(MILWAUKEE, WI) The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, announces the opening of the exhibition Frank Rödel: Prinzip Collage Thursday July 17 at 6 p.m.  The exhibition features collage works of Berlin, Frankfurt and New York.  The artist will be present at the opening for a gallery discussion of his work.  A reception at the Haggerty Museum follows at 7 p.m.  This exhibition was organized by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany and was exhibited in October 2002 at the German House Gallery, UN-Plaza, New York.

Rödel works in collage using oil, acrylics, canvas, Japanese papers, watercolor, graphic asphalt and shellac.  In his art, Rödel combines painted and graphic elements with photographs. Rödel traveled to Berlin, Frankfurt, and New York, to produce a collage series from each city.  He uses images of the city's monuments, skylines and other cultural structures and combines them with images of the past, bold colors and text.  For Rödel, "the city is a large, constantly changing collage.  It is a kaleidoscope which creates new aesthetic orders and arrangements in front of the onlookerís eyes with every moment."

"This exhibition is part of Haggerty Museum's program to bring to Milwaukee contemporary international artists, said Dr. Curtis L. Carter director of the museum.  "The exhibition of Rödel's work coincides with German Fest, the largest German festival in the United States, held at Milwaukeeís lakefront."

Frank Rödel was born in Weimar, Germany in 1954.  He studied at Berlin University from 1982-1988.  He has received scholarships in Spain, France, Italy, Thailand, the United States, and Germany.  He spoke at the International Symposium on Art and Politics at the Aspen Institute in Colorado in 1994 and in Berlin in 1995.  In 2001, he taught at the University Ragamangala Institute of Technology in the Department of Fine Arts in Bangkok, Thailand. Frank Rödelís work has been exhibited internationally in Berlin, Dresden, Israel, New York, the Ukraine and Bilbao, Spain.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Haggerty Museum and Marquette University's Upward Bound Program present the summer art program Art Collage, Works in Progress: Memory Identity and Community.  Students involved in the program will complete collages which will be on display at the Weasler Auditorium Thursday July 24th.  Students will also perform selected creative writing works at the Haggerty Museum from 8-9pm.  This event is free and open to the public.

This exhibition is sponsored by The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Program Endowment Fund and the Wisconsin Arts Board.

The Haggerty Museum of Art is located at North 13th St. and West Clybourn Avenue on the campus of Marquette University. Museum hours are Monday - Wednesday, Friday - Saturday, 10 am-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10 am-8 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.. Free parking is available in the Mary B. Finnigan Parking Lot (enter on 11th St. through Marquette Lot J). For more information on the exhibition or the Haggerty Museum