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Hidden Campus
Southern’s Art Gallery, situated on the first floor of Buley Library, houses a diverse, permanent collection that is displayed periodically. In spring 2024, the gallery will host its inaugural exhibit of works by Dimitri Petrov (1919-1986), a celebrated American surrealist painter and printer. Born in Philadelphia, Petrov was raised in an anarchist colony in New Jersey and became a member of the Woodstock Artists Association. His work has been shown at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, and more. “We’ll be showing some of the last images he created,” says Cort Sierpinski, gallery director and professor of art. The Petrov Collection was donated by Frank David Scharf, Esq.
The gallery’s permanent collection includes African art, Pre-Columbian ceramic art, works by artist Salvador Dalí, contemporary ceramics, historic engravings dating from the 1400s to the 1800s, and other specialties.
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