Disparate Dialogue: A Roger Kizik Retrospective
Curated by David B. Boyce
Self Snorkler
7 X 11"
Water Color, 2003
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Well-known along the Southcoast and throughout New England, Dartmouth painter Roger Kizik approaches painting as though it was an adventure.
His often large-scale paintings, whether representational or abstract, are full of colorful joie de vivre, forceful yet whimsical determination, and a high-pitched energy that combine to sweep the viewer into an enthusiastically inclusive and cooperative art experience.
Devil's Playground
Private collection
NBAM is pleased to present this retrospective exhibition of an artist most worthy of a look back over his life’s career, with examples of all phases of his work in several media.
As Roger’s attitude to his work appears celebratory, so NBAM offers this show in the same spirit — a celebration of Kizik’s passion and commitment to art.
Ululation
Private collection
Installation Photos
Kimberly Witham: Transcendence (photographs)
Curated by David B. Boyce
Deer Arabesque,
2007
Digital C-Print on Fuji Metallic paper, 24 X 24"
Now a resident of New Jersey, Kimberly Witham’s work caught curator Boyce’s attention while she was pursuing her MFA in photography at the UMass Dartmouth Star Store campus.
Following her progress since earning her degree, Witham’s “transcendence” is an exquisite series of color photographs inspired by Victorian post mortem images taken of animal victims of early and accidental death.
Carefully posed and photographed for posterity, the subjects live on like memories within their images.
Speaking about her work, Witham has said: “As I photographed these animals and birds, I began to notice intricacies of which I was never aware. The creatures in these photographs are so common in suburbia that they often go unnoticed; they are considered neither beautiful nor precious.”
Possum Paw,
2008
Digital C-Print on Fuji Metallic paper, 24 X 24"
In death, and through Witham’s extraordinary vision, these creatures romp and soar like dancers on a mythical astral plane.
NBAM Art Education Exhibition
Curated by NBAM Educational Staff
