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The Anthony Giordano Gallery at Dowling College Presents: Of Bodies and Buildings: Drawings by Joan Linder
Exhibition Dates:
October 28 - December 9, 2007
Reception: October 28, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Lecture by Joan Linder at 2:00 p.m.
OAKDALE, NY - The Anthony Giordano Gallery at Dowling College is
pleased to announce an exhibition of large-scale drawings by Joan
Linder. Ms. Linder's meticulous pen and ink drawings of singular
objects and figures evoke themes of war, death, banality and sexuality.
Her compositions present their often culturally or emotionally charged
subject matter in a detached, objective style.
In this work, various bodies and buildings are isolated in a manner
that subjects them to deliberate scrutiny and encourages reflection on
their larger significance. This scrutiny often unsettles conventional
relationships between seeing and being seen, between male spectators and
the objects of their gaze, as she compels us to look upon the exposed
bodies of nude men. In other compositions, she implicates us in
unsavory situations of captivity and torture. These works raise
questions about both the pleasures and the discomforts of looking, and
the sense of power and vulnerability that this often entails.
Located at the corner of Idle Hour Boulevard and Biltmore Avenue in
Oakdale, The Anthony Giordano Gallery at Dowling College is dedicated to
exhibiting and promoting contemporary, innovative and experimental work
by established, unaffiliated and emerging artists as well as artists
primarily from the New York tri-state metropolitan area. Through
exhibitions and educational programs, the gallery reflects, reinforces,
and complements the curricular dimensions of the Visual Arts Department
and addresses the cultural life and enrichment of the Dowling College
community, the general public, artists, and the Oakdale community at
large.
Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. and Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free. For more
information please call 631.244.3016 or visit us online at
http://www.dowling.edu/VISart/html/giordano/.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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