Archive Content by Tag ‘New York’

01/29/13 Dashboard Co-op Turns Three, Transforms Atlanta into a Boom City

Dashboard Co-op reflects on their beginnings as they bustle about the downtown space for their exhibition Saturday, February 2.

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01/11/13 Living Walls and the Perils of Public Space, Part I

This two-part series asks tough questions and searches for historical context for recent controversies over public art.

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10/04/12 Rest in Peace, John Otte, Curator and Atlanta Son

Known for his energy and intellect, John Otte passed away in New Orleans on Wednesday.

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03/07/12 Our Front Porch: What Inspires Artists to Be Angelic Troublemakers?

Perhaps Atlanta’s most influential taste-maker for 30 years, Gold encourages young artists to be reformers and rabble-rousers

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03/02/12 Our Front Porch: The Beasts, an Online Exhibition Balancing Thought and Craft

The curator of Young Blood Gallery shares her thoughts on the art of curating in this digital show of four artists.

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11/23/11 Memorial Drive: The NAC and the 1970s Black Arts Movement

Memorial Drive is a collaborative series by BURNAWAY and ArtsCriticATL about the history of the arts in Atlanta. Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Park sits at the intersection of Formwalt Street and Abernathy Boulevard, near Turner Field. Artwork by Emma Amos that is titled We Will Not Forget (1996) graces that corner lot. Unfortunately, I think [...]

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11/23/11 No Ordinary Bull: Kate Javens at Marcia Wood Gallery

We coo and kiss and speak in baby voices to the domesticated animals in our care. So the one thing they may want the most for Christmas is not a tiny sweater, but a shred of dignity. Along comes New York painter Kate Javens, anxious to put a gleam of sentience in the eyes and [...]

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10/01/11 Call for Artists: Upcoming Deadlines for October and Beyond

See below for upcoming grant deadlines, calls for proposals, and residency applications available (but not limited) to artists in Georgia.

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09/14/11 The Fringe: Echoes of the Sublime Inspires Challenging Conversations

For Stephanie Dowda, Echoes of the Sublime is about risk. And she doesn’t mean the kind of risk associated with shock and awe, but rather that, in curating this exhibition at Emily Amy Gallery, she’s making an effort to push the boundaries of the photographers and subjects that are commonly presented in Atlanta. With an [...]

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05/12/11 Book review in final ART LIES asks: What is regional art?

On March 30, 2011, ART LIES magazine announced it would cease publication to take a “period of hiatus and reflection,” bringing over 15 years of service to an abrupt close. Beginning in 1994, ART LIES grew from a bimonthly journal focused on Houston into a smart, visually potent quarterly distributed across the United States, treading [...]

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04/17/11 Interview: Folkert de Jong, an artist of spirit and Styrofoam

Folkert de Jong is a kind of modern-day Dutch master: His sculptures convert base materials into physically and philosophically complex work that is true to that legacy in both letter and spirit. Steeped in the rich history, politics, commerce, and art of the Netherlands, his work exhibits the acuity and practical ingenuity that have long [...]

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04/06/11 Why do young artists leave Atlanta?

Seven artists with roots in Atlanta discuss their reasons for relocating, their new independent creative paths, and why they all wish there was more to come home for.

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02/16/11 The Selby is in your place (at Jackson Fine Art)

If you are like most humans living on earth, The Selby has never set foot in Your Place. But if you are sufficiently interesting, well-connected, and, above all, in possession of a certain creative panache, you may not want to rule out the possibility of a visitation.1 The Selby is in Your Place, showing at [...]

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01/19/11 Interview: Dana Schutz, a New York painter learning how to draw again

Dana Schutz burst onto the New York scene in 2002 with her brightly colored canvases in which malformed denizens act out strange scenes of violence, self-mutilation, and self-contemplation with an almost child-like innocence. Schutz was in Atlanta for the opening of Drawings & Prints, her exhibition at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (ACAC), and was [...]

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