FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARTIST BRIAN WOOD TO EXHIBIT WORKS AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
ANN ARBOR, Mich., February 5, 2008 – New York artist Brian Wood will display works in an exhibit, which runs from February 12 – March 19, at the Kreft Center Gallery at Concordia University—Ann Arbor. Wood uses multiple media to foreground differing awareness in his ongoing exploration of consciousness. He uses different media to both stimulate and respond to various states of mind and multiple levels of thought.
An opening reception for the Brian Wood exhibit will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21, from 7–9 p.m. in the Kreft Center Gallery. The artist will give a talk about his work at 7:30 p.m. The Kreft Center Gallery hours are Tuesday–Friday, noon–4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information about the exhibit or opening reception, please call (734) 995-4612 or visit http://www.cuaa.edu/cuarts.
Brian Wood’s works are included in the permanent collections of museums around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. Wood lives and works in New York City, and teaches at Hunter College-New York. In his own explanation, the links between photography and drawing, the two media Wood uses in his work, are not based on rational correspondence, but rather on connections of emotion and movements of imagination.
Concordia University—Ann Arbor is a liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. With a Christian environment and an academic community dedicated to excellence, CUAA offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. CUAA is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). CUAA Family Life Program is certified by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). CUAA’s Athletic Program is a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Champions of Character institution. CUAA is listed as one of America's Best Private Colleges®. For more information on CUAA, visit: www.cuaa.edu.
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