Yesterday, Giertz Gallery at Parkland College opened a thematic exhibition of two artists who have a similar fascination with birds, but differ greatly in execution.
Retired Illinois professor Barbara Kendrick takes inspiration from the adaptability of avians while creating her collages. Brooklyn-based Monique Lucetti’s darker sensibilities are reflected in her drawings taken from museum specimens. Together, they be showing throughout the month of October, as well as hosting a handful of lectures, including a lunchtime presentation on 10/20/15 that will feature live owls and other birds to meet and greet courtesy of Susan Donovan of the Urbana Park District’s Anita Purves Nature Center.
[Barbara Kendrick, St. Franny, 2015, collage, 19″ x 16″
Monique Luchetti, Gyrfalcon,1985, 2015, pencil, gouache, watercolor on Nepalese lokta paper, 68″ x 30″]