Imagine it’s the early 1920s and you’re playing a traditional “parlor game” with your Surrealist friends. One of them starts a sentence or begins the first illustrative lines of a drawing, then folds the paper and passes it to you. You continue the sentence or drawing without seeing the markings that came before. Then you … Continued
Idea collective John Q stopped by my apartment for an interview in August, and we chatted about the Atlanta art scene, the art of remembering, and the current work they have up at the Zuckerman Museum of Art. I knew member Joey Orr from my days working as a gallery assistant at the Atlanta Contemporary … Continued
Is it possible to forget that war exists? If you read the daily headlines, it is difficult for the death tolls and protests not to seep into your subconscious as you go about your day. But for those of us who are not in the middle of a war zone, the struggles in other parts … Continued
I had a chance to meet up with my friend and former roommate S. Patricia Patterson earlier this month at her home and studio space in Pine Lake, Georgia. “Tricia” as her friends call her, lives there with her boyfriend Adam Saunders and their jovial baby boy, Levi. Tricia creates large-scale paintings full of bold … Continued
The collective Speleogen is difficult to define, and in that challenge I found great interest. I recently met with some members of the collective at the home of artists and musicians Devin Brown, Mason Brown (no relation), and David Matysiak on a rainy but pleasant afternoon in July. The core group also includes Paige Adair, … Continued
Nikita Gale is an Atlanta-based artist working in an array of media, from the tangible to the more ephemeral. She has a strong character and cites the moment she quit drinking alcohol as the point when she rediscovered art as her creative focus. The self-taught conceptual artist [who is a BURNAWAY board member] will be leaving … Continued
Molly Rose Freeman composes intricately patterned murals that vibrate with energy, which is very in line with her dynamic personality. Freeman is a firecracker, super-engaging, stylish, and magnetic. We met in a coffee shop this summer to discuss her recent live painting installation and exhibition “Hourglass” at Beep Beep Gallery. She told me the best … Continued
JD Walsh is a multimedia artist living in Brooklyn. Walsh lived in Atlanta for several years, and I was interested in hearing what he thought the main differences were between the two cities’ art scenes. Walsh also works as a video editor and has shown at such spaces as Sardine in Bushwick. He’s also a musician and … Continued
“Oh,” Carol John’s exhibition of oil paintings and works on paper [on view through July 5], is a giant visual playground for the eyes. Flower bomb, for example, explodes all over the canvas with a striking Rastafarian color palette of reds, yellows, greens, and blacks, with an unexpected swatch of lavender to shake things up. Bomb … Continued
