“Belief, Wonder, and the Open Secrets of Nature”

Art Show by Janie Paul 
Opening with remarks by the artist
Tuesday, November 8
7:00-9:00pm
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
805 W. Pennsylvania

Merging her acclaimed "River" series, a collection of
silicone intaglio prints meditating on Henry David
Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,
and recent oil paintings, charcoal sketches, and
multi-media works contemplating the aesthetics of
wonder, Janie Paul's "Belief, Wonder, and the Open
Secrets of Nature" asks viewers to think about the
histories of the nature, our means of representing our interactions with natures, and the ways we use different conceptions of nature to construct beliefs that justify our daily existence. Unabashedly gorgeous, deeply historical, and slyly political, these works invite readers to wade into some of the most pressing issues of postmodernist art production while also revelling in the sheer beauty of works that recall the splendor of the luminists.