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| The Empty Clock, oil on canvas, by Olivia Eielson |
Sponsored by the
Transformative Studies Program at CIIS
August 21–October 13
CIIS Main Building
Fourth Floor
Reception and Slide Presentation
Friday, September 15, 7–9pm
CIIS Main Building, Staff and Faculty Lounge
Olivia Eielson began her formal art studies with portrait painter Morton Sacks in Boston, and continued her training at expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka's Schule des Sehens (School of Seeing) in Salzburg, Austria, and Academie 61 in Haarlem, Holland. Eielson has had many one–woman shows in the Bay Area, and representation in shows around the country. In addition, her work is in private collections in the United States and abroad. Eielson's paintings are inspired by the work of Giovanni Piranesi, the great 18th-century Italian artist who portrayed the impressive and often gloomy ruins of early empires. By combining elements from ancient ruins with modern motifs, Eielson suggests that our empire and way of life are not sustainable. Her paintings show what might be left after mankind is gone: impressive ruins and toxic, dangerous places haunted by our industrial dreams.
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