Friday, May 24
Reception and exhibition viewing 5 pm
Program begins at 6 pm
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The artist will discuss his work on view in Light: Paintings by Philip Koch and talk about pivotal moments in his development as a painter. Koch is best known for his vividly colored paintings of the natural world, and his work has been described as emotional and romantic, often tinged with a subtly visionary feeling. Originally an abstract painter, Koch was inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper to shift into a realist mode. Beginning in 1983, Koch was awarded his first residency at Hopper’s former studio on Cape Cod, and has enjoyed unprecedented access to Hopper’s private studio over the past four decades. In 2015 the Edward Hopper House Art Center in Nyack, NY, held a featured solo exhibition of Koch’s paintings. Koch’s paintings have been the subject of fourteen solo art museum exhibitions, and his work is held in the permanent collections of a number of American art museums, including the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, the Swope Art Museum in Indiana, and the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY.