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from the issue of January 25, 2007
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Exhibit focuses on relationship of comic, high art
BY TOM WHITE, SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
Drawn from the permanent collection and loans from collectors, "Comic Art," a new exhibition at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, plots the relationship between comic and high art.
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COMIC ART – This comic art color lithograph, “Lead Pipe Sunday No. 2,” by Art Spiegelman, is included in the exhibition at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. The exhibition will coincide with a show by Chris Ware, a leading comic book artist from the United States. Courtesy photo.
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Chris Ware, one of the leading comic artists in the United States today, has written an essay for the gallery guide to the exhibition. In it, he shares his views on the place that comic art occupies in American culture and in the high art world today.
The exhibition, on view from Feb. 6 through April 29, will include works from Enrique Chagoya, Jon E. Gierlich and S. Clay Wilson, Howard Finster, Red Grooms, Philip Guston, George Herriman, Roger Shimomura, Saul Steinberg, Art Spiegelman and Walt Kelly, among many others.
Coinciding with this show at the Sheldon will be the "Chris Ware" exhibition, which will include drawings and other materials related to his upcoming graphic novel based in Omaha. It opens Feb. 16 and continues through April 29. Both exhibitions have received support from the Duncan Family Trust, Runza Restaurants and West Gate Bank.
Public events and programs related to the "Comic Art" exhibition are:
* Artist conversation, 5-7 p.m., Feb. 16. Sheldon curator Daniel Siedell and artist Chris Ware discuss comic art and both exhibitions in Sheldon's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. A reception will follow their dialogue.
| | CLASSIC CHARACTER – Work by comic icon George Herriman, featuring “Krazy Kat,” is included in the Sheldon exhibition. This image is watercolor and ink on board. Courtesy photo.
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* "Comic Art" panel, 5-7 p.m., Feb. 20. Moderated by Patrick Jones, a UNL history professor, a panel including Richard Graham, UNL librarian, Timothy Schaffert, an Omaha author, and Siedell will discuss the significance of comics. This event is sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council.
* Second Sunday gallery walk, 2 p.m., March 11. Comic artists Paul Fell and Bob Hall discuss "Comic Art."
* Comic art workshops for sixth graders, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 10 and 24. The workshops, which have a cost of $20 per student, are available to the first 50 students with paid registrations. For more information, call 472-1170. The workshops are generously sponsored by Security Federal.
With the exception of the workshops, all events are free to the public, as is admission to the exhibitions.
For more information, go online to www.sheldon.unl.edu or call 472-2461.
GO TO: ISSUE OF JANUARY 25
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