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The Daily OrangeWar exhibits, classical art on display at Schaeffer
By Jimmy Gallagher
Posted: 9/5/07, 11:12 PM EST Section: Feature
Mythology, classical music and current events collide at SUArt's first reception of the fall semester, which runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
Three new exhibits will be on display: "Goya: Disasters of War," "Eyes on the World: Photographs from the Alexia Foundation" and "Icarus and Stravinsky: Color Prints."
The first, entitled "Goya: Disasters of War," is a rare collection of 82 prints that dates back to the 1810s.
"This is the first time that first-edition prints of this collection are being displayed in Central New York," said David L. Prince, associate director and curator of SUArt Galleries.
The theme of the Goya prints is particularly appropriate, considering the present state of United States and world affairs, Prince said.
"The subject matter [of the prints], the disasters of war, is timely, given the types of things that are currently happening in the Middle East and in Iraq," Prince said.
"Eyes on the World," the second exhibition, is a collection of photos from the Alexia Foundation. The photos were taken by 18 photojournalists, three of whom are SU graduates.
The Alexia Foundation is named for Pan Am Flight 103 victim and former Newhouse student Alexia Tsairis and was founded by her parents, Peter and Aphrodite Tsairis. The foundation, according to its Web site, is committed to "helping professional and student photographers produce photos that promote world peace and cultural understanding."
Matters covered in the photos include current conflicts in Africa, the legacy of the Chernobyl disaster, the controversy surrounding the Confederate flag and life on a Navajo reservation.
The final collection being showcased, "Icarus and Stravinsky," is a series of color prints by Swietlan Nicholas Kraczyna, a visiting artist from SU Abroad's Florence center who is teaching printmaking at SU during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Kraczyna's work focuses on the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, the boy whose wax wings melted when he flew too close to the sun, and how the myth connects with human nature.
"The Icarus prints focus on the metaphorical relationship between man and the Icarus myth, of mankind's own version (of) getting too close to the sun," Prince said.
Kraczyna's "Stravinsky" prints highlight his interest in composer Igor Stravinsky and, more specifically, his hand-written notes on the score for the "Rite of Spring," known as one of the first modern symphonies.
"Kraczyna took the notes from composer's hand-written score and used musical notation and built figurative images upon the subject," Prince said.
Three new exhibits will be on display: "Goya: Disasters of War," "Eyes on the World: Photographs from the Alexia Foundation" and "Icarus and Stravinsky: Color Prints."
The first, entitled "Goya: Disasters of War," is a rare collection of 82 prints that dates back to the 1810s.
"This is the first time that first-edition prints of this collection are being displayed in Central New York," said David L. Prince, associate director and curator of SUArt Galleries.
The theme of the Goya prints is particularly appropriate, considering the present state of United States and world affairs, Prince said.
"The subject matter [of the prints], the disasters of war, is timely, given the types of things that are currently happening in the Middle East and in Iraq," Prince said.
"Eyes on the World," the second exhibition, is a collection of photos from the Alexia Foundation. The photos were taken by 18 photojournalists, three of whom are SU graduates.
The Alexia Foundation is named for Pan Am Flight 103 victim and former Newhouse student Alexia Tsairis and was founded by her parents, Peter and Aphrodite Tsairis. The foundation, according to its Web site, is committed to "helping professional and student photographers produce photos that promote world peace and cultural understanding."
Matters covered in the photos include current conflicts in Africa, the legacy of the Chernobyl disaster, the controversy surrounding the Confederate flag and life on a Navajo reservation.
The final collection being showcased, "Icarus and Stravinsky," is a series of color prints by Swietlan Nicholas Kraczyna, a visiting artist from SU Abroad's Florence center who is teaching printmaking at SU during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Kraczyna's work focuses on the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, the boy whose wax wings melted when he flew too close to the sun, and how the myth connects with human nature.
"The Icarus prints focus on the metaphorical relationship between man and the Icarus myth, of mankind's own version (of) getting too close to the sun," Prince said.
Kraczyna's "Stravinsky" prints highlight his interest in composer Igor Stravinsky and, more specifically, his hand-written notes on the score for the "Rite of Spring," known as one of the first modern symphonies.
"Kraczyna took the notes from composer's hand-written score and used musical notation and built figurative images upon the subject," Prince said.
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