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10/11/99

ADIRONDACK ARTISTS FEATURED IN BRUSH GALLERY AT SLU

CANTON -- The work of two artists based in the Adirondacks forms 
the basis of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery exhibition 
"Reconsidering Nature: Amanda Means and Frank Owen," which will 
be on display October 21 through December 10. The exhibition is 
curated by noted photographer Nathan Farb, who often uses Adirondack 
nature scenes as the subject of his work.
	Owen will give a public slide lecture on Thursday, November 4, 
and Means will give a public slide lecture on Wednesday, November 10; 
both events will be in Room 123 of the Griffiths Arts Center at 4:30 p.m.
	Means' photographs are taken by placing flowers directly in 
a photographic enlarger, allowing light to pass through both the lens 
and the flower to the surface of the photographic paper. She says, 
"This is a different kind of light than the reflected light used by 
cameras containing film. The light of my photographs seems to emanate 
from the image itself, in much the same way as the light that comes 
from within the accumulations of paint in a painting."
	She has exhibited her work in group and one-person shows 
throughout the U.S., Canada and England, and pieces are in a number 
of private, corporate and museum collections. Means is also a 
professional photographer, specializing in large-format works, and 
a contributing editor of BOMB magazine.
	Owen described his paintings as "matrices of visual and physical 
events that occur in layers and varying scales, utilizing juxtapositions 
and overlays of painted and photographic images." One of the pieces in 
the exhibition, "Floor of the Forest," was created in 1990, "in 
response to the regional uproar that ensued following the publication 
of the recommendations of the 21st Century Commission on the 
Adirondacks," according to Owen, who adds that he "covered the 
events...like a reporter, attending and photographing the meetings, 
conferences, rallies, protests and hearings of all parties."
	The Brush Gallery welcomes individual and group tours; for 
more information, call 315-229-5587.

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