George Mauersberger - USA Leather & Other Drawings

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Bonfoey Gallery, 1710 Euclid Avenue, is pleased to present an exhibition of drawings by George Mauersberger: USA Leather & Other Drawings. These drawings and etchings will be on view in our street level gallery from November 16 through January 5, 2013. We cordially invite you to join us for an opening reception with the artist, Friday, November 16, from 5 - 8 pm at the gallery. George Mauersberger is known for his meticulously detailed pastel and charcoal drawings, formerly his Wallflower series; a few of which will be on view this winter. The main focus of his newest exhibition however, is a series of charcoal, pen and ink, scratchboard, and etchings depicting hanging leather jackets in evocative black and white. Mauersberger continues to work in series as means of meditating on his subjects believing that "drawing is thinking". The status of the leather jacket as an American cultural icon makes it a particularly interesting subject for repetition to Mauersberger. Heralding Brando, Elvis, Springsteen and the Ramones, Mauersberger uses traditional formal execution to contrast contemporary content. George Mauersberger is a foundations graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Ohio University in Athens, OH. Currently, George is a Professor of Art at Cleveland State University in Cleveland. He has been awarded numerous prizes for drawing including the Creative Workforce Fellowship in 2011, Best in Show at the Rockford Art Museum, in 2006, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council in 1999. Mauersberger boasts numerous exhibitions across the country in galleries and museums including exhibitions at the The Butler Institute of American Art, Cooperstown Museum, South Bend...more