Exhibit: February 5, 2012 – July 1, 2012
Reception: February 5, 2012 — 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University’s TopSpin Series of exhibitions for emerging regional artists continues with Betsy Potter: Breaking Nature, which opens with a reception on Sunday, February 5, 2012 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The artist will give a talk about the work in the exhibition, which runs through July 1, 2012.
"In the late 1980s, Potter spent summers volunteering with the New York Natural Heritage Program. The program’s purpose was to find and catalog rare and endangered plant species across New York State. These experiences were the impetus for her poem Wilderness as well as many of the works featured in Betsy Potter: Breaking Nature. Her work is a synthesis of location, industrial invasion, corporate waste and the apparent submission of nature. Potter’s paintings communicate both the fragility and resilience of nature, and its uncertain future."
Michael Beam, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Michael Beam did a beautiful job on the installation.
