Nov. 17, 2009 issue

SHADOW ART: New York artist Steven Assael discusses some of his charcoal pencil art during a lecture in the Student Center Auditorium Nov. 10. Working from direct observation, Assael paints large-scale, multi-figure compositions with subjects ranging from nudes to elaborately dressed and studded Goths. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, the Kemper Museum of Contempory Art and Design in Kansas City, Mo., and the Columbus Museum of Art.

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