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Department of Art
College of Fine Arts
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
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For adaitional BESSA orease contact the Department of Art Exhibitions Ortce at ESETGISELE «2s born in Vienna, Avstia, of
‘Aeican pares, and moved 19 New York as a
hid. He attended schools n New York ncling
‘The School for Social Research and Bard College
subsequently moving fo the Chicago area. Orig
Aly working an enameter, Loving has shown
prominently as an pater n Chicago since the late
50, The mots and techniques i is paintings are
reminiscent ofthe Iyical absracions of Paul Kee,
whie Lovng’s expressive use of color and pattern
Suggest mystery anc tariasy. Parterns are deve
‘oped through the use of doted lines superposed
{on colar fields as they move outwars rom baie geo
abe matt ike ripples on water or echoes. Since
4961, Renard Loving has taught al the Schoo of the
‘vt inte of Chicago, and in 1982 was a recipient
‘lhe Senior Felowship Grant ram the National
Endowment forthe Ars. He's represented by Roy
Boyd Galey in Chicago, His at appears inthe
colecions of The Ar Institute of Chicago; Bog
‘Warner Corporation, Cieag; Kemper Insurance
Corp. Long Grove, lino; Elmhurst Colege,
Eimhurat, lino linae Stata Museum. Sprngtiel
Ico; Josyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebaska
Prudential Insurance Co, Chicago: Fist Nabonal
Bank of Chicago: and the Conrad Hiton, Cheago,
Department of Art
College of Fine Arts
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5188
vents
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PEREREMTEE ororinent inte Detroit at com
Tunty as an ars! fr more than two decades, wil ex:
hit a cotecton of his work enttledMaden Voyage,”
The exhibition wil nude pairings, works on paper
cast paperwors, and ftemic mixed-media ScuplUes.
“The recent sculptures an cast paperworks wer
spires by images of Astraian aboriginal and Acan
primal cutures. "The paperworks, which contain ee
‘onts of cofage, mxed:meda assemblage, and br
ing, echo wih reference to totemic tubular structure
present in DARK'N’ LOVELY. Johnson says. A
halve of Devo, Johnson received both hs BFA and
MFA dagroos Wom the University of Michigan, He has
been Professor of Drawing ard Painting atthe Center
for Creative Stes in Data since 1975. He has
fexhibtes at: The Devo lnsttute of As (25 shows);
the Whitney Museum of American At (3 Shows); Fint
Institute of Ars; the Grand Rapids At Museum
‘Saginaw Ar Museum; Cranbroak Academy Museum ot
'at the Universtyof Michigan Musoum of Art: Krasge
‘at Musoum at Mchigan Stato Univesity: and the
Kalamazoo Ineitute of Aris. A eoocted it of
calactons includes: Holzman and Siverman
Compares, Farmington Has; The Aa Canter Bato
Creek: The Devo Insitute of Ars; Fit Instute of
‘rs the Univaray of Michigan Museum oft, Ann
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
‘Arbor City of Hope, Los Angeles; Johnson Publishing
(Co, Chicago: and Osaka University ofthe Asn
slapan. Johnson is represeated bythe CantorLemberg
Galery in Birmingham, Mengan, andi sted in Who's
no in American An
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