So! I want to talk about a few shows I attended, but first, I want to share that I was recently featured on the website of my friend and former classmate, Joie Brown, and I loved her little writeup of my work! She recently bought one of my favorite pieces, "The Sea Witch" and also came out to support my recent show at Aurora Coffee L5P.
Click here to view Joie's writeup, and be sure to check out the rest of her site, as she's beefing it up.
On to the shows...
Oliver and Lucha's "Monsters Need Love Too!" extravaganza at Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta.
The opening was the 6th, so I missed out, but I dropped by Saturday afternoon to pick up my skateboard for their upcoming "SK8 or DIE IV" show in May that I'm participating in (and I'm so seriously excited... I've always wanted to paint on a skateboard!). Anyhow, I really enjoy Oliver and Lucha's combined enthusiasm for the quirky subjects in their work. I especially loved their comfy installation (images borrowed from YBG's blog):
They apparently had a puppet show, which I am sad I missed, but I'll be sure to make it to their future collaborations!
More pictures can be viewed here for this exhibition.
After catching this at YBG's gallery space, I headed over to Decatur to visit Alcove Gallery on the suggestion of fellow Atlanta artist Dosa Kim, who participated in their current show, "Femme Fatale" along with Leslie Ditto, Gilbert Oh, and Patrick Fatica.
Dosa told me enthusiastically that Leslie Ditto's work is insane. "Insane how?" I asked. It was clear from his expression that her work leaves her viewers in awe and bewilderment. Here's one example that I particularly loved:
"Bathing with Broken Butterflies"
I was seriously impressed with the gallery space, and even more so with the artists exhibited. I even recognized a few other artists whose work I'd already admired, such as Rudy Fig. I will definitely be returning to Alcove for their upcoming shows, and I highly suggest the same. They clearly very strongly support the Lowbrow and Pop Surrealist style, which I believe is highly underappreciated, so I'm elated to see a gallery devoted to this.
My last stop on Saturday was at Mason Murer Fine Art for the 10th annual Art Papers Auction, a very highly anticipated event that brings over 2,000 supporters! Several of my professors and others at Kennesaw State, including Matt Haffner, his wife, Laura Bell, Robert Sherer, Katherine Taylor, and Alex Kvares, who previously taught at KSU, had work at this auction, as well as over 300 other emerging and established artists.
Here are a few works that I particularly enjoyed:
George Long's "8x8"
Jennifer Cawley's "Transformer"
Laura Bell's "Aggregate #2"
Reuben Ochoa's "Photography"
More pictures can be viewed here for this exhibition.
After catching this at YBG's gallery space, I headed over to Decatur to visit Alcove Gallery on the suggestion of fellow Atlanta artist Dosa Kim, who participated in their current show, "Femme Fatale" along with Leslie Ditto, Gilbert Oh, and Patrick Fatica.
Dosa told me enthusiastically that Leslie Ditto's work is insane. "Insane how?" I asked. It was clear from his expression that her work leaves her viewers in awe and bewilderment. Here's one example that I particularly loved:
I was seriously impressed with the gallery space, and even more so with the artists exhibited. I even recognized a few other artists whose work I'd already admired, such as Rudy Fig. I will definitely be returning to Alcove for their upcoming shows, and I highly suggest the same. They clearly very strongly support the Lowbrow and Pop Surrealist style, which I believe is highly underappreciated, so I'm elated to see a gallery devoted to this.
My last stop on Saturday was at Mason Murer Fine Art for the 10th annual Art Papers Auction, a very highly anticipated event that brings over 2,000 supporters! Several of my professors and others at Kennesaw State, including Matt Haffner, his wife, Laura Bell, Robert Sherer, Katherine Taylor, and Alex Kvares, who previously taught at KSU, had work at this auction, as well as over 300 other emerging and established artists.
Here are a few works that I particularly enjoyed:
David Rosetzky's "Worlds Apart #4"
George Long's "8x8"
Jennifer Cawley's "Transformer"
Laura Bell's "Aggregate #2"
Reuben Ochoa's "Photography"
There were at least 30 other artists I wrote down in a frenzy during the hour I spent there (I felt a little claustrophobic after awhile). I sincerely enjoyed the experience, though, and endeavor to continue to attend this annual event.
Class is almost over, so I'll finish up with this: there are two upcoming shows I am excited to attend, and both are on February 13th:
"Details" at MINT Gallery
and
"Inauguration" at Beep Beep Gallery
Also coming up: I've just rewritten my artist statement as I feel my work is taking on a new direction...
Class is almost over, so I'll finish up with this: there are two upcoming shows I am excited to attend, and both are on February 13th:
"Details" at MINT Gallery
and
"Inauguration" at Beep Beep Gallery
Also coming up: I've just rewritten my artist statement as I feel my work is taking on a new direction...
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Your work is so full of awesome! I saw your post over on livejournal and had to subscribe ^.^
Thanks so much! <3
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