Event: Illinois Wesleyan University’s Merwin and Wakeley Galleries present: Andrew Young’s exhibition a brush of bells, and Mee Kyung Shim’s exhibition Garden Story
Date: March 4 through April 1, 2003 (Galleries closed for Spring Break: March 15-23)
Time: Gallery hours: Monday-Friday: 12-4 p.m.
Tuesday evening: 7-9 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday: 1-4 p.m.
March 4 (Tuesday): 4 p.m. Gallery talk with Young and Shim,
5 p.m. opening reception for both exhibitions
Location: Merwin & Wakeley Galleries, Joyce G. Eichhorn Ames School of Art
6 Ames Plaza West, Bloomington
Admission: Free and open to the public
Background: On display in the Merwin Gallery will be the works of Chicago artist Andrew Young. His exhibition, entitled a brush of bells, will include a group of 25 collages that have been displayed in Illinois, North Carolina, Arizona, and Germany over the past two years. Young also will produce a large wall installation specifically designed for the Merwin Gallery.
Young’s work incorporates painting and drawing and taps into the rich history of collage. His collages skillfully combine botanical and bird imagery with pattern and color to evoke a mystical quality of other lands and times. He received his master of fine arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally and has been consistently recognized with reviews and awards.
On display in the Wakeley Gallery will be recent paintings by Indiana artist Mee Kyung Shim. Inspired by her Korean heritage and her study of Western art, Shim’s figurative paintings are an expression of her quest to find her own identity and to explore Korean philosophy.
Shim received her master in fine arts degree in painting from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. She has exhibited works throughout the Midwest and Korea. Shim currently lives and works in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Contact: For more information, contact Jennifer Lapham, director, Merwin & Wakeley Galleries, 309/556-3391.
