"Mary at the Third Millennium: Images
of the Virgin in Art"
New Exhibition at Hillwood Art Museum Opens February 7
An exhibition of images of the Virgin Mary, including paintings,
sculptures, drawings and liturgical objects, opens at the Hillwood
Art Museum at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
on February 7 and remains on view through April 2, 2000. These
works span some six centuries of Marian art - from the Gothic
period through the 20th century - and include works by well-known
artists such as Guido Reni, Elisabetta Sirani, Jacques Stella,
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo and Audrey Flack.
Other works exhibited have been attributed to important artists
such as Nicholas Froment and Peter Paul Rubens. Also on display
are a number of anonymous works from Eastern Europe, Latin America
and Africa, which reflect the multi-cultural richness and stylistic
diversity of the timeless image of the Virgin Mary.
Catherine Larkin, visual resources curator and adjunct professor
of art history at the C.W. Post Campus, organized the exhibition
with loans from museums and private collections in the tri-state
area, supplementing three works from the University's holdings.
According to Professor Larkin, "This exhibition could not
have come at a more opportune time. As the new millennium arrived
in a wake of interest and public debate over this subject matter,
many scholars and members of the popular press focused their
attention on the Marian image. The exhibit is an occasion to
present images of the Virgin Mary to students, scholars, and
members of the surrounding community, affording them the opportunity
to study this subject in art in the context of the twenty-first
century."
Opening Reception
The opening reception for Mary at the Third Millennium: Images
of the Virgin in Art will be held at the Hillwood Art Museum
on February 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. The reception, exhibition and
the following lectures are open to the public at no charge and
will take place at Hillwood Art Museum:
Lectures
- Tuesday, February 22: Catherine Larkin, curator, "The
Image Looks Back A History of Icons," 7 p.m.
- Tuesday, March 7: Dr. William Clark, Queens College,
CUNY, "The Spread of the Cult of the Virgin in Western Europe,"
7 p.m.
- Tuesday, March 28: Dr. Anne-Marie Bouche, Princeton
University, "Late Medieval Objects of Private Devotion,"
7 p.m.
These lectures are made possible with support from The John
P. McGrath Fund of Long Island University, The New York Council
for the Humanities and The National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Hillwood Art Museum is open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday from 9:30 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Admission to the museum is free; the public is invited to all
events. For more information please contact the museum at (516)
299-4073 or via e-mail: museum@hornet.liu.edu
The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is located
on Northern Boulevard (Route 25A) in Brookville.
