Hollis
Brown Thornton Returns to South Carolina for Dual Solo Shows
Great
Sea Creatures & Punica Granatum
COLUMBIA S.C.--- City Art Gallery of
Columbia, S.C. and Jackson
 Gallery
& Sculpture Garden of Aiken, S.C. are proud to announce
the Hollis Brown Thornton dual exhibition entitled Great
Sea Creatures & Punica Granatum. The City Art show
opens Thursday, January 7, 2005 and runs till Saturday, March
5, 2005. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday,
January 20, 2005 at 6:00 p.m at City Art Gallery, the public
is welcome. The Jackson Gallery & Sculpture Garden show
opens Thursday, January 20 and runs till Thursday, March 17,
2005. A reception for the artist will be held on Friday,
January 21, 2005 at the Jackson Gallery & Sculpture
Garden, the public is welcome.
South Carolina native, Hollis Brown Thornton, returns from
Chicago, Illinois for a dual show across the state. Thornton,
a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate of the University of South
Carolina, will install over a 100 pieces in City Art Gallery
of Columbia, S.C. and Jackson Gallery & Sculpture Garden
of Aiken, S.C. The show, titled Great Sea Creatures &
Punica Granatum, will consist of a chronological
installation of Thornton’s signature 10x10 inch paintings.
Thornton’s work is concept driven based on “our inability
to understand fully our surroundings.” Thornton explains,
“The viewer has to rely on knowledge and understanding
gained from personal observation, science and reason, and
religion and faith.”
Like our never-ending quest for
knowledge, Thornton’s work contains a searching and
discovering progression. The earlier paintings focus on the
texture of the paint and the look and feel of the surface,
each canvas having a raw, unfinished appearance. The series
develops into imagery driven compositions based on scientific
and religious symbols.
Thornton’s 10x10 inch and large-scale
works will be available for purchase at City Art and Jackson
Gallery. Thornton’s work is an excellent addition to any
collection or a great way to begin collecting.
Hollis Brown Thornton currently resides
in Chicago, Illinois. In 2004 he has exhibited in shows in
Chicago and Aiken. Thornton
participated in Wim Roefs’ show, South Carolina Birds: A
Fine Art Exhibition at Sumter Gallery of Art in Sumter,
South Carolina. Thornton last showed his work in Columbia in
the 2003 The Felt Moment exhibition at the Columbia
Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina.
Jackson
Gallery & Sculpture Garden
is located at 300 Park Ave. SE in historic downtown Aiken,
South Carolina. Please call 803-648-7397 for more
information.
City
Art Gallery is
located at 1224 Lincoln St. in the historic Congaree Vista
area in Columbia, South Carolina. Gallery hours are
Monday-Friday 10 a.m. until 6 p.m, and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. For more information contact Marissa Dancer, Executive Assistant,
City Art Gallery, at 803-252-3613.
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