquatic explores the theme of water in art, from paintings of the beach to photographs of ship passengers to Japanese block prints and beyond. Curator Michael Preble has assembled more than 100 pieces reflecting water in four themes:


A Day at the Beach
Conceived from both a literal and metaphorical point of view, “A Day at the Beach” surveys works by both national and regional modern and contemporary artists. It includes paintings and photographs by Virginians Charles Goolsby, Chuck Larivey and Sam Krisch. Nationally known artists Graham Nickson, John Lees, Megan Rye and David Dewey are also represented in the exhibit, presented in the Ferguson Gallery.

447 Afternoon Drink 20x20 oil on linen

661 Observing the Break 24x24 oil on linen
Floating
“Floating” is an insightful and playful look at artful representations of boats in contemporary craft and folk art, graphic design, painting, prints and popular culture. The exhibit includes a print of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” a ceremonial canoe from New Guinea, a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz and prints by Rockwell Kent.

Hiroshige's Waters
Block prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, one of the most prolific and well-known Japanese printmakers of the 19th century, along with works by Hiroshige III and Hiroshige III, will line the Ascending Gallery walls in “Hiroshige’s Waters.” (Left, Utagawa Hiroshige, #44 The Torch Shrine in Oki Province, 1853-56, ukiyo-e print.)

Swimming Holes
In the Halsey Gallery, “Swimming Holes” features photographs by Christian Johnston, a Portsmouth native, and Debra Gitterman. Johnston and Gitterman photographed Greene County residents in upstate New York enjoying their favorite swimming holes, a cherished pastime of country life.

“Aquatic” is sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding.
Peninsula Fine Arts Center | 101 Museum Drive | Newport News, Virginia, 23606 | 757-596-8175
ninsula Fine Arts Center | 101 Museum Drive | Newport News, Virginia, 23606 | 757-596-8175