The art created by William Hubschmitt reaches as far back into history as ancient Greece but uses state of the art computer technology. How Hubschmitt interweaves this knowledge of art history and software programs into his creative process can be seen in the exhibition currently on view at Eastern Illinois University’s Tarble Arts Center.
William Hubschmitt: A Retrospective Exhibition presents seventy color digital prints and is on display through September 25. Three computer-based presentations show how some of the artworks were created. And a documentary on Hubschmitt’s art, created with the exhibition’s curator, Robert Petersen, is being shown in the Tarble’s eGallery.
William Hubschmitt: A Retrospective Exhibition presents seventy color digital prints and is on display through September 25. Three computer-based presentations show how some of the artworks were created. And a documentary on Hubschmitt’s art, created with the exhibition’s curator, Robert Petersen, is being shown in the Tarble’s eGallery.
A reception to celebrate the exhibition is being held on Saturday, August 28, 7pm-9pm. At the reception Petersen will talk about Hubschmitt’s art, starting at 7:30pm.
Following Petersen’s remarks Hubschmitt’s portrait of benefactor Mrs. Newton E. (“Pat”) Tarble will be unveiled in the center’s Atrium. The portrait is a gift of the artist in tribute to Mrs. Tarble’s generous support of the Tarble Arts Center and EIU.
Admission to the reception is free and everyone is invited to join in the celebration. Refreshments are being donated by What’s Cookin’ restaurant.
Created over a span of 30 years, the subjects of Hubschmitt’s art are wide ranging. Exhibited are portraits, landscapes, abstractions, and works that reference other art and cultures.
Hubschmitt is an art historian as well as an artist. Petersen says that Hubschmitt’s art helps the viewer “to understand what it means to be an artist in the company of other artists, and belong inside the vast history of art making.”
Hubschmitt often uses other artist’s art as the subject of his art, especially the early photographic studies by Eadweard Muybridge. “As [French artist] Henri Rousseau taught me beauty is usually found in the imagination,” states Hubschmitt. And Hubschmitt also draws on other cultures for his subjects, most notably China, the country of origin of his wife and daughter.
Both Hubschmitt and Petersen are members of the Eastern Illinois University Department of Art.
Hubschmitt joined Eastern’s faculty in 1996. He has taught art history and digital art and served as Art Department Chair at both EIU and State University of New York-Oneonta. He has a B.A in Art History and Studio Art from Eisenhower College of Rochester Institute of Technology, Seneca Falls, NY and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from SUNY-Binghamton.
Petersen holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, an M.A. from Brown University, and a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He came to EIU in 1998 and teaches art history.
The exhibition is presented in cooperation with the EIU Art Department. Tarble Arts Center programs are funded by Tarble Arts Center membership contributions and by the Tarble Arts Center Endowment of the EIU Foundation.
The Tarble Arts Center is located at 2010 9th Street on the EIU campus in Charleston, Illinois. Open hours are 10am-5pm Tues.-Fri., 10am-4pm Sat., and 1-4pm Sun.; closed Mondays and holidays. For information phone 217-581-ARTS (-2787), email tarble@eiu.edu, or log onto www.eiu.edu/~tarble.
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