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The wonderful exhibit, "Charley Harper: I count the Wings, not the Feathers," is being extended through Jan. 12 at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown. Visiting will be well worth the trip. The institute is closed on Mondays, but is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Harper is an unusual artist. I find his portrayals of birds to be extraordinary. They are obviously in the graphic arts tradition and do not illustrate species realistically, but the species are easily identifiable. I suspect that no reader who knows birds will fail to name the red-bellied woodpecker, nuthatch, chickadee and wren in the poster accompanying this column.See the full content of this document
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Harper's Geometric Artwork Is Extraordinary
Those identifications are not because of, but are rather despite, his depictions of figures with sharp angles and geometric rather than natur...
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