on view until October 25th
Reynolds: Early and Late & Eleanor
Visarts: Chance
We never had the fortune of meeting Mr. Carlyon or attending any of his classes, but we could sense the mark he made on Richmonders and VCU'ers alike.
However, it was not until we saw his drawings at Visarts that we were utterly charmed by the evidence of his witty and playful personality and Carlyon's obvious fondness for humorous art (heaven forbid)!
Richard Carlyon, we (like everybody else) love you.
There was a lot more to "Chance," the portion of Carlyon's retrospective on view at Visarts, including several sculptures and large paintings- we just chose to spotlight his drawings.
We also wanted to share the work of some future Carlyons (young students in Visarts classes):
Good stuff is going on at Visarts, for sure.
