The Henry Koerner Center will display an exhibition of works by William Bailey, Kingman Brewster Professor Emeritus of Art, through May 22, 2019. Entitled William Bailey: Works on Paper, the exhibition features twenty-two works from a variety of media dating back to 1964.
In Bailey’s artist statement about the exhibition, he writes “This exhibition is made up entirely of works on paper … The earliest are two pencil drawings framed together that were studies for a painting called “N” inspired by Ingres’ Grand Odalisque. The two dark still lifes were done as possible book covers for my friend Mark Strand’s book Dark Harbor. The pencil drawings of figures were mostly from direct observation of models. The still lifes are all from memory and imagination. I am not a realist. These works are not about stories or ideas or things. I am simply trying to create a believable place to pursue presence and the possibility of transcendence.”
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