UB Art Gallery to Present Exhibition of Work by David Schirm

Release Date: April 7, 2006 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Welcome to the Promised Land," an exhibition of paintings and drawings by David Schirm, chair of the new Department of Visual Studies at the University at Buffalo, will open in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on April 20.

UB Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with extended hours on Thursday until 7 p.m. For information, call 716-645-6912. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view through May 20.

Schirm's paintings and drawings stir religious themes and foibles together with miniatures from West and South Asia to address social, cultural and environmental issues. Allusions to environmental degradation, military doublespeak and cultural clashes are coded in highly saturated colors that create tension between political impact and beauty.

Schirm received his MFA in painting from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., after serving in the Vietnam War from 1967-1969. He has received a variety of awards and grants including the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Drawing grant and two Fulbright Fellowships, in 1995 and 2004. Schirm's work has been exhibited widely including at the Carnegie International, "Directions" in the Hirshhorn Museum in 1982 and "Painting and Sculpture Today" in the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1980. 

The UB Art Gallery is funded by the UB College of Arts and Sciences, the Visual Arts Building Fund, the Seymour H. Knox Foundation Fine Arts Fund and the Fine Arts Center Endowment.

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