"Re-possessed/Re-processed: The Everyday Object in Contemporary Southern Art" curated show by Marianne B. Lambert at Terminus 100.
Through April 3.
Free Parking validation for reception
For more information contact Marianne Lambert at 770-435-5180
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
263 Walker St, Atlanta
Description:
"Metaphors and Symbols" is an exhibition of new paintings and drawings by Alan Loehle created during his Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007–2008.
Through Feb. 14.
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
3115 East Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta
Description:
Jackson Fine Art opens a window onto the cosmopolitan culture of two great urban centers -- New York and Paris -- with the current show of drawings and prints by New Yorker Maira Kalman, and photographs of Paris by Willy Ronis. Both artists are commensurate storytellers of their respective cities, each working with an economy of means to capture the ephemeral details that characterize the humanity of each of these cultural meccas.
Through February 6.
Time:
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location:
75 Bennett St, Space B-1, Atlanta
Description:
"Bloodline: AIDS and Family"
The African social landscape, forever altered by the AIDS pandemic, is memorialized in this powerful collection of imagery.
Through March 6.
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
3115 East Shadowlawn Ave, Atlanta
Description:
Maira Kalman's world view contains more than a dash of the absurd, an artist's keen street smart sense of observation, and a very punchy palette. On view will be her gouaches, silk screen prints and photography that represent work from a variety of projects, from her renderings of sayings embroidered on pillowcases to an interior scene of Sir John Soane's London house/museum.
You are welcome to bring to the book signing any children's books you may have. Jackson Fine Art will be selling signed books of The Elements of Style and Principles of Uncertainty.
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
636 North Highland Ave, Atlanta
Description:
Six artists selected by the gallery whose work shares an experimental, illustrative quality.
Artists are:
Daniel Davison, Max Kauffman, Jenny Bunny Bunns, Daniel Young, Eric Trimble, Toby Thane Neighbors
Through Jan. 31.
Time:
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave, Unit B, Atlanta
Description:
Group show.
Time:
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
696 Charles Allen Dr, Atlanta
Description:
Art has been been used politically as propaganda for centuries, most prominently during the international conflicts of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Some focused on slogans such "We Want You", while others perpetuated larger than life images of rulers such as David's epic portrait of Napolean crossing the Alps. The subjective nature of art has had the ability to lend influence to political messages and ideas. Comparably, advertising incorporates similar concepts as propaganda in order associate desirable images, slogans, and logos with their products. Recently artists such as Shepard Fairey and others have appropriated the propaganda concepts for both artistic and marketing purposes, blurring the line between subversive satire and advertising, street level propaganda and fine art.
Beep Beep is trying to encourage a similar irreverence for politics or even meaning (a la the OBEY Giant), new works focused on the artist's imagined causes and perversions (or virtues, your choice). Sort of a post-modern approach, where the propaganda pieces are self contained meaning that the purpose is to promote the work itself rather than a grander marketing scheme or political message.
Artists include Evereman, Rene Arriagada aka Transmit Device, Sat Kirpal Khalsa, Ben Goldman, Travis Dodd aka Machete, Bryan Westberry, Kerri Boles, Kim Feigenbaum, Charstarr, Stenvik Mostrom, Baxter Crane, Bean Summers, J.R. Schulz, Reed Elliot and more.
Through Feb. 8.
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
4681 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Dunwoody
Description:
"Go Figure: Contemporary Interpretations of Figurative Art"
Artists have been fascinated by the figure for centuries. Indeed, figurative art has been a fundamental part of the artistic vocabulary, providing the basis and foundation of their artistic expression. Lucien Freud wrote, "I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does." "Go Figure" includes a selection of contemporary artists whose work continues this tradition. Included in the exhibition are artists Jen Mazza, Joshua Meyer, Christopher Parrott, Brett Osborn, Chin-Cheng Hung and Jonathan Bouknight.
Through February 21.
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Swan Coach House Gallery 3130 Slaton Drive
Description:
"My Work Always Looks Like Me" an artobiography about life, loss and Love. Exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Kathy Yancey.
January 15 - February 28
Artist's talk Feb 7 11 AM
Opening Jan 15 , 6-8 PM
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
690 Miami Circle, Ste 700, Atlanta
Description:
"The Dance of Process," a solo show by Atlanta artist and tango dancer, MB Andrews emphasizes movement and touch through textured prints. The artist illustrates her work with sensitive tactile-ness created by dancer's hand.
Curated by Kathleen Rapp.
Show runs from November 14th, 2008 - January 31st, 2009.
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
814 Edgewood Ave, Atlanta
Description:
"Walking to Guantanamo" is the title of Richard Fleming's first book and the first solo exhibition of photographs taken during that journey.
