What’s up this week in Charlotte’s visual arts?
Who to meet
On Feb. 7, get to know Matt Horick and his sculpture at the opening of his exhibition “Revert and Continue” at CPCC’s Pease Gallery. The exhibition will feature new wall-mounted and freestanding sculptures that are a continuation of the work he created while in residence at McColl Center for Art + Innovation in the summer of 2015. Sleek white sculptures of abstract forms will join brand-new work made of recycled sheet metal which retains its raw appearance. The artist will lecture at 4:30 and a reception will begin at 5:30. Exhibition on view through March 7.
What to do
Visit the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art to see the exhibition “Alfred Manessier,” on view through July 8. Manessier (1911-1993) began his fine art studies as Europe descended into war in the late 1930s and during that time found solace in the spirituality and mysticism of the church. According to the museum, he created abstract landscape paintings and prints “where the natural and spiritual realms would converse, offering spaces for both respite and resistance.” The exhibition includes the abstract work along with sets of illustrations created to accompany Christian texts.
Each week, Grace Cote and Lia Newman offer Observer readers a to-do list on immersing yourself in visual arts around town. Newman is director/curator of the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College, Cote is senior coordinator at Jerald Melberg Gallery, and they collaborate on the blog HappeningsCLT (happeningsCLT.com).
For a seasonlong visual arts calendar, go to: www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article172583126.html.
This story was originally published February 1, 2018 at 11:22 AM with the headline "What’s up this week in Charlotte’s visual arts?."