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Most Most of of all , , wish wish I I to to thank thank Gladys Gladys Nilsson Nilsson and and Jim Jim
Secretary. Secretary.
exhibition exhibition lighting; lighting; and and Mary Mary Balduf , , Gallery Gallery
Dmctor, Dmctor, and and the the Technical Technical Crew, Crew, Staller Staller Center, Center, for for
Kelly , , Production Production Manager , , Liz Liz Silver , , Techni cal cal
Rea, Rea, Michelle Michelle Wacker and and , , Gallery Gallery Interns ; ; Patri c k k
Aleksandra Aleksandra llcanowicz, llcanowicz, Viktoria Viktoria Paranyuk, Paranyuk, Jennifer Jennifer
Alexander Alexander Trillo , , Gallery Gallery Assistants; Assistants; Erica Erica F redriben, redriben,
Fong, Fong, Vera Vera P hillip-Evans, hillip-Evans, Lisa Lisa Kozlows ki , , and and
Staller Staller Center Center Arts Arts for for the the staff: staff: Ming Ming Chen, Chen, Albert Albert
Special Special thanks thanks also also are are extended extended to to members members of of the the
Chicago Chicago to to Stony Stony Brook. Brook.
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of of P ainting ainting Sculpcurc Sculpcurc and and the the at at National National Museum Museum of of
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Courte.;;y Phyllis Kind Gallery. C'hK·.ago. 11 J1n1 Nutt K«sul!- 1983 Pencil and colon.."d pcoc1l on p;1per. 11 ~ " 10 .f' Coo11c~y Phylli' Kind G;illery. Chica.go. II ~·University Art Gallery STALLER CENTER ~STONY BROOK University at Stony Brook STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Stc;>ny Brook, NY 11794-5425 PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY 1975 FACULTY EXHIBmON 1987 HANS BREDER: ARCHETYPAL DIAGRAMS 1976 MJCllELE STUART MJCllAEL SINGER: RITUAL SERIES RETELLINGS RECENT DRAWINGS IUDmt DOLNICK/ROBERT NATICIN SALVATORE ROMANO MARGARET BOURKE-WHrra: THE HUMANITARIAN •m MELPEKARSKY VISION J IUDmt BERNSTEIN MEL ALEXENBERG: COMP\111!R ANGELS HERBERT BAYER STEINA AND WOODY VASULKA: THE WEST 1978 LEON GOLUB 1983 THE FACULTY SHOW '83 JANET FISH ROBERT WHITE: SELECTED WORKS 1947-1988 ROSEMARY MAYER LEE KRASNER: PAINTINGS 1956-1984 THE SISTER CHAPEL EDGARBUONAGURIO:PERMUTATIONAND EVOLUTION 1974-1988 , 1979 SHIRLEY GORELICK JOAN SNYDER COLLECTS JOAN SNYDER ALAN SONFJST 1989 TI!E M.F.A. SHOW '89 HOWARDENA PINDELL ROBERT KUSHNER: SILENT OPERAS ROY LICHTENSTEIN HERMAN CHERRY: PAINTINGS 1984-1989 1980 BENNY ANDREWS HAmAN ~THE GRAHAM COLLECTION ALEX KATZ FIBER EXPLORATIONS: NEW WORK IN FIBER ART EIGHT FROM NEW YORK 1990 THE M.P.A. SHOW '90 ARTISTS FROM QIJEENS PRINTS BY PRINTh!AKERS O'ITOPIENE KfT. YIN SNYDER: ENRICO IV STONY BROOK II, THE STUDIO FACULTY FANTASTIC VOYAGES 1981 ALICE NEEL POETIC UCENSE SS MERCER: 10 SC1Jl.F['()RS 1991 M.P.A. 1991 JOHNUTIU! FREDERIC AMAT AND ROBERTO IUAR1!Z IRA JOEL HABER ADOLPH GOTILIEB: EPIC ART LEON POLK SMJTH THE MONOTYPES OF ADOLPH GOTILlEB 1982 FOUR SCULProRS THE FACULTY SHOW '91 CECILABISH NEW TRADmONS: THIRTEEN HISPANIC JACK YOUNGERMAN PHOTOGRAPHERS ALAN SHIELDS 1992 M.F.A. SHOW 1992 THE STONY BROOK ALUMNI INVITATIONAL IUUUS TOBIAS ANNM