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SLU GALLERY HOSTS DIVERSE EXHIBITIONS

CANTON -- St. Lawrence University's Richard F. Brush Art Gallery opens 
three new exhibitions this month, displaying a diversity of styles, media 
and subjects.
	"Every Bead A Prayer," opening January 22, is an exhibition of 
thangkas by Russell Ellis. Thangkas are Tibetan iconographic paintings used 
as visual support for meditation practice. Ellis, a Tibetan Buddhist, creates 
his thangkas using beads, and reciting mantras or prayers as he works. Each 
thangka is approximately 15 feet square and contains an estimated 450,000 beads. 
	A gallery discussion with Ellis will be held on Thursday, February 8, 
at 7 p.m.; the exhibition continues through February 16.
	"Male Gazing: Images of White Masculinity from the Permanent Collection" 
opens January 21 and was curated by Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Joel 
Morton. The exhibition, taken from works in the Brush Gallery's permanent 
collection, "contrasts traditional portraiture of elite white men with a wide 
range of artistic and popular images of white males, nude and otherwise. The 
exhibition de-mystifies the male gaze by transforming the conventional 
he-who-does-the-seeing into that which is seen."
	A public reception will be held to celebrate the exhibition on Monday, 
January 29, at 5 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibition continues through February 16.
	"Ben & Todd: Recent Works" will be in the gallery from January 21 through 
February 16, focusing on work by Ben Grant and Todd Matte. Matte will host a 
discussion in the gallery on Friday, February 2, at 3 p.m.; Grant will host a 
discussion in the gallery on Friday, February 16, at 3 p.m.
	Matte is a St. Lawrence University senior fine arts major from Canton, 
whose artwork has been included in previous gallery exhibitions. He was named 
a University Fellow last year, to spend part of the summer months studying 
installation art in Vietnam. Grant, also of Canton, is a student at the Cooper 
Union School of Art in New York City.
	The Brush Gallery welcomes individual and group tours; for more 
information, call 315-229-5174.

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