'Bobby Ross Draws' - New Exhibit at Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art

The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University presents a new exhibit displaying the artwork of Bobby Ross. The exhibit opens Tuesday, Feb. 2, with a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the museum’s Study Center Gallery on USU campus.

 

Scheduled from Feb. 2 to July 31, more than 100 Bobby Ross drawings are featured in the exhibit, including drawings that have never been seen. Exhibit organizers at USU promise a profusion of drawings that will cover the walls of the gallery demonstrating Ross’ meticulous narrative style. Using only a graphite pencil to execute his drawings, Ross combines a mixture of images from politics, advertising, cartoons and technology.

 

As part of the event, Ross will create new drawings during the course of the exhibition. Through the museum’s Blog, anyone from the public can give suggestions to Ross for the subjects and ideas of his new work. The blog is available on the home page of the museum’s newly designed Web site.

 

“Ross’ work evokes a collage in which icons of our culture collide,” said Deb Banerjee, curator for exhibitions and programs at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. “The resulting complex narrative asks us to question what we know as truth.”

 

Ross said that contradiction is the main theme in his art.

 

“Good battles evil; truth confronts lies,” he said. “Questions posed are not answered.”      When asked about his artistic creations, Ross said he is spontaneous.

 

“The work changes as I do it,” he said.

 

The Los Angeles Times wrote that his pieces are, “…so overloaded with visual information that they induce a state of mental vertigo.”

 

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Ross has exhibited his work at the San Jose Museum of Art, the Riverside Museum of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Hewlitt Gallery, the Ovsey Gallery and the Koplin Gallery in Los Angeles.

 

For more information or to schedule a tour of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, call (435) 797-0165. The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is on the USU campus at 650 North 1100 East, Logan, Utah, 84322, (435) 797-0163; fax (435) 797-3423. Information is also available at the museum’s Web site. The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities.

 

Parking for the museum is available in the Orange Lot west of the museum. The parking fee in this area is $5. Museum visitors who RSVP will receive free parking, and parking is free after 5 p.m. and on weekends. Two dedicated stalls in the Orange Lot are available for museum members. Call Rachel for reservations: 435-797-1414. Parking is also available in the Big Blue Terrace, located near the Taggart Student Center, for $1.50/hour ($7.50/day maximum). Free parking after 5 p.m. is available at the Blue Lot, located at the corner of 700 North and 1200 East (by Aggie Ice Cream).

 

Writer: Casey T. Allen, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, (435) 797-0166, casey.allen@usu.edu

Contact: Deborah Banerjee, (435) 797-8207, Deborah.banerjee@usu.edu