VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington State University Vancouver galleries will host two new exhibits this month featuring Pacific Northwest artists Katherine Ace and Fritz Liedtke.
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Ace is described as having an ongoing fascination with both figurative and still-life painting. Her work postulates and subverts realism, has a feminist orientation and is rich in color, depth and meaning. The artist describes contradiction as the main thematic connection in her work.
“I am interested in the role of dark feelings, thoughts and states of mind in the process of transformation. I am drawn to fire beneath reserve,” she said.
Ace is represented by the Froelick Gallery in
“Hearts are Broken Every Day,” a collection of photographs by award-winning artist Liedtke, will be featured in the Engineering Life Sciences Building, Nov. 22 to Feb. 25, 2005. “Hearts are Broken Every Day” is a series of photographic portraits of adolescent-aged children who are sometimes alone and sometimes with their significant others. The youths were given the opportunity to write about their lives based on the portraits by writing directly on the prints. Their observations about life, relationships and secrets are insightful and heartbreaking, personal and universal among viewers of all ages.
Liedtke is a professional photographer with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Northwest College of Art whose work has been shown in numerous galleries and can be found in a number of private collections. He has spent time as an artist-in-residence at the
Entry to both exhibits is free. WSU Vancouver galleries are open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. WSU Vancouver is located at
