POTSDAM -- The Art Museum at SUNY Potsdam will unveil an exhibition by international artist Simon Redington next week. The show, titled "The Grand Charade," will kick off with an opening reception at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, and will be on display through Saturday, Nov. 3.

"The Grand Charade" will bring together several separate series by Redington. The highlight of the show, according to the artist, will be his series marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Redington has pasted this document onto 20-foot-tall boards, displayed in five columns, in bold headline type.

Redington punctuated the manuscript with mixed media and collaged drawings. He has returned to these drawings over several years, continually re-working them using black and white materials, Chinese ink, acrylic paint, pencils, charcoal, chalk and crayons. The work is also dotted with collages, including newspaper clippings, bits of Marvel comics, martial imagery and Hollywood stills.

The artist will be in attendance for the installation of the exhibition and the opening reception.

For more information about the latest shows at the Gibson Gallery, visit http://www.potsdam.edu/museum/exhibits/gibson/upcoming.

Info: 315-267-3290 or visit http://www.potsdam.edu/museum.