Reading, Pa.- The Freedman Gallery at Albright College will present the exhibit Kit Rank: Paintings, October 21 – December 10, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, October 21, from 5-7 p.m.
Rank brings her unique, visual perception of Chinese, Mexican, Native American, Italian and Japanese cultures to the Freedman Gallery. Her subjects overtly combine her interest in older cultures with satirical observations of contemporary life.
Rank shows how difficult it is for the old to embrace and accept modern life. Conversely, with the inclusion of an occasional self-portrait, she shows how the modern era can sometimes yearn for the traditions of the past.
Her meticulous method of working stems from an early influence of Japanese woodcuts. This allows her to eliminate the formal restraints of perspective by creating illusions of deep space through large fields of fragmented color and design. The resulting impression is one of complete freshness and clarity, showing a highly sophisticated level of abstraction.
Rank was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and studied at the Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, and the Art Students League in New York.
This exhibition is part of Albright’s year-long celebration of Women in the Arts. Albright’s Center for the Arts has chosen to focus this season – 90 years after women in America received full enfranchisement – on women and the arts to explore gender as both a potential limitation and source of inspiration in theatre, music, fashion and visual arts.
For more information about the artist and the exhibit, please visit www.albright.edu/freedman.
For information about programs for children and school groups please contact Beth Krumholz at 610-921-7776 or bkrumholz@alb.edu.
The Freedman Gallery is located in the Center for the Arts at Albright College on 13th and Bern Streets, Reading. For more information or disabled assistance, please call 610-921-7715.
Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus. The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education. Albright College enrolls more than 1,670 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education. Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.
