BURNAWAY asked artists, writers, and curators from cities across the South to tell us who stood out in their arts communities and impacted it in positive ways. Making the list is Mark Scala, the Frist’s chief curator, and Seed Space in Nashville; Wassan Al-Khudhairi, curator of contemporary art at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Katie Pfohl, the new curator of … Continued
BURNAWAY asked artists, writers, and curators from cities across the South to tell us about their favorite cultural experiences in 2015. Making the list was the Art Book Fair presented by Printed Matter in New York City, Patti Smith’s reading of M Train in Nashville, Andrea Fraser’s lectures at the Contemporary Art Center and UNO in New Orleans, … Continued
From exhibition catalogues and magazines to literature, here’s what engrossed our experts this year. Daniel Fuller (Atlanta) Curator at Atlanta Contemporary Since arriving in the South, I have been on a massive Southern Lit kick. Barry Hannah has long been my favorite writer, and being down here has allowed me to meet people who knew him. … Continued
BURNAWAY asked artists, writers, and curators from cities across the Southeast to tell us about some of their favorite shows in 2015. Receiving multiple mentions are exhibitions “Phantom Bodies,” curated by Mark Scala at the Frist Center for Visual Arts, Vadis Turner at David Lusk and Malick Sidibé at Sherrick & Paul in Nashville; and such exhibition venue as the High … Continued
I first noticed Carl Joe Williams’s work at The Front, one of the artist collective galleries on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans. He had designed an installation for the gallery’s backyard, and I was drawn to its use of color and pattern as well as its incorporation of audio and video. Williams later described it … Continued
Upon first seeing the banner image for the New Orleans Museum of Art’s current exhibition, “Ten Years Gone,” you might assume that you’re looking at the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. This summer is the 10-year anniversary of the disaster, and NOMA’s show is one of several exhibitions and events to mark the … Continued
The Spoleto season in Charleston is a magical time. For three weeks the city is flooded with performers of all stripes and tourists looking to ride the wave of Spoleto Festival USA. School is out for the summer, Memorial Day opens the beach season, and it’s not even beastly hot yet. As an uprooted Charlestonian, … Continued
When you see the press photograph of flowers and offerings laid out in front of Emanuel AME Church after the recent shootings, it is right there, just behind the gate (see such an image here). Bearing witness. It was there when Dylann Roof walked through the doors of the church on June 17, 2015, and it … Continued
There’s just something about watching children express wonder. On this hot Friday, I’m watching a few kids run around the Music Box Roving Village as if it is a playground. Rain is due to fall at any moment, according to the weather forecasters, but right now the sun is out and there’s a young girl … Continued
