New London, CT. - Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces a new exhibition, Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line, opening March 7th and on view through August 23rd, 2009. Elizabeth Enders was born and raised in New London, Connecticut so it is a special honor for the Museum to mount the first retrospective of this important contemporary American artist.  Five decades of Enders’ work will be on view ranging from marine landscapes to large language-based paintings to small, intimate watercolor botanicals.

Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/Language/Line is curated by Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.  Kotik has been praised by the New York Times as “the unofficial but undisputed top talent scout” for artists in New York City.  Kotik will present a lecture Elizabeth Enders: The Line Revisited on Thursday, April 2.

Curator Kotik comments on Enders’ work: “Lyrical and meditative, Elizabeth Enders heightens our curiosity to learn more about the world around us, to penetrate deeper into the often-concealed magic of simple everyday experiences.  The power of Enders’ artistic persuasion energizes our perception to see the beauty in the simple willow twig as much as in the magnificence of the ocean.”

The exhibition is accompanied by an 80-page exhibition catalogue Elizabeth Enders: Landscape/ Language/Line that features an essay written by Guest Curator Charlotta Kotik, an interview with Elia by Irving Sandler, pre-eminent American Art Historian, and a foreward by Nancy Stula, Director of the Museum.  The catalog sells for $18 and is available in the Museum shop.

Part of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s mission is to respond and to appeal to the regional community.  In that spirit, the museum has planned an exciting schedule of programs to accompany this exhibition.  The programs are designed to engage people of all ages.

Lecture

Elizabeth Enders: The Line Revisited / Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:00 pm.

Charlotta Kotik, Guest Curator of the exhibition and Curator Emerita of Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum.  Kotik has known the artist for some time, making her insights particularly enlightening when visitors view the exhibition and then come to the lecture.  Wine and cheese reception at 5:00 pm. Reservations suggested. 860.443.2545 x 112.  $5 members, $10 non-members.

Lyman Allyn Art Museum is a community-based museum located in New London, Connecticut.  Founded in 1932 by Harriet Upson Allyn in memory of her father, Lyman Allyn, the Museum serves the people of Southeastern Connecticut and is free to New London families. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is a non-profit organization with 501(c) 3 status.  Housed in a handsome Neo-Classical building designed by Charles A. Platt, the permanent collection includes over 10,000 paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, furniture and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American and European art from the 17^th through 20^th centuries.

The museum is located at 625 Williams Street, New London, Connecticut, exit 83 off I-95.  The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 – 5:00 pm, closed Mondays and major holidays. For more information call 860.443.2545 or visit us on the web at: www.lymanallyn.org.