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The University Art Gallery at UMass Dartmouth continues its exhibition season with Science, Religion, Art: Greater New Bedford Area Artists Responding to Johann Jacob Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra, 1731-35. The exhibition will be on view from November 3, 2007 through January 10, 2008. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 3, from 3-5pm. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, was born in Zurich in 1672. A lifelong scholar, Scheuchzer's pursuits of knowledge were wide-ranging and diverse, from science to medicine to paleontology. Like many scientists of the late 17th and early 18th century, Scheuchzer held to the belief that the Old Testament was a factual account of the history of the earth. In his masterpiece, Physica Sacra, he would reference the 1611 King James Bible version with recent discoveries in the natural sciences. This work was unique because its investigation of the relationship between science and religion was presented within the framework of the current state of the visual arts--illustrated with inventive copper plate engravings by well-known artists such as Corvinus, Sperling and Linz. In a period before public museums, Scheuchzer presented a seductive view of an imaginary world, viewed through lush frames depicting secondary symbols, plants, animals, heads and other objects, providing the viewer rich material for an inspired vision of the interaction between the natural and the divine powers. This exhibition presents the work of sixteen artists from the greater New Bedford area, invited to respond to those aspects of Scheuchzer's work which fascinated them the most. The exhibition includes artists working in materials such as textile, metal, clay and wood, and includes work in the areas of installation, sculpture, painting, drawing, furniture and flower arrangement. The gallery has invited several former UMass Dartmouth graduate students who now reside permanently in the area to participate in the exhibition. The artists featured are: Sue Aygarn-Kowalski, John Borowicz, Margie Butler, Chad Frownfelter, Michael Hecht, Pat Kellogg, Roger Kizik, Sarah Martin, Elin Noble, Dianne Reilly, William Shattuck, Nicole St.Pierre, Kathy Tracy, Jane Tuckerman, Joyce Utting Schutter and Ann Wood. Noted science writer, Dorion Sagan, has written an introductory essay, "The Sacred Physics of Johann Jacob Scheuchzer," which will be on display as a wall text in the gallery during the exhibition. The University Art Gallery is located in the Star Store Campus of UMass Dartmouth at 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford. The gallery is open daily from 9am-6pm. All exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact Lasse Antonsen, Director, University Art Gallery, at (508) 999-8555, or lantonsen@umassd.edu.
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COPYRIGHT NOTIFICATION: Under the direction of the Visual Resource Center digital collections are made available to the UMass Dartmouth campus community for the sole purpose of classroom instruction and study in accordance U.S. Copyright Laws . All other uses are prohibited and are subject to copyright infringements.
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