artist reception planned

[bill london <london@moscow.com>]

>
> The oil paintings of Sigrid Hart, an art student at the University of Idaho,
> will be on display at the Moscow Food Co~op Art Gallery Aug. 16 through
> Sept. 19, 2002. An opening reception will be Friday Aug. 16, 5:30-7pm.
> A German native, she was born in Landstuhl, Germany, and received a German
> education, graduating with her Abitur in 1995. After her immigration to the
> USA in
> 1996, she enrolled at the University of Idaho in fall of 1997. Since then
> she has been working and studying there to pursue a Bachelor's of Fine Art.
> Two notions about art are very important to her in developing her artistic
> career:
> It should be the result of an expressed emotional reaction to the world and
> it should be a masterpiece in technique and execution.
> She says:
> "My work revolves around the human figure, the quintessential subject matter
> and challenge of many artist generations. In addition, I focus not merely on
> copying historical paintings, but study master paintings at a historical,
> sociological, and technical level to comprehend, not to emulate, the immense
> heritage of the last 800 years of painting in Western Europe. This heritage
> is essential in developing my own style, in defining my place and time
> within history. However, I do refrain from any attempt to revive a certain
> historical period, due to the fact that all art forms belong to their own
> cultural time."
> The Moscow Food Co~op Art Gallery is located at 211 E. Third St. Moscow,
> Idaho and is open from 8 am-8pm daily.
>