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Exhibition of prints by world-renowned author and illustrator Edward St. John Gorey on display in Canton through Feb. 27

Posted 1/18/16

CANTON -- St. Lawrence University’s Richard F. Brush Art Gallery will present an exhibition of prints by world-renowned author and illustrator Edward St. John Gorey. The exhibition will take place …

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Exhibition of prints by world-renowned author and illustrator Edward St. John Gorey on display in Canton through Feb. 27

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CANTON -- St. Lawrence University’s Richard F. Brush Art Gallery will present an exhibition of prints by world-renowned author and illustrator Edward St. John Gorey. The exhibition will take place from Jan. 20 to Feb. 27.

The showing will include a lecture by the show’s curator, James A. Edwards, professor and curator at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It will be at 7 p.m. on Feb. 8 in Griffiths Arts Center, room 123.

In addition, a rough cut screening of Christopher Seufert’s film “The Edward Gorey Documentary Project” will be ongoing in the main galleries during open hours.

Gorey (1925-2000) published over 100 titles, including “The Gashlycrumb Tinies,” “The Doubtful Guest” and “The Wuggly Ump.”

His illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times and in books by Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, H.G. Wells, and Virginia Woolf.

His animated credits, created in 1980 for the PBS “Masterpiece Mystery!” series, introduced his work to millions of television viewers.

This exhibition presents, at its core, the image of the elephant alongside images of other earthly and fictional beasts. Elephants cavort, carry figures on their backs, shower and hold dapper canes in these enigmatic images. Prints of animated thumbs and a balletic series of an oddly endearing fantastical creature called “Figbash” are also included in the exhibition. Made in the last decade of his career, these prints reveal Gorey’s obsession with animals and all things elephantine.

Beyond his literary and artistic pursuits, Gorey was deeply invested in the protection of animals. Through the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust, numerous animal welfare organizations receive funding, including the Tufts Veterinary School in Grafton, Massachusetts, the Bat Conservation International Foundation in Austin, Texas, and the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee. For more information on Edward Gorey, visit the website of the Edward Gorey House at www.edwardgoreyhouse.org.