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06-07-2007, 02:43 PM
<center>Internationally renowned pencil artist donates collections
to University of New Mexico’s Jonson Gallery
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By: pengwen - publisher/peon, Steppin' Out New Mexico © 2007 - SONewMex.com
http://sonewmex.com/images/PaulRePeace.jpg
Albuquerque, NM – In these tumultuous times, we all, each in our own way, seek out ways to mitigate the turmoil and strife. Through music, or meditation or through art, we try to envelop a sense of peace and harmony.
We at Steppin’ Out and SONewMex.com are blessed with seeing much of beauty. Artwork abounds in New Mexico, paintings that offer us glimpses of the beauty around us and often propel us toward an inner beauty or peace and harmony.
None, in my estimate however, evokes a greater sense of peace and harmony than the works of Paul Barlett Ré. His pencil drawings are meditations in serenity.
http://SONewMex.com/images/PaulReflamingo.jpgAptly named, his book: “The Dance of the Pencil, Serene Art by Paul Ré,” published in 1993, elegantly presents some of his graphite pencil drawings and a few of his writings about his work and his philosophy.
In his introduction, he writes: “I have delved deeply into the worlds of art, science and philosophy. Each has strengths, but also limitations. In my work, I have tried to distill out the best from each.”
The integration of science, art and philosophy, has been a constant theme in Ré’s life. A winner at the International Science Fair in high school, Ré went on to graduate with honors from Caltech with a degree in physics and “an unofficial minor in philosophy,” he writes.
“Although I was deeply moved by the beauty of mathematics and physics, I had gradually come to realize that I should use those disciplines not a research scientist, but as an artist.”
In the decades since that realization, Paul has worked, mostly with pencil, to refine his art to combine these essences. As his work became more abstract, he writes, the process of completing a work became more complex: “Combined with this abstraction is an outward simplicity which is possible because of a high degree of ordering of inner complexity….
http://sonewmex.com/images/PaulRePine.jpg“The more seemingly simple an image is, the more perfectly must it be balanced in order to function just right.”
This balance must be practiced in all life, Ré believes. You must have inner peace to promote peace among others and that extends the environment, indeed to all of life.
Ré’s beliefs led him to establish the Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize, a bi-annual award given to a UNM student, faculty, or staff person or retiree who has demonstrated notable achievements in promoting world peace and understanding.
Details and a nomination form for the Peace Prize are available online here (http://www.unm.edu/%7EJonsonG/Paul%20Re.htm).
Nominations are due by Aug. 1, 2007.
http://sonewmex.com/images/PaulRebird.jpgRé has donated his extensive collections, archives, and estate to the Jonson Gallery of the UNM Art Museum. The Gallery will make the works available to the public in permanent rotating exhibitions.
He is working on the sculpture garden in the Gallery’s front lawn and says he is honored to be closely associated with his friend Raymond Jonson, whom he respects for his art, integrity, and vision.
In the meantime, a collection of Ré works is on exhibit at the UNM Art Museum until June 10. The art museum is located in the Center for the Arts building, the same building as Popejoy Hall. For more information about the art museum, visit their website here (http://unmartmuseum.unm.edu/).
Ré has had 22 solo exhibitions across the United States, including his Touchable Art for the Blind and Sighted, the subject of a documentary produced by PBS affiliate SCETV in Columbia, South Carolina. His writings have appeared in journals such as Leonardo, Design Journal, La Mamelle, New America, and The Journal of Visual Impairment.
The artist has been the recipient of a dozen major awards honors, including The Legion of Honor from the United Cultural Convention, The Order of American Ambassadors and The Genius Laureate of the United States, The World Lifetime Award from the American Biographical Institute, and The Da Vinci Laureate and Hall of Fame from the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.
Despite these accolades, Paul Ré remains a man of vision, constant in his striving to promote peace and harmony.
