Opening Reception: Friday, June 13, from 5-7pm
On Display: June 14 - 21, Everyday 11am-4pm
The Cooperstown Art Association is happy to present the Side by Side: The Figure Explored, featuring a sale of figurative artwork by Raymond Han, through the Raymond Han & Paul Kellogg Foundation, and a display of artwork from Figure This!, our weekly community figure drawing sessions. Side by Side: The Figure Explored will be on display Saturday, June 14, through Saturday, June 21, from 11am-4pm each day in the ballroom gallery of the Cooperstown Art Association. An Opening Reception will take place on Friday, June 13, from 5-7pm. Sales of Raymond Han’s artwork will not begin until June 14 at 11am.
CAA patrons may remember our recent sales of Raymond Han’s artwork, 2022 & 2023, designed to benefit the Raymond Han and Paul Kellogg Foundation & The Cooperstown Art Association. This sale of work gives patrons the opportunity to purchase Raymond Han’s paintings as a thank you to the community he loved so much, and will feature a collection of figurative work by Han. The sale is open to the public, eligible purchasers must be a current member of the Cooperstown Art Association at the time of purchase. Memberships may be purchased or renewed at the gallery at any time. Membership discounts will not apply, sales will be limited to two artworks per household, and the purchaser is responsible for the packing and transportation of the artwork. We ask that sold paintings stay on display throughout the exhibit to be enjoyed by other visitors.
Late artist, Raymond Han, was an accomplished oil painter, well known for his work in the genre of photorealism. Of Korean descent, Raymond Han was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1931 and was based in New York City and upstate New York for most of his life, over the years having studied with Willson Young Stamper, Frank Mason and Robert Beverly Hale. His work has been exhibited in many notable museums and establishments, many of whom also have work of his in their permanent collections. Han passed away in Cooperstown, New York, in 2017.
Figure This! is the Cooperstown Art Association’s weekly community figure drawing group, operating regularly for the last two years featuring a rotating roster of live models and an open call to all community artists who wish to refine their artistry and deepen their technique. These artists were invited to display their work from these sessions, in conjunction with Han’s figurative artwork, to help give the viewer an extensive perspective of the utilization of the human figure in the visual arts. If you would like to learn more about Figure This!, and how to participate in the future, please contact the Cooperstown Art Association at (607) 547-9777. The exhibit was made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation of Otsego County.
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