Reception celebrates newest exhibitors at local gallery

Two retired Harper College art professors, Ben Dallas and Michael Brown, will exhibit together in "Multiple Dimensions," Jan. 15 through Feb. 26 at the Northwest Cultural Council's Kimball Hill galleries.

A sculptor, Brown works in Indiana limestone because its neutral gray color, subtle grain, and fine texture make his work unthreatening.

"People bring their own experiences and history to art," he says. "I want them to return to my work again and again, seeing it from many perspectives."

Influenced by his experiences with historical, architectural and sacred sites, Brown seeks to create a form that invites the public to touch, sit down on, or step up to the piece.

Dallas will display his "Serial Works." He says, "My works are serial amalgamations where painting functions to visually equate and coexist with the forms I make; the combination offers an assortment of dualistic composites. The painting I do is more varied than the constructions I combine it with. Once developed, I utilize a shape repeatedly changing only its scale and proportions from one work to another.

"The specific relationships embodied by each dimensional structure are the factors determining the appropriate effects for the paint applied to its surfaces. Every repetitious combination is new and always initiates the necessity for further investigations."

The Northwest Cultural Council invites the public to a reception celebrating these accomplishments from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 20 at the galleries located at 5999 New Wilke Road, Suites 307 and 308 in Rolling Meadows. The Northwest Cultural Council/Kimball Hill galleries are open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by appointment.

For information about the reception, call the council at (847) 956-7966.