DATE: Sunday, September 7, 1997             TAG: 9709050137

SECTION: DAILY BREAK             PAGE: E5   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: Teresa Annas

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VISUAL ARTS A GALLERY OF CHOICES

The Art of John Biggers: View from the Upper Room

Hampton University Museum, Sept. 21-Nov. 23

A major retrospective of the work of a renowned American artist, tracing the development of his imagery over five decades. This is the final stop of a national tour for the show, organized by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Hampton museum.

In the Circle: The Art of James Biggers

Wise Gallery, Norfolk State University, Sept. 19-Dec. 12

Like his uncle John Biggers, James Biggers of Gastonia, N.C., has devoted his life to art. The nephew's recent work pays stylistic homage to his uncle.

The Door of Good and Evil: Jean Peacock and Matthew Bernier

The Arts Center of the Portsmouth Museums, Oct. 9-Dec. 14

Peacock, a Virginia Beach painter, and Bernier, a Norfolk art therapist who creates marionettes, have collaborated on a unique show. The exhibit, based on a fairy tale with moral themes, is part performance, part visual arts.

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection

The Chrysler Museum of Art, Oct. 23-Dec. 31

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was one French Impressionist who preferred to stay indoors. This show includes 98 of his lithographic posters and prints of dimly-lit cabaret scenes and other colorful subjects, plus a few paintings and drawings.

Furniture of the American South

The DeWitt Wallace Gallery, Nov. 8, 1997-Dec. 31, 1998

The first major exhibit of Southern furniture in more than 40 years will feature 120 of Colonial Williamsburg's finest early pieces. The show covers three Southern regions - the Chesapeake, Low Country and Back Country.

(re)search*(re)vision*(re)construct: a contemporary visual dialogue

Old Dominion University Gallery, Nov. 14-Dec. 12

Seven artists from various ethnic backgrounds show work that uncovers the diverse social, cultural and philosophical subtexts of contemporary life.

Foust: Personal Spaces

Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Nov. 15-Jan. 4

Foust - that's the only name she goes by - creates quirky genre scenes of modern life. The Richmond artist brings new life to an old media - hand-colored linoleum block print.

Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity''

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Dec. 5-Feb. 15

A truly international exhibit, organized by the center's new curator Carla Hanzal. Artists from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, Spain and the United States explore ways that objects can impart meaning.

A Maritime Album

The Mariners' Museum, Dec. 6-May 31

John Szarkowski, the famous former curator of photography for The Museum of Modern Art, curated this show of 100 fascinating maritime photos from The Mariners' huge permanent collection. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

108 WORKS BY FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST TOULOUSE-LAUTREC... KEYWORDS: ARTS CALENDAR

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