Saturday, MAY 16th, 2009, The Westside Arts District will hold their monthly “3rd Saturday” art walk from 11am to 5pm. Scheduled programming: BOBBE GILLIS GALLERY–open 11 am – 5 pm, FREE www.gillisgallery.com 1000 Marietta Street, Suite 108 Painting Demonstration Bobbe Gillis Gallery presents our very own “Painter of Light,” Amanda Carder. Please join us for [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 16, 2009
ELSEWHERE opening April 25 at SALTWORKS
ELSEWHERE
A group exhibition curated by Shinique Smith.
Opening reception Saturday, April 25, 7-9M
Exhibition runs April 25 – June 6, 2009
Featuring works by Justin Anderson, Christine Bailey, Jane Benson, Jennie C. Jones, Marcus Morales, Erika Ranee, Sean Ryan and Mickalene Thomas.
The works in this exhibition embody the definition of “elsewhere.” They make references to locales and scenes either witnessed or imagined, while sharing a romantic sensibility that manifests through varied processes. Within this Romanticism, the landscape becomes a hybrid of place, history, myth and illusion. As contemporary works they are loosely connected to ‘Golden Age’ or utopian ideals of pastoral literature and art. Through imaginative and subjective approaches, these artists strive to express suggested states of feelings too intense, mystical or elusive to be clearly defined. Though these works share a relationship to the history of painting’s long romance with the land, they are of the Now. These are visions shaped not only by their awareness of the past, but also by their keen perceptions of our current time. Each artist is affected by the reality and technology of today, as demonstrated in the way they choose to embrace or repel these notions. There is a ‘quaintness’ and ‘sentimentality’ in these works and though they are not necessarily laments for the past, they are infused, at times, with disenchantment for the urban environment and quest for the ideal of somewhere else.
April 14, 2009
Reminder – Art Walk This SAT, April 18
In case you missed it, these are photos from the March Art Walk. Our next “3rd Saturday” art walk will be held April 18! Scroll down for the full list of galleries and art talks.
April 8, 2009
“Paint as Subject” opens this Friday at Emily Amy Gallery
Paint as Subject: new works by Dorothy Goode, James Leonard, Melanie Parke and Carl Plansky Opening reception this Friday, from 7- 10 pm. Show runs through May 6th. Paint is not often thought of as the subject matter or genre of a painting. Quite the contrary, subjects usually include landscapes, figures, or still lives. [...]
