Henry Moore Exhibition, Activity Center For Children Open At Colorado State University's Hatton Gallery
Monday, October 27, 1997
FORT COLLINS--An exhibition of prints and maquettes by
renowned British artist Henry Moore opens at Colorado State
University Nov. 3 at the Hatton Gallery in the Visual Arts
Building. The exhibition, which runs through Dec. 5, will open
with a reception 7-9 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Hatton Gallery.
Spanning more than three decades of the artist's career,
"The Sculptor's Line: Henry Moore Prints and Maquettes from the
William S. Fairfield Collection" features 27 of Moore's most
significant graphic works and five bronze maquettes completed
between 1950 and 1982.
Born into a coal-mining family in Yorkshire, England, in
1898, Moore earned international notoriety primarily for his
anthropomorphic abstract sculpture. He was a productive draftsman
throughout his life, and studied the subjects of his sculptures
through prints and drawings. Maquettes--small, three-dimensional
working models--served as an intermediary step between his prints
and drawings of sculptural forms and their ultimate realization
on a monumental scale.
In conjunction with the exhibit, art education students at
Colorado State have organized a hands-on activity center for
children in the Hatton Gallery.
"The activity center allows kids to experience the many
forms and shapes of art as a creative process," said Patrick
Fahey, assistant professor of art. "Kids can experiment with
print making, draw in sketchbooks, watch videos geared toward
youth, and play with found objects like pieces of wood and other
oddball things."
The activity center is free and open during regular Hatton
Gallery hours, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-4 p.m.
Saturday.
The works in the Henry Moore exhibit are drawn from the
William S. Fairfield Collection and represent more than 15 years
of collecting by Fairfield. The exhibit is curated by Andrew
Stevens, Curator of Prints and Drawings at Elvehjem Museum of Art
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, the exhibit
is toured by ExhibitsUSA, an organization whose purpose is to
create access to an array of arts and humanities exhibitions,
nurture the development and understanding of diverse art forms
and cultures, and encourage the expanding depth and breadth of
cultural life in local communities.
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