Anolatabulata Revisited -- Double Zeeman by Betty Collings. Provenance

"TAO Six - The Sixth Member Exhibition of The Artists' Organization," presented by the Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Commission is a strong show by solid professional talents.

The Artists' Organization is a not-for-profit group of artists with administrative, writing or curatorial experience, formed in 1984 to promote programs to widen the audience for the arts. Some members are very well-known in central Ohio, especially Barbara Chavous, Betty Collings and Marty Kalb. All, however, have extensive professional experience and most have exhibited around the country and abroad. …

The few three-dimensional pieces, however, are imposing and call for attention, particularly Collings' monumental yet airy sculpture Anolatabulata Revisited- Double Zeeman, an organic form gently swaying in the gallery's air currents" …

	Detail St. Sophia. Fort Hayes. Columbus, OH. Provenance

"An enormous caterpillarlike sculpture snakes through the "shot tower" gallery of the Ft. Hayes School for the Visual Arts. Additional massive sculptures breath easily in the gallery's cavernous space. All are works in the impressive exhibition "TAO 2: Emphasis Sculpture," continuing through Dec.16 at the Ft. Hayes Visual Arts Gallery. The exhibit is impressive because of the monumentality of some works, the relationship among the works, and the relationship between the works and the gallery. …

The other dominant piece in the show is Betty Collings' huge and colorful St. Sophia. Ito loops, twists and crawls along the floor like a benevolent monster. The precision of the construction is best experienced by standing within one of the end loops and looking down the length. The spiralling motion of its colored sides seems to pull the viewer into an irresistible and dizzying vortex." …

	Jacob's Ladder. 1979. Screen printed vinyl. 5-9 units. App 16.5" x variable. Provenance

"The 71st annual Columbus Art League show at the Columbus Museum of Art is, quality wise, the best show presented by the League in recent years.

It was juried by Barbara Haskell, curator at the Whitney Museum of Art, New York City, who acted with drastic selectiveness. Of the 344 works by 119 artists submitted to her, she chose 56 pieces by 41 artists. … The result of her selectivity is a remarkably tight and professional exhibition. …

Thirteen awards were distributed to a wide variety of works, from Betty Collings' scientifically calculated Jacob's Ladder (Open Series) to Chas Krider's handcolored photo, My Waitress."…

Collings photo.

	"Double Dimunition x9" 1989. Vinyl Ink on vinyl. c. 165"x2' x various. Provenance

The Columbus Art League Invitational currently being held at the Nationwide Plaza … is a rare and stimulating show. Sure, it is controversial artistically and content-wise -but how else can it stimulate the eyes, the mind, and the emotions?…

However, it is remarkable well presented, and Betty Collings' floating sculptures seem to have been created for the particular setting of the gallery. Colorfully striped, Mrs. Collings' works dominate the show, their fluid geometry enhanced by the space and light surrounding them. Responding to the slightest air disturbance, they delicately shift around some invisible axis, creating changing ciruclar patterns which seem to spin toward infinity."…

Collings photo.