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Artists Registry
Blairstown NJ United States
Artist's Statement
Artist's Statement:
Two weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade center my husband and I parked on Canal Street in Manhattan, the Southernmost street permitted for cars by Security Officers, and walked down to Lafayette and Liberty where , behind taped-off areas, we were able to view the devastation. The air smelled of death, a strange silence pervaded in spite of the on-site workers and machinery. The winds had moved ashes around, but glass front stores displayed several inches of white dust on all objects. As a New Jersey artist, close the Manhattan, I needed sketches for developing honest paintings I felt compelled to begin. These works are my struggle to look into the face of shock, anguish, rage, and helplessness as well as the courage of rescue and determination to recover.
My paintings are springboards for viewers to interpret and realize their own personal perceptions. These paintings are correlates to internal feelings as well as records of an historical event never to be forgotten.
dorothy DIERKS hourihan
Resume
Dr. Dorothy Dierks Hourihan
Professor Emeritus
New Jersey City University
Retired:
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Fine Arts
Born:
Columbus Ga
Residence and Studio:
Blairstown, N.J.
Education:
University of Colorado, Columbia University
Solo Exhibitions
Twelve Solo Exibitions including:
Viridian Gallery, N.Y.C.
Monclair Museum, N.J.
Liberty State Park
Jersey State Council on the Arts
Art Space, N.J.C.U.
Group Exhibitions:
Pen and Bruch, Inc., N.Y.C.
Auburn University, Alabama
The New Burmingham Museum
Lincoln Center, Cork Gallery, N.Y.C.
The St. Louis Museum, Missouri
Viridian Gallery Selections, Lever House, N.Y.C.
Meridian Artists, Chelsea, N.Y.C.
Kroean Culture Center, N.Y.C.
Invitationals:
The Columbus Museum, Georgia
Eppink Gallery, Emphoria State U.
Gallery Korea, Park Ave., N.Y.C.
Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Collections :
K.L. Fine Arts, Highlend Park, IL
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
Montclair Art Muserm, Monclair, New Jersey
Block Drug Company, Jersey City, New Jersey
The Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York
JASA, N.Y.C.