(SPARKILL, NY - August 28, 2006) - St. Thomas Aquinas College's Azarian-McCullough Art Gallery will display Sarah Petruziello's show, titled "Recent Works", from September 10 through October 1. The Gallery will host an Artist's Reception on Sunday, September 10, from 2-5 p.m. announced Dr. Carl Rattner, the A.M.A.G. Director. The show is free to the community.
Sarah Petruziello's drawings are somewhat reminiscent of Frieda Kahlo's art. As in the work of the great Mexican (perhaps the most influential woman artist of the 20th century) powerful feminine themes here prevail. Petruziello's imagery is similarly allegorical and surrealistic. Coupled with titles like "Godless," "Mistress," and "My Vanity," it will no doubt intrigue and fascinate viewers.
Petruziello is decidedly a master of her medium. Representational portraits are carefully composed and exquisitely rendered in varied tones of graphite on paper. Several are further enriched with subtle additions of colored gouache, as in the case of "Emergence," a double
self-portrait that contains a color oval window of an adult cicada emerging from its nymph stage.
For gallery hours, more information or for other times for groups, call the AMAG at 845-398-4195.