Painting explores global concerns during the pandemic
Cynthia Bickley-Green, who has taught in the School of Art and Design at East Carolina University for 27 years, is being honored for a painting she created during the pandemic at the City Art Gallery in Greenville.
Her piece, “Lamentation 2020,” is a 5-by-12-foot acrylic painting that was selected by the North Carolina Museum of Art for reproduction on vinyl to display at the museum’s outdoor park in Raleigh. The painting is composed of three panels that explore global concerns of racial equality, the coronavirus and climate change. The colorful abstract piece looks chaotic, Bickley-Green said, because of the nature and intensity of the subject matter.
Artwork by ECU professor Cynthia Bickley-Green will be exhibited and available for purchase at the City Art Gallery in Greenville through Jan. 30. Her art is also part of an exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art. (Contributed photo)
Visitors can meet the artist between 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the City Art Gallery, 511 Red Banks Road, Greenville. Pieces will be available for purchase. The artwork will be on display through Jan. 30.
Bickley-Green is also participating in an exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Art called “Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting.” The exhibit, on display through Feb. 14, features some of most relevant and engaging paintings made in the state.
Bickley-Green is the coordinator of the art education program in the ECU School of Art and Design. Her research explores the biology of art, the intersection of visual media and pedagogy, and the development of social identities.
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