Close Readings

Gregory Botts: Stations

 

The Cathedral of St. John The Divine is pleased to present paintings by the New York artist Gregory Botts which form The Stations Project. This project is part of an ongoing series each year in which the Cathedral exhibits art on the theme of the Stations of the Cross.

 

 

Gregory Botts (b. 1952, Harrisburg, PA) is a painter living and working in New York City and New Mexico. He attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Since his first solo show in 1984 at the Anne Plumb Gallery, NYC, his work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad, most recently with solo shows at Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe and Heidi Cho Gallery in NYC (April 2011). The recipient of a Gottlieb Grant, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, and a member of the National Academy, he is also a poet. His book, Clouds, Leaves, Waves: A Painter's Poem was published by Turtle Point Press, NY, in 1996.

 

 

 

 

The mission of Close Reading is to foster appreciation for and understanding of cathedral arts, in general, and, specifically, the distinctive art and architecture of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The program realizes its mission through exhibitions and talks designed to focus on cathedral art and also to broadly explore the artistic expression of systems of religion, thought, and culture from around the world in relation to cathedral art.