Wind as a Metaphor For Human Emotions Review

Rosalyn A. EngelmanRuth S. Harley University Center Art Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City. Through Nov. 3. 877-4460. Although wind is the theme of this series of monochromatic paintings, they also relate metaphorically to the turmoil of world events and express Ms. Engelman's emotional r...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author Harrison, Helen A
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 24.10.1999
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
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Art exhibits
Diracles, Naomi
Engelman, Rosalyn A
Gachot, Richard
Hughes, Wendy
Reboli, Joseph
Visual artists
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Summary:Rosalyn A. EngelmanRuth S. Harley University Center Art Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City. Through Nov. 3. 877-4460. Although wind is the theme of this series of monochromatic paintings, they also relate metaphorically to the turmoil of world events and express Ms. Engelman's emotional response. But while her statement about the work explicitly condemns the political and military upheavals in places like East Timor and Kosovo, her paintings are not illustrations of such tragedies. They use color and form instead of subject matter to express sorrow and anger, as well as sympathy and hope. Wind may be beneficial or destructive, and Ms. Engelman's work operates within those extremes. The emotional ambivalence of ''Dry Tears'' is established by the contrast of the static droplets with the gusts of paint that seem to sweep them away. In some pieces, especially the smaller ''Wind Song'' paintings on paper, the swirling motion is as tightly choreographed as a Busby Berkeley production number, while in several of the larger canvases the strokes may surge explosively, as in the diptych ''Inherit the Wind.'' In others, malevolent forces appear to be blowing away, with fair skies to follow.
ISSN:0362-4331