Frank Rivera’s “Liar, Liar” is part of a retrospective of his work coming to the Gallery at Mercer County Community College March 10 to April 2.
Rivera’s “Pollinating Object” to be featured at the MCCC gallery.
Acclaimed artist Frank Rivera, of Hightstown, is set to return to his roots at Mercer County Community College (MCCC), where he taught art from 1967 to 2003. “Frank Rivera Retrospective: Selected Works 1945 – 2015” will be on display from Tuesday, March 10 through Thursday, April 2.
The public is invited to an opening reception on Wednesday, March 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Gallery is located on the second floor of the Communications Building at MCCC’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.
The show is set to include work from all phases of Rivera’s creative career, which in earlier years featured large-scale abstractions, while in more recent times has focused on smaller narrative pieces inspired by storyboard graphics and computer art. The exhibit also includes a few pieces preserved from Rivera’s childhood.
An MCCC professor emeritus, Rivera is a painter and educator who has lived and worked in Mercer County, NJ, for more than 40 years. His work has been exhibited prominently in the United States, including exhibits at the Whitney Museum, the Luise Ross Gallery, and the Abington Art Center, as well as numerous venues in Paris, where Rivera regularly spends time painting. He is a graduate of Yale Art School, with an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Gallery hours are Mondays through Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For more information visit mccc.edu/gallery.
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