Inventing Color

Late Paintings of M.C. Richards

From August 20 to October 4 Lightforms Art Center, 743 Columbia Street in Hudson, will be exhibiting late acrylic paintings and a selection of varied ceramic sculptures by M.C. (Mary Caroline) Richards (1916-1999). Richards was a multi-talented and accomplished Ph.D. potter, painter, poet, essayist, translator, and educator. As part of the faculty at the experimental Black Mountain College in North Carolina and afterward in the New York City area, she pioneered and participated in numerous innovative avant-garde artistic events and developments of the mid-20th century. Writer of the classic 1963 book Centering, M.C. also authored 6 other books, including three of poetry.

Also on View

Alignment and In the Figure of Divine Substance

Also showing at Lightforms from August 20 through September 27 is the dual show “Alignment and In the Figure of Divine Substance” featuring  paintings by Laura Summer and Ntangou Badila. Featured in this collective exhibit are pieces by Congolese Brooklyn artist Badila from “Pop Culture,” a rendition of indigenous tribes throughout regions of Africa in futuristic, vibrant colors boldly showcasing sacred women in a contemporary fashion; as well as “ALIGNMENT,” pieces abstracting anatomy, relinquishing the boundaries on ideal body image. Summer’s work “In the Figure of Divine Substance” arises from her work with the poetry of female mystic poets throughout time, which she has translated into evocative paintings. These latter paintings will be freely dispersed to those interested September 26-27.