The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Presents Gabriel Warren's Sculpture

Written by Loretta Williams Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:34

Nashville, Tennessee.- The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to present "Polar Probings: Sculpture by Gabriel Warren". A reception and gallery talk will take place in the Fine Arts Gallery on Thursday, October 13th with the reception held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., and the gallery talk given at 6:00 p.m. The exhibition will then reamin in display through December 8th. Gabriel Warren creates sculptures using natural ice formations as source material. As noted by the artist, his sculptures are “intended to reflect the beauty of the natural sources from which they emerge… They represent my attempts to triangulate an understanding of a single natural phenomenon: ice.” Warren adds, “although ice is not the only source in the natural world for my sculptural probings, it is the dominant one and has been so for decades. Ice exhibits mindnumbing variability and variety on a visual plane, and, on a scientific one, understanding its behavior is key to understanding many other components of our world.”

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery will present a number of works by Warren, each layered with meanings and references to the condition of the planet and based on his close observation of the way ice behaves, including an outdoor sculpture installation that Vanderbilt has acquired from the artist, adjacent to Cohen Memorial Hall, the home of the Fine Arts Gallery. Warren received his bachelor of fine arts from the Rhode Island School of Design and has studied at the Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy; Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts; the Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; and the Externat Notre Dame, Grenoble, France. Dividing his time between his studio and residence in Rhode Island and his summer home in a primitive cabin he built on a sea cliff in Nova Scotia, Warren has traveled twice to Antarctica, making his 1999 trip as the recipient of a National Science Foundation "Artists and Writers in Antarctica" grant, returning again in 2006 under the aegis of the National Science Foundation. His art has been shown at the Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts; Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island; Hunter College, New York, New York; and the Quay School of the Arts, Wanganui, New Zealand, among many other museums and galleries.


The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, is a leading collegiate art gallery. Beginning with Anna C. Hoyt's generous donation of 105 Old Master and modern prints more than 50 years ago, the collection has continued to flourish and increase the depth, diversity, and number of its holdings. Now totaling more than 5,500 works, it serves to illustrate the history of world art in its most creative and comprehensive aspects. This art historical collection is the only one of its kind in the area, serving the needs of students and the wider community. The collection has grown to include strong works in East Asian art with the Harold P. Stern Collection, the Chauncey P. Lowe Collection, and the Herman D. Doochin Collection; European Old Master paintings with the Samuel H. Kress Collection; paintings from the Barbizon school; and African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian art and artifacts from the Marjorie and Leon Marlowe Collection. In recent years, the gallery has sought to increase its holdings of works by internationally recognized contemporary artists. Examples from this portion of the collection include Arion Press' Biotherm by Frank O'Hara with lithographs by Jim Dine; Louis Bourgeois' and Arthur Miller's Homely Girl, A Life, published by Peter Blum Editions; Paesaggi by Mimmo Paladino, published by Waddington Graphics; Leslie Dill's A Word Made Flesh and her Homage to N.S., published by Landfall Press; and Enrique Chagoya's The Enlightened Savage, published by Trillium Press; as well as graphics by artists such as Tjeu Teeuwen, Peter Foolen, Hans Waanders, Kees Verbeck, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Richard Long, Joseph Kosuth, Roni Horn, Mona Hatoum, Hamish Fulton, and Sol LeWitt. In addition to gifts of important pieces from university supporters, objects have been acquired through corporate and special purchases made possible with funds from the Vanderbilt Art Association, the Dr. and Mrs. E. William Ewers Gift for Fine Arts, and numerous private donors. The Fine Arts Collection is used for the development of temporary exhibitions as well as for student study and research. Therefore the entire collection is not on view in its entirety at any given time; however, the majority of the collection can be explored through our Collection DatabaseAdmission is free and the public is welcome to attend. Visit the gallery’s website at ... www.vanderbilt.edu/gallery

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