Progeny of Petals: On the Florals of Leah Jaynes Karp
Leah Solomon outlines artist Leah Jaynes Karp’s 1982 mixed media series, made in response to the Atlanta Child Murders of 1979-1981, for Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme.
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Creating “Heaven on Earth”: Yvette Gunn’s Birdhouse Paradise
Annie Moye writes about the environmental and communal ethics of artist Yvette Gunn, whose sculptural practice of building birdhouses in her garden honors the natural world.
Somewhere Beyond Writing: Suzanne Césaire and the Blindingly Beautiful | In Conversation with Marguerite (Margy) Adams and Joslyn Gardner
Bryn Evans joins Marguerite (Margy) Adams and Joslyn Gardner—the cofounders of Emory University’s Black Feminist Working Group—to discuss The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire (2024) and the film’s engagement with sound and camouflage.
In the Studio with Jasmine Nicole Williams
Amina Daugherty visits the Atlanta studio of Jasmine Nicole Wiliams to discuss the printmaker’s kinship with Suzanne Césaire and her radical vision for cultural liberation.
Timon of Athens
For our next Annotations column, Craig Drennen presents Timon of Athens, an interactive guide featuring individual bodies of work that respond to the characters found in Shakespeare’s play.
Gordon Parks: The South in Color at Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Thalia Butts reviews Gordon Parks’ tender images of Black communities in the segregated South on view in the exhibition, Gordon Parks: The South in Color at Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta.
Unbound Narratives: Embodied Language at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta
Jasmine Wilson Dennie reviews how the featured artists translate embodied experience into visual and linguistic forms in Unbound Narratives: Embodied Langauge at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta.
The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Daniel Fuller reviews Minnie Evans’ lush, mythical compositions on view in The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
Treyvian Dowell: Tenderness and Protection
Amina Daugherty profiles the work of Atlanta-based artist Treyvian Dowell, who challenges the notion of legitimacy as dictated by polish or price.
