The Goldmark Cultural Center’s J. H. Milde Gallery is proud to present Ellen Soderquist and Her Students, a group exhibition of works curated by Ellen Soderquist.

The nude “is an art form invented by the Greeks in the 5th century [BCE], just as opera is an art form invented in 17th-century Italy….the nude is not the subject of art, but a form of art.”

Sir Kenneth Clark

Drawings by Ellen Soderquist and the works of thirty-nine of her students fill the J.H. Milde Gallery and the adjacent hallways. In curating these works, Soderquist chose examples from a variety of techniques and media that students work with to communicate their individual vision through the nude model reformed into a work of art. Graphite drawings and classroom demos by Soderquist are juxtaposed against her students’ work. The exhibit includes gesture drawings in mass, line, and scribble as well as blind contours made while looking only at the figure and not at the drawing itself. Several blind contours are released from the drawing paper as wire sculptures. Other techniques include painting, palimsest, pentimenti, collage and drawing in graphite, charcoal, pastel, ink, watercolor and mixed media on a wide variety of surfaces. In addition, each artist has written a brief statement focused on their intent or background references regarding the image, the technique, or media.

The exhibition will be on display from February 18 to March 18, 2022. On Saturday, February 19, an opening reception will be held from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm at the J.H. Milde Gallery.