Nov 19, 2009 9:38 am US/Eastern
Salisbury Museum Hosts Architecture Is Art Exhibit
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) ―
In the art of architecture, something as small as a sketch on a napkin is a critical part of the design process -- or so the current exhibit says at the Art Institute & Gallery.
With 3-D fixtures, a digital video and displays of architectural sketches, local art authorities are saying the new "Art of Architecture" exhibit is unlike anything they've seen on the Eastern Shore.
"The gallery has been completely transformed to represent the fascinating world of architects and architecture," said Veronique Diriker, president of the Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council board. "This is not your typical 'arts on the wall' exhibit. It is an awesome exhibit."
Two pieces of local architecture are featured in the gallery: the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art building and the new, recently designed James M. Bennett High School. Mike Wigley, principal architect at Davis Bowen & Friedel Inc., is the lead curator of the exhibit. His firm designed the Ward Museum in the 1990s.
When seen in comparison with the drafting process of the Bennett design, Wigley said visitors can view the capabilities of modern architects as well as the process.
"It really takes you through the stages that architects go through as they're designing buildings," he said. "In our minds, it stops when buildings are built, but this also takes you through the construction phase as well."
The exhibit was born about one year ago by AI&G board director Ray Vorus. He said the gallery collaborated with Wigley and two architects from the Becker Morgan architecture firm to narrow his idea into what visitors can see in the gallery today until Nov. 21.
"People tend to miss the art that is around them, and if we miss it, then we can't appreciate it," he said. "I have had a longtime interest in architecture. I wanted to show how things came together because I know that, originally, it took a lot more work than it takes now."
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