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Highlights: Print Selections from the Collection is a curatorial collaboration between David Freed and Barbara Tisserat. Says Amy Moorefield, Assistant Director and Curator of Collections, Anderson Gallery, “The exhibition Highlights continues a series of invitational exhibitions at VCUarts Anderson Gallery, which focus on specific sub-cultures of our collection and are curated by prominent artists. We are thrilled to have the expertise and talent of two renowned printmakers and VCUarts faculty members, David Freed and Barbara Tisserat; together, they have organized a stunning exhibition showcasing the historic and contextual intricacies of printmaking. Their interest validates the Gallery collection as a rich and important art historical resource.” Recently retired, David Freed was a full-time professor in VCUarts Department of Painting and Printmaking. Born in Ohio, Freed received his BFA from Miami University in Ohio and his MFA from the University of Iowa, where he studied under legendary printmaker Mauricio Lasansky. Freed has received numerous awards, including a Fulbright Grant for study in London. He has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Yugoslavia, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, England, and throughout the United States. His prints can be found in individual collections, as well as those of numerous museums, major corporations, and 15 American embassies throughout the world. Barbara Tisserat joined the faculty of VCU in 1978, where she continues to teach lithography in VCUarts Department of Painting and Printmaking. She earned a BFA from Colorado State University and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her prints have been exhibited in Japan, Peru, and throughout Virginia; she most recently had a major retrospective exhibition at the Visual Arts Center in Richmond in 2005. Her work can be found in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Institute in Chicago, and the New York Public Library, as well as in various corporate collections. With more than 5000 objects, VCUarts Anderson Gallery’s Permanent Collection is an important educational resource for the School of the Arts and VCU, as well as for other museums, galleries, and art institutions. The Anderson Gallery is committed to collecting works of all media that reflect the diverse classes offered by the departments of VCU’s School of the Arts. Areas of greatest concentration are works on paper from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries, photography and folk art. The exhibition Highlights will include some of the collection's most significant printed images in recognition of their distinctive quality and abiding relevance for contemporary viewers. |
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