Despite having a wonderful girlfriend, a downtown Manhattan apartment, and a thriving career, Richard Fleming is afraid that his life is spiraling into "nightmarish mediocrity." After obsessing over the notion for years, he finally decides that crossing the island of Cuba on foot might somehow rescue him from the fate he fears. Walking to Guantánamo is the chronicle of that journey. Rarely has a book about Cuba been so shorn of pretension, ideological blinders, or misplaced romanticism-and hardly ever has it been so genuinely funny. Uninterested in-and certainly unfazed by-either the hysterical attitude of the US government or the smug pose of the Cuban one, Richard Fleming sets out across Cuba literally one step at a time. In doing so, his text and photographs reveal a popular culture, particularly in music and spiritual life, of deep complexity. A discerning observer of daily life who rejects the clichés of Cuba's enemies and friends alike, Richard Fleming ranges over the Cuban countryside with a rare ability to distinguish reality from façade and slogan from fact. A companion volume of photographs, The Road to Guantanamo: Images from a Journey through Cuba, is being published with Walking to Guantanamo.
Through Feb. 28
Reading and book signing: Sunday, Jan. 18, 4 p.m.
Time:
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Whitespace, 814 Edgewood Ave, Atlanta
Description:
"Walking to Guantanamo" is the title of Richard Fleming's first book and the first solo exhibition of photographs taken during that journey.
Despite having a wonderful girlfriend, a downtown Manhattan apartment, and a thriving career, Richard Fleming is afraid that his life is spiraling into "nightmarish mediocrity." After obsessing over the notion for years, he finally decides that crossing the island of Cuba on foot might somehow rescue him from the fate he fears. Walking to Guantánamo is the chronicle of that journey. Rarely has a book about Cuba been so shorn of pretension, ideological blinders, or misplaced romanticism-and hardly ever has it been so genuinely funny. Uninterested in-and certainly unfazed by-either the hysterical attitude of the US government or the smug pose of the Cuban one, Richard Fleming sets out across Cuba literally one step at a time. In doing so, his text and photographs reveal a popular culture, particularly in music and spiritual life, of deep complexity. A discerning observer of daily life who rejects the clichés of Cuba's enemies and friends alike, Richard Fleming ranges over the Cuban countryside with a rare ability to distinguish reality from façade and slogan from fact. A companion volume of photographs, The Road to Guantanamo: Images from a Journey through Cuba, is being published with Walking to Guantanamo.
Through Feb. 28
Time:
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta
Description:
“Darkness and Light” promises "neon architectural interventions [to] mesmerize viewers from all walks of life."
Through Feb. 15.
An artist talk with Antonakos and guest curator Marshall N. Price of the National Academy Museum in New York begins at 5 p.m., followed by a reception until 8. The exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public.
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Gallery See, 1600 Peachtree St. inside SCAD-Atlant
Description:
Danny Simmons - Def Jam poet, author, philanthropist and painter - is a true renaissance man. His work will be on display at SCAD-Atlanta's Gallery See, 1600 Peachtree St., Dec. 11-Feb. 13 in the exhibition titled "Spiritual Rhythms." Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Inspired by African spiritual energy and imagery, "Spiritual Rhythms" brings together pairs of Simmons' new paintings with those done within the last five years. Side by side, these abstract expressionistic works reveal pattern shifts while maintaining a familiar visual language.
"Each pair draws awareness to the paintings' rhythmic dialogue through a dynamic visual tension created by the differences between the earlier work and the most recent painting," said Erin Dziedzic, SCAD's curator of exhibitions. "The earlier linear works explore a visual system of language while Simmons' most recent paintings and drawings have much less negative space. The true energy of the spirits uniting takes on the abstract forms."
Time:
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
2440 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta
Description:
Art Partners, the social and volunteer organization that supports the High Museum of Art through fundraisers and events, announces its first special event for 2009 - Catwalk Meets Canvas, uniting cutting-edge fashion and local art to benefit the High Museum of Art.
"Catwalk Meets Canvas gives Art Partners members, their guests, and interested future members the chance to enjoy an extraordinary evening of high fashion and progressive art,” said Claudia McDavid, Art Partners Program Officer. "This event continues the Art Partners' tradition of providing exclusive social events that benefit all the great programs and exhibitions offered at the High."
Catwalk Meets Canvas is a chance for new members to affiliate themselves with the High Museum of Art, as well as Art Partners through special reduced membership rates. Guests who purchase Art Partners memberships from January 1 until the day of the event receive free admission. Event tickets are $20 for Art Partners members and $40 for non-members. Tickets will be available for purchase via www.High.org/cmc or by calling 404-733-4521.
Additional featured artists and designers include:
- Couturecycle: Wardrobe staples for devout recyclers
- Craig Farquharson: Canadian sculptor of John Craig Bronze
- Jeff Williams: Art Deco influenced painter and official artist for the 2009 Kentucky Derby
- Matt Belfi: Illustrator and graphic designer in Castleberry Hill
- Tadashi Torii: Glassblower and founder of Duckbill Studios
- Todd Alexander: Mixed media photographer
- Vanessa Vinci: Custom-couture dress designer
6pm» Ansel Adams + Bob Kolbrener at Fay Gold