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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Blue Collar Holiday by Larry Rivers, Image 1.

    Larry Rivers

    Blue Collar Holiday, 1990

    3-D multiple, wood relief, collage and hand painting on wood

    47.25 x 38 x 5 in (120.02 x 96.52 x 12.7 cm)

  2. Two of Us by Anne Noggle, Image 1.

    Anne Noggle

    Two of Us, 1985

    Silver gelatin print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  3. Untitled (Streetlamp, Blue Sky), Paris by Ralph Gibson, Image 1.

    Ralph Gibson

    Untitled (Streetlamp, Blue Sky), Paris, 1985

    Chromogenic print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  4. Village Hillside by Linda Plotkin, Image 1.

    Linda Plotkin

    Village Hillside, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 30 in (56.52 x 76.2 cm)

  5. Memory of a Porch by John Grazier, Image 1.

    John Grazier

    Memory of a Porch, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    22 x 30 in (55.88 x 76.2 cm)

  6. Untitled, from RISD Portfolio by Paul Krot, Image 1.

    Paul Krot

    Untitled, from RISD Portfolio, 1975

    Color photograph mounted to drawing board

    4.625 x 6.875 in (11.75 x 17.46 cm)

  7. Marigold & Roses by Bert Carpenter, Image 1.

    Bert Carpenter

    Marigold & Roses, 1974

    Oil on canvas

  8. Pieta by Jean-Paul Riopelle, Image 1.

    Jean-Paul Riopelle

    Pieta, 1967

    Etching and aquatint on paper

    11 x 15 in (27.94 x 38.1 cm)

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About the artist

Richard Brubaker

American

1937-2018

Richard Brubaker’s career is truly interdisciplinary, bridging natural sciences and the visual arts. He studied chemistry at Davidson College, class of 1959, and received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. After retiring from his practice as an ophthalmologist and visual scientist at the Mayo Clinic, Brubaker set up an art studio on a farm near Rochester, Minnesota. In his years as a medical student, Brubaker acquired metal-working skills making parts for custom-made stereoscopic cameras in the Howe Laboratory in Boston Massachusetts’ Eye and Ear Infirmary. Later as a physician, Brubaker continued learning metal work in the fabrication of research instruments for his laboratory. He now applies his metalworking skills to his artistic practice. Since 2006, he has fabricated over 200 pieces of sculpture using steel and aluminum. Each work combines the aesthetic qualities of nature with the idealism of human design, and he continues to draw from his background in the natural sciences. He uses imagery from biological processes such as evolution, metamorphosis, symbiosis, and homeostasis. These abstractions are meant to involve the viewer as an active participant in the creative process by evoking mental imagery.