Simmons College / Trustman Art Gallery
Katherine Muench, Cerny Hlava/Black Head Series, 1997.
Oil, oil crayon on mylar. 24" x 18"
Photo Credit: Kay Canavino





The Persistence of Paint

  • Diane Ayott
  • Francie Randolph
  • Susan Metzger
  • Katherine Muench
  • Rachel Perry Welty


    • MARCH 18 - APRIL 24, 1998




    The Trustman Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Boston chapter of the Women's Caucus For Art, is pleased to present "The Persistence of Paint" from March 18 - April 24, 1998. This exhibition celebrates Simmons College Women's Month as well as the 15th anniversary of the Boston chapter of the WCA. Students and faculty from the undergraduate Arts Administration major at Simmons organized this exhibit as part of their curriculum.

    Rachel Perry Welty,
    Dress Series #3, 1997,
    Mixed media on panel.
    6" x 6" x 1"
    Photo credit: Cliff Pfeiffer
    Francie Randolph
    Totem #12, 1996.
    Acrylic & plant print on wood panel,
    9" x 9" x 1"
    Photo credit: David Caras

    Juried by Nina Nielsen and Magdalena Campos-Pons, "The Persistence of Paint" demonstrates the enduring vitality of painting as an expressive medium. The show features recent works by five women artists:


    Diane Ayott fuses abstract mark making with subtle washes of pigment to capture fleeting nuances of shape and form. Combining paint, pigment, beeswax, and metallic leaf, Susan Metzger creates ethereal abstractions suggesting landscapes. The paintings of Katherine Muench employ raw colors and evocative texts to testify to the injustice and inhumanity of war. Francie Randolph layers computer-generated botanical images, varnishes, and graphite to explore the raw beauty of nature as well as the cycles of life and growth. Meshing feminine imagery with pages torn from her own journals, Rachel Perry Welty probes issues of loss, memory, and time.


    The Trustman Art Gallery is located on the 4th floor of the Main College Building at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. Gallery hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The gallery will be closed April 20. A reception and gallery talk will be held on Tuesday, March 31 from 4:30-6:30pm. Gallery events are free and open to the public. For more information regarding this exhibition please call Evelyn Kofler at (617) 521-2268.

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