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Green Hill’s fall exhibition, Allegorical Realism, highlights the work of four North Carolina painters: Virginia Derryberry, Henryk Fantazos, Jack Ketner, and Mark Kingsley. These artists share an interest in representing the human figure in landscapes that are mysterious or fantastic. Their works suggest enigmatic narratives that expand beyond the borders of the canvas and encourage viewers to engage in creative interpretation. Curated by Edie Carpenter, the exhibition will be on display from Friday, September 12, to Sunday, November 2, 2008. The opening reception will be held Friday, September 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Asheville artist Virginia Derryberry has enjoyed a long career as both a painter and a professor of art. Her work is noted for often presenting “fantasy landscape scenarios in which light and dark struggle for ascendancy.” Derryberry is the recipient of numerous awards including a Fellowship/Residency Award from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and a Juror's Choice Award from Artstravaganza at the Hunter Museum from juror Robert Stackhouse. Her recent paintings are also on view through February 2009 in a solo exhibition entitled Rebus: Alchemical Narratives organized by the William King Regional Art Center in Abingdon, Virginia.

Henryk Fantazos has described his life in Hillsborough after a childhood in Poland in this way: “every day stood like a portal of existence, ready to answer the question of what is worth doing in this tall cathedral of freedom.” Fantazos has been featured in many one-person shows and participated in countless group exhibitions across Europe and the United States. On display at Green Hill will be selections from his cycle of paintings titled “Face of the South.” Fantazos says of this work, “the South is a disappearing country. Yes: the world I am painting now is being removed, rolled away, and rubbed out with an eraser as big as Sherman's army of bulldozers. The South is removed every working hour and replaced with generic anonymity. Soon there will not be such place as the South.” This will be the first major group of Fantazos’ paintings exhibited at Green Hill.

Returning Burlington native Jack Ketner’s large-scale lyrical works will be seen at Green Hill for the first time in several years in this exhibition. A professional musician and painter, Ketner first received acclaim for his paintings in 1975. Since then he has won numerous awards for his oil on canvas works. His work has been included in juried shows, group exhibitions, and one-person shows throughout the Northeast and Southeast including the major exhibition Crosscurrents organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art and the Mint Museum in Charlotte. The Downtown Gallery of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville will be exhibiting Ketner’s work in an October exhibition entitled Compassionate Voices.

Long-term Greensboro resident Mark Kingsley, describes his work, “It’s about our sublimated fascination with decay, disease and decomposition. It’s about a civilization on a short leash”. The characters in his painting are subtle yet stark and introspective.
Mark Kingsley has a background as an art instructor & art critic although his career as an artist is paramount including solo and group exhibitions throughout the country. He also operates his own conservation business. Mark Kingsley's work has exhibited regularly in the Triad and most recently in the exhibition Five Painters of Poetic Narrative at Gallery 115 in Greensboro

The Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art is located at 200 N. Davie Street in the Greensboro Cultural Center in downtown Greensboro across from Center City Park. With a mission to represent and promote North Carolina artists, the Green Hill Center has been a Greensboro institution for more than 30 years. Green Hill houses over 7000 square feet of gallery space, a sales shop, and ArtQuest, a giant, hands-on art studio for children and families. For more information, call (336) 333-7460. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 5 pm, Wednesday 10 to 7 pm, and Sunday 2 to 5 pm. A suggested donation of $5.00 is requested for admission into the gallery. Metered street parking and public parking lots with nominal fees are conveniently located adjacent to Green Hill.

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