Brown Professor Fishman to Have Sculptures Displayed at Bell Gallery

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Brown Professor Fishman to Have Sculptures Displayed at Bell Gallery

Fishman's Elm Tree Project
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University is set to debut a new exhibit titled “What Remains” on Wednesday, September 6.

The exhibit will show off sculptures and wall-mounted works by longtime Brown professor Richard Fishman.

The exhibit will run through Sunday, October 29. There will be an opening reception on Friday, September 15 at 5:30 p.m.

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The Exhibit

“What Remains” includes three types of work: sculptures emanating from his work with Elm Tree Project; a series of freestanding sculptures, and wall-mounted pieces that are described in the show’s catalog as “works that concurrently are (and are not) drawings, prints, molds, and sculptures.”

The Elm Tree Project started when a 100-year-old elm on Brown’s campus succumbed to Dutch elm disease in 2003.

Fishman launched a collaborative effort between Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design to work with the wood from the tree in multidisciplinary classes and projects.

“I thought it would be interesting to take this great natural wonder that made such an impact on Brown as a tree and do something else with it,” Fishman said.

Richard Fishman

Since he started teaching at Brown in 1965, Fishman has chaired Brown’s visual art department three times, led the Brown Creative Arts Council, and served as a driving force behind the creation of the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts.

In his career, Fishman has exhibited often and widely in solo and group exhibitions, received multiple awards and had his work collected by the DeCordova Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum, the Rose Art Museum and others.

Bell Gallery Hours

The gallery is open Monday through Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.


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