Bass Lines by Greg Huebner Opens Art Season at Wabash

A Fine Romance 2002

Crawfordsville, Ind. - Bass Lines by Wabash College Professor of Art Greg Huebner will open the 2002-2003 Art Gallery Season on Friday, September 6 in the Eric Dean Gallery in the Fine Arts Center. Bass Lines will be on display until October 16. The community is invited to an opening reception on Friday, September 6 from 3-5 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center.

This exhibit of paintings by Huebner, chairman of the art department at Wabash, is the result of his recent sabbatical explorations. This new series of paintings, all of which were completed in 2002, are visual interpretations of jazz compositions. There will be a live jazz performance during the opening reception.

“I’ve been a big fan of jazz for most of my life,” said Huebner. “I bought my first jazz album when I was 13 years old. As I began playing jazz myself and learning about jazz theory and structure, I started thinking about music and improvisation in terms of colors and imagery.”

One painting, “Autumn Leaves,” features four purple bars overlaying a red-and-gold background. It is based on two interpretations of the jazz standard, Frank Sinatra’s melancholy version and Freddie Hubbard’s up-tempo version.

Over the past 25 years Huebner has been in 25 solo exhibits and 70 group exhibitions throughout the United States. He has been awarded several commissions and awards for his paintings. His work is represented in 21 public collections including the GenMark Corp., St. Louis, Mo.; Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis; Snite Art Museum, Notre Dame, Ind.; Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Fort Wayne, Ind.; Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill.; Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Ind.; Deloitte and Touche Corp., Cleveland, Ohio; and Dollar General Corp., Nashville, Tenn. He has also been a lecturer and artist-in-residence at over 30 institutions throughout the U.S. as well as St. Katherina Gymnasium, Oppenheim, Germany.

Huebner is represented by the Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio; Boody Fine Art, St. Louis, Mo.; Carmichael and Carmichael Fine Arts, St. Paul, Minn.; and the Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis.

Huebner earned his bachelor’s degree from St. Benedict’s College in Kansas in 1971 and his master of fine arts in painting from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, in 1973.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free and the display is open to the public.

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