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August 14, 2008

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:
Solo exhibition "Remembrance of Things Present"
Paintings by Greg Lindquist, alumnus of NC State University
Illustrated brochure with essay by Cary Levine, assistant professor of contemporary art history at UNC Chapel Hill, will complement exhibition.

Greg Lindquist's work explores landscape as a memorial. A picture of a landscape is never simply a view. As a painting, a landscape is a physical fact and work of the mind. In viewing a landscape, an internal ethos is projected onto a perception of external environment. This exhibition documents Brooklyn's industrial past and future residential growth, depicting specific sites of building and decay in the present Williamsburg and Redhook waterfront. As American manufacturing has moved overseas, these unused warehouse buildings and structures—icons of the industrial revolution— have been transformed/reclaimed by luxury. The paintings balance a graphic sensibility with painterly animation and a subdued palette. Inspired by construction materials, Lindquist recently has begun to use a range of metallic pigments in his palette and has begun to paint on stainless steel panels. Lindquist work has been reviewed recently in Art in America, The New York Sun, The New York Observer, The Brooklyn Paper and NY Arts Magazine.

Visit www.greglindquist.com for images and to view the essay written by Levine.

WHEN:
August 20 - September 12, 2008
Closing Reception: September 10, 5-6 p.m.
Lecture: September 10, 6 p.m.

WHERE:
NC State University, College of Design
Brooks Hall Gallery, Raleigh, NC 27695

EXHIBITION HOURS:
Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Modified hours Labor Day Weekend (August 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; August 31 and Saturday, 1 – 1-8 p.m.)

COST:
Free and open to the public. Parking is free after 5 p.m. on campus. At other times, a permit is required. For details, visit www.design.ncsu.edu/directions

OF NOTE:
Artist is available for interviews.