Facing Y’All: Inclusion Through the Lens, at Spruill Gallery through October 29, is a sweet-tempered arrangement of photographs that documents Southern contradictions and tensions while hoping to induce a spirit of renewed harmony implicit in its folksy title. This title unintentionally embodies the problem of language in the South, a region where there is an…
Entwined: A Group Exhibition of Textile and Fiber Art, at Marietta Cobb Museum of Art through June 4, is the latest in museum curator Madeline Beck’s presentations of unconventional, aesthetically compelling perspectives on traditional genres — which seem to be developing as her signature style. As in previous shows, she primarily uses work by artists…
German philosopher Martin Heidegger used strikethroughs in a word to indicate that it was “inadequate but necessary” — that the word was misleading, but there was no better way to approach the problem. That’s the same reason a show originally titled Parallels has evolved into a similar yet different exhibition called Parallel at Whitespace/Whitespec/Shedspace through…
Tiny Doors ATL has created art again. The Atlanta company’s latest addition to the street scene is found at the Shepard Center on Peachtree Road in Buckhead, complete with a tiny button for handicapped access. The Shepard Center, which opened in 1975, specializes in spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation along with medical research. To…
Artists have been taking the