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Christian Burchard, Untitled (nesting bowls), 1998, madrone burl, various sizes from 6 × 6 × 6 inches to 3/8 × 3/8 × 3/8 inches. Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, 2021.76.01.

Natural Collector

Gifts of Fleur S. Bresler

Dates:
October 19, 2022–September 11, 2023
Location:
Debra McClinton Gallery

Noted contemporary craft collector Fleur S. Bresler has generously donated from her craft collection to the Asheville Art Museum over the years and her gifts reflect her strong interest in wood-based art and themes of nature. This exhibition highlights artworks that consider the natural element from which they were created or replicate known flora and fauna in unexpected materials. The selection of objects displayed illustrates how Bresler’s eye for collecting craft not only draws attention to nature and artists’ interest in it, but also accentuates her role as a natural collector with an intuitive ability to identify themes and ideas that speak to one another.

This exhibition presents work from the Collection representing the first generation of American wood turners like Rude Osolnik and Ed Moulthrop as well as those that came after and learned from them, such as Philip Moulthrop, John Jordan, and local Western North Carolina (WNC) artist Stoney Lamar. Other WNC-based artists in Natural Collector include Anne Lemanski, whose paper sculpture of a snake captures the viewer’s imagination, and Michael Sherrill’s multimedia work that tricks the eye with its similarity to true-to-life berries. Also represented are beadwork and sculpture by Joyce J. Scott and Jack and Linda Fifield. Natural Collector will be on view at the Asheville Art Museum through April 24, 2023. This exhibition is organized by the Asheville Art Museum and curated by Whitney Richardson, associate curator.

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Selected works from the exhibition

Gaudy Sphinx
Anne Lemanski, Gaudy Sphinx
Untitled (nesting bowls)
Christian Burchard, Untitled (nesting bowls)

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