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UW-La Crosse art show to feature installation

Posted 3:34 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011

The artwork of Canadian artist Lenka Novak will fill the UW-La Crosse Art Gallery.

[caption id="attachment_6865" align="alignright" width="400" caption="“Deep Waters I” by Lenka Novak, a light sculpture installation that includes six steel pools of water, screens and theatre lights. Her site-specific installation at the UW-L University Gallery runs Oct. 28-Nov. 19."]Artwork. [/caption]The artwork of Canadian artist Lenka Novak will fill the UW-La Crosse Art Gallery. Novak’s exhibition opens with an artist discussion from 4-5 p.m. followed by a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, in the University Art Gallery, on the first floor of the Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets. The exhibit runs through Saturday, Nov. 19. Novak will create a site-specific installation in the University Gallery. She constructs environments in her work based on recreation and reflective thought. By using simple technologies and moving light, she develops works that engage the viewers’ sensory perceptions of light, space and visual memory. Born in the Czech Republic, she currently lives and works in Canada. Her award-winning work has been exhibited throughout North America and internationally. Find out more about Novak at www.lenkanovak.com. Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and during Toland Theatre events. Admission is free. The gallery opens for appointments by calling the UW-L Art Department 608.785.8230. If you go— What: Artwork of Canadian artist Lenka Novak When: Opens with an artist discussion from 4-5 p.m. followed by a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. The exhibit runs through Saturday, Nov. 19. Regular gallery hours are noon-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Where: University Art Gallery, first floor of the UW-L?Center for the Arts, 16th and Vine streets Admission: Free

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