‘Guys and Dolls’ on display in library’s fine arts gallery

MEGHAN HURLEY STAFF WRITER MLH722@CABRINI EDU

From March 5 to March 26, the art exhibit “Guys and Dolls” by Jaime Treadwell will be shown in the Grace and Joseph Gorevin Fine Arts Gallery in the Holy Spirit Library. There will be an opening reception on March 5 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. with Treadwell in the library as well. Admission is free.

There will be 16 oil paintings on canvas on display. They consist of one or two people set against a colored background with one or two other objects in the painting with them.

Treadwell describes his work in his art statement. He said, “My paintings depict figures that apply to a stereotype or a conventional ideal: isolated figures, taken out of context, wear clothing that allude to their social, political and cultural status; individuals pose alongside objects referencing or contradicting his/her background.”

Aperfect example of this would be his work titled “A Man’s Man,” that which depicts a wrestler in a ferocious costume, but he is also wearing a pink cape, is surrounded by two butterflies and set against a pink background.

“Overall, my wish is to combine conflicting sources to exist in a space of disturbed harmony; as a result, an unsettling humor resonates throughout every painting,” Treadwell said.

Treadwell was an applicant for a job interview and through that

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“We try to mount shows that show diversity and creativity, because that’s what art is all about, and Jaime satisfied that criteria,” Bethany said.

Treadwell graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland with a bachelor’s degree in painting and sculpture and from the University of Pennsylvania with a master of fine arts degree in painting. He has also held teaching positions at both of his alma maters. He has previously displayed his work at galleries in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

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The exhibit runs from March 5 to March 26 in the Holy Spirit Library. For more information contact Adeline Bethany at 610-9028380.