Two new exhibitions are opening at the the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum on Thursday, January 15, 2015, and will run through April 23. Admission is free.
Here are the details:
Voices of the Island: The Cuban Art Collection of Reynier Llanes
Reynier Llanes is an artist, curator and passionate art collector, who has assembled a collection of paintings by mid-career contemporary, professional artists, including himself, from Pinar del Rio, a unique multicultural region of Cuba. The works in the exhibition consist of drawings and paintings in a multitude of styles, such as abstraction, magic realism, where surreal subject matter is painted in a photorealistic manner, and representational landscapes and still lifes. The 18 Cuban artists in the exhibition include Juan Suarez Blanco, Carlos Ulises Bretana Hevia, Reynier Llanes and Pedro Pablo Oliva.
Swim: An Artist’s Journey by Charles Williams
Hearing stereotypical statements, such as ” black people don’t swim,” along with having firsthand experience of nearly drowning, led artist Charles Williams’ fear of water. Despite his fear, Williams finds there is a strong and opposite emotional attraction to the ocean and other bodies of water. He is drawn to the seemingly endless array of waves formations and their haunting sensual nature. It is this push and pull attraction to and fear of water that has inspired this exhibit.
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is located at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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