Wesleyan University's Davison Art Center presents "Into the Image: Art in Miniature Across the Centuries" October 11 through November 24, 2019
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669). "Man Drawing from a Cast," ca. 1641. Etching on cream laid paper. First state; shadow behind cast’s head barely distinguishable from shading on side. Plate: 93 x 63 mm (3.7 x 2.5 in.). DAC accession number 1947.D1.217. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1947. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: R. Lee).
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Middletown, Conn.—Wesleyan University's Davison Art Center presents the exhibition "Into the Image: Art in Miniature Across the Centuries" curated by Miya Tokumitsu from Friday, October 11 through Sunday, November 24, 2019. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from Noon to 4pm. Gallery admission is free. Please see below for more information about the exhibition.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception and gallery talk on Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 5pm in the Davison Art Center, located at 301 High Street on the Wesleyan campus in Middletown, Connecticut. There will be a gallery talk at 5:30pm by Miya Tokumitsu and Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek and Professor of Classical Studies. The opening reception is free.
This will be the final exhibition in the Davison Art Center’s current gallery at 301 High Street. A new gallery will be built across campus between Olin Library and the Public Affairs Center over the next few years.
The exhibition will be closed from Friday, October 18 through Wednesday, October 23, 2019.
About the Exhibition
What lies behind the miniature's mysterious power to draw us in? Anyone who has gazed at a book illustration or spent hours enthralled by a smartphone screen understands the pleasure of absorption that beholding small things can provide. Collectability, demonstration of artistic virtuosity, and intimacy between spectator and object all imbue the miniature with certain charms. This exhibition of miniature artworks—drawn entirely from the Davison Art Center collection—features objects made across several centuries, and includes pieces by Rembrandt van Rijn and Henri Matisse.
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A digital image suitable for reproduction is available above. Please note that the image may be used only in direct connection with this press release or with other timely coverage of the exhibition it concerns. For further information please contact Andrew Chatfield, Director, Arts Communication at (860) 685-2806 or achatfield@wesleyan.edu.