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9/20/04

'ZOO PORTRAITS' IN EXHIBITION AT SLU'S BRUSH GALLERY

CANTON – "Captive Beauty: Zoo Portraits by Frank Noelker" will be on exhibition 
in St. Lawrence University's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery September 30 through 
October 30. A slide lecture by the artist will be given on Wednesday, October 
20, at 7 p.m. in Room 123 of Griffiths Arts Center; it is open to the public, 
free of charge.
	In the foreword to the 2004 University of Illinois Press publication 
Captive Beauty: Zoo Portraits by Frank Noelker, famed zoologist Jane Goodall 
states, "Noelker's work makes a powerful statement. It is both beautiful and 
profoundly disturbing. He has captured, in this series of portraits, the very 
essence of the problem of zoos."
	The photographs in the exhibition are not merely shots of animals in 
zoo settings; the images convey an ambivalence. Their sad, stark beauty 
confronts viewers, challenging them to consider the nature, purpose and 
effects of zoos.
	Noelker is an associate professor of art at the University of Connecticut. 
His photographs of animals in zoos have been widely exhibited, both in solo 
and group exhibits, and are included in the permanent collections of a number 
of museums. He has published a limited-edition portfolio, Animals.
	For more information or to arrange individual or group tours, 
contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.

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Richard F. Brush Art Gallery Web site

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