Rhode Island artist Bob Dilworth exhibits The Mutated Heart'' at Wheaton College
January 30, 2000
Just in time for Valentine[base ']s Day, artist Bob Dilworth will exhibit a series of paintings titled ''Variations on The Mutated Heart,'' at Wheaton College[base ']s Watson Art Gallery.
A professor of art at the University of Rhode Island, Dilworth is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago. At the University of Rhode Island, Dilworth is also the past editor of Voices: Newsletter of the African and African American Studies Department. He has exhibited his work in Chicago, Boston, Providence, Dallas, St. Louis and Tokyo, Japan. In Providence, Dilworth has exhibited at the Cornerstone Book Gallery, the Moses Brown School Gallery, the Lenore Gray Gallery and the Subterra Gallery. Around Rhode Island, he has also exhibited at the Newport Art Museum, the University of Rhode Island and the Warwick Art Museum.
Dilworth describes the ''Mutated Heart'' series as plays on the perceived physical as well as emotional state of the heart. The works are done in media including acrylic, oil, enamel, house paints, silicone and paint additives.
''My work centers on several visual and perceptual front, constructing worlds charged with the ironies of life,'' explains Dilworth. ''It attempts to negotiate and explain the connection between the lived experience and the contradictions that govern this experience. As an African American, I find this issue of particular importance.''
The one-man exhibition begins Thursday, February 3 and will be open until Thursday, March 2. Dilworth will give an artist[base ']s lecture in the gallery on Thursday, February 3 at 7 p.m., and a reception will follow the lecture at 8 p.m. The lecture and exhibit are open to the public without charge. For times, directions and other information about gallery exhibits, please call Watson Gallery at Wheaton College. (508-286-3578)