WALTER HATKE - RECENT WORK
The Mandeville Gallery 
Annual Faculty Exhibition

January 20 - May 1, 2005
 

Professor Walter Hatke is the May I. Baker Professor of Fine Arts at Union College. He teaches drawing and painting. The exhibition consists of paintings, drawings, and prints completed between 2000 and 2005.

                                                                                                                  Music, 1994/2002, oil on linen

Walter Hatke's paintings combine a feeling of timelessness with an element of narrative, resulting in work with a remarkable presence and a powerful resonance that invites a viewer to delve deeply, to return repeatedly. These works encompass both interior and exterior scenes. Their intricate formal balances result in delicately idealized compositions of exquisite harmony. 

A full-color catalogue accompanies the exhibition, and also features a suite of poems written in response to Hatke's work by faculty member and award-winning poet Jordan Smith.

Rachel Seligman
Director and Curator, Mandeville Gallery

Open, 2003, oil on linen

Shakers, 2001, oil on linen

Rexford Crossing, 2001-2003, oil on linen