West Gallery Exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2010
Susan Shockley, Curator
(615) 862-8431 ext.222, susan.shockley@nashville.gov
Brenna Cothran, Registrar/Assistant Curator
(615) 862-8431 ext.225, brenna.cothran@nashville.gov
SPATIAL SCHEMES: OBSERVATIONS OF NATURE
Paintings by LISA RIVAS
THE PARTHENON
West Gallery
July 10 - October 30, 2010
The Parthenon is pleased to announce a new exhibition of artwork by Nashville artist Lisa Rivas.
Rivas creates large computer-generated prints on rice paper. “She actively paints with technology, layer upon layer, creating a complex environment. The shapes find their origins in Nature manipulated with the latest technology,” Curator Susan Shockley states.
Rivas visually dives into the landscape she wishes to portray, showing us a detail of what is already a detail. She repeats the shape she chooses with delicate and precise drawing. This is especially evident in Las Botanicas, which is a series of 10 x 10” natural shapes arranged in a grouping to create a large design, just as the small parts of nature create the larger ecosystem. Her vitally colored images, based on natural forms and shapes, suggest the repetition found in Nature. This concept of repetition is well known in mathematics as the Golden Mean. The Parthenon’s architectural proportions also conform to the Golden Mean.
Lisa Rivas holds a graphic design degree from The Hans Neumann School of Graphic Design in Caracas, Venezuela. She also earned a BFA in Fiber from Memphis School of Art, Memphis, Tennessee. She completed graduate work at The Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee and the Instituto Allende in Mexico.
Please join us for an artist’s reception on Friday, July 16, from 6-8 p.m. This reception is free and open to the public.
Homage, 2006, Digital image printed on canvas with archival
pigmented inks, 50 x 31 inches
HOURS
The Parthenon is open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In the summer months (June-August), add Sundays 12:30-4:30. The first Thursday of every month, the Parthenon is open until 7 p.m.
ADMISSION
Admission to the Parthenon is $6 for adults; $4 for seniors 62 and over; and $4 for children 4-17. Children under 4 are admitted free.
Admission includes access to all exhibitions as well as to the Parthenon’s upper level, graced by the colossal statue of the goddess Athena.
MEMBERSHIP
Members of The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, which supports the exhibitions and programming of the Parthenon, enjoy unlimited free access to the Parthenon. They also receive invitations to lectures, receptions, and other special events. Additional benefits include discounts at the museum store and free guest passes. To learn more about the Conservancy, please visit www.conservancyonline.com
ABOUT THE PARTHENON
The Parthenon, owned and operated by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County’s Parks and Recreation Department, is the city of Nashville’s longest-lived art museum. Opened as an art museum in 1931, its galleries are the home of the distinguished Cowan Collection of American art, and feature several temporary exhibitions per year. The galleries are housed on the lower level of the Parthenon, the world’s only full-scale replica of the fifth-century BCE temple in Athens, Greece. Beloved symbol of civic pride to Nashvillians since its original manifestation as the art building for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897, it welcomes hundreds of thousands of Nashvillians and visitors to the city per year. To learn more about the Parthenon, please visit www.parthenon.org
THE METRO BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION
The Metro Board of Parks and Recreation does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, national origin, or disability in admission, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities. For TTY (relay service), call 1-800-849-0299. For questions, concerns, or requests regarding the American Disabilities Act call 862-8400.