* The opinions stated in this piece are those of the publisher/peon pengwen solely. The images displayed here are all © Paul Ré and were used with the artist's permission. The information and facts in the body of the story came from the Jonson Gallery website and from Paul's book, "The Dance of the Pencil". Thanks, Paul. We sincerely appreciate both your work and your cooperation!
to University of New Mexico’s Jonson Gallery
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By: pengwen - publisher/peon, Steppin' Out New Mexico © 2007 - SONewMex.com
http://sonewmex.com/images/PaulRePeace.jpg
Albuquerque, NM – In these tumultuous times, we all, each in our own way, seek out ways to mitigate the turmoil and strife. Through music, or meditation or through art, we try to envelop a sense of peace and harmony.
We at Steppin’ Out and SONewMex.com are blessed with seeing much of beauty. Artwork abounds in New Mexico, paintings that offer us glimpses of the beauty around us and often propel us toward an inner beauty or peace and harmony.
None, in my estimate however, evokes a greater sense of peace and harmony than the works of Paul Barlett Ré. His pencil drawings are meditations in serenity.
http://SONewMex.com/images/PaulReflamingo.jpgAptly named, his book: “The Dance of the Pencil, Serene Art by Paul Ré,” published in 1993, elegantly presents some of his graphite pencil drawings and a few of his writings about his work and his philosophy.
In his introduction, he writes: “I have delved deeply into the worlds of art, science and philosophy. Each has strengths, but also limitations. In my work, I have tried to distill out the best from each.”
The integration of science, art and philosophy, has been a constant theme in Ré’s life. A winner at the International Science Fair in high school, Ré went on to graduate with honors from Caltech with a degree in physics and “an unofficial minor in philosophy,” he writes.
“Although I was deeply moved by the beauty of mathematics and physics, I had gradually come to realize that I should use those disciplines not a research scientist, but as an artist.”
In the decades since that realization, Paul has worked, mostly with pencil, to refine his art to combine these essences. As his work became more abstract, he writes, the process of completing a work became more complex: “Combined with this abstraction is an outward simplicity which is possible because of a high degree of ordering of inner complexity….
http://sonewmex.com/images/PaulRePine.jpg“The more seemingly simple an image is, the more perfectly must it be balanced in order to function just right.”
This balance must be practiced in all life, Ré believes. You must have inner peace to promote peace among others and that extends the environment, indeed to all of life.
Ré’s beliefs led him to establish the Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize, a bi-annual award given to a UNM student, faculty, or staff person or retiree who has demonstrated notable achievements in promoting world peace and understanding.
Details and a nomination form for the Peace Prize are available online here (http://www.unm.edu/%7EJonsonG/Paul%20Re.htm).
Nominations are due by Aug. 1, 2007.
http://sonewmex.com/images/PaulRebird.jpgRé has donated his extensive collections, archives, and estate to the Jonson Gallery of the UNM Art Museum. The Gallery will make the works available to the public in permanent rotating exhibitions.
He is working on the sculpture garden in the Gallery’s front lawn and says he is honored to be closely associated with his friend Raymond Jonson, whom he respects for his art, integrity, and vision.
In the meantime, a collection of Ré works is on exhibit at the UNM Art Museum until June 10. The art museum is located in the Center for the Arts building, the same building as Popejoy Hall. For more information about the art museum, visit their website here (http://unmartmuseum.unm.edu/).
Ré has had 22 solo exhibitions across the United States, including his Touchable Art for the Blind and Sighted, the subject of a documentary produced by PBS affiliate SCETV in Columbia, South Carolina. His writings have appeared in journals such as Leonardo, Design Journal, La Mamelle, New America, and The Journal of Visual Impairment.
The artist has been the recipient of a dozen major awards honors, including The Legion of Honor from the United Cultural Convention, The Order of American Ambassadors and The Genius Laureate of the United States, The World Lifetime Award from the American Biographical Institute, and The Da Vinci Laureate and Hall of Fame from the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.
Despite these accolades, Paul Ré remains a man of vision, constant in his striving to promote peace and harmony.
* The opinions stated in this piece are those of the publisher/peon pengwen solely. The images displayed here are all © Paul Ré and were used with the artist's permission. The information and facts in the body of the story came from the Jonson Gallery website and from Paul's book, "The Dance of the Pencil". Thanks, Paul. We sincerely appreciate both your work and your cooperation!