Archive for January, 2009

Atlanta’s creative community is like a big living organism. After our brief slumber this winter, life is burgeoning once again. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up. »

I expected certain things from “Re-Possessed/Re-Processed.” I anticipated folk art-inspired and self-taught artists assembling memories in the form of keepsake shadowboxes and quirky sculptures of scrap metal animals. While those re-purposed found objects constituted a good portion of the exhibition, I found myself much more interested in the scattering of unexpected... »

Bob Kolbrener’s photographs make no attempt to stray from his mentor Ansel Adam’s cherished Western United States landscapes. The two share a regional heritage and an affinity for dramatic black-and-white prints. The works in “90 Years in the American West,” currently on view at Fay Gold Gallery, complement each other in an awe-inspiring vision... »

In Savannah I did this all very secretly, I didn’t mention it to anyone. I had my school work, and then at night I’d go out and do the Everything Will Be OK project. I’d met the graffiti kids and got the idea: ‘This was something you don’t do.’ But after a... »

Blake Butler just turned 30. This doesn’t seem to bother him, though. In fact, he tells me 29 was the year that really got to him. At 30, Butler has just published a novella, Ever (Calamari Press), and has another novel due in September, Scorch Atlas (Featherproof Books). He is the editor of the online... »

All seems quiet in Atlanta this weekend as the historic uproars are replaced with quotidian headlines and routine. This week’s upcoming exhibitions provide a roar to get you through the post-inauguration rut. »

Alan Loehle’s current show at Marcia Wood Gallery is a compelling look at two sides of an artist. The drawings—completed during a recent Guggenheim Fellowship in Rome—are bright and at times whimsical. The paintings, on the other hand, are a continuation of an older series and embody some of the gravitas and solidity one... »

“Young Blood Selects: 6 Local and National Artists” presents six artists working under the umbrella of illustration art. The exhibition is organized to flow from the work of one artist to the next. Despite this layout, however, little dialogue exists between artworks by different artists. This is unfortunate because the exhibition could... »

Local artist Beth Lilly came up with the idea for The Oracle @ WiFi in late 2005, when she was talking with her husband about cell phone cameras. She says: I was really intrigued that anyone could call me from anywhere in the world and I could make a photograph for them right there... »

Art lovers tend to be idealists, and next week promises enough patriotic inspiration to send our “bleeding hearts” right into cardiac arrest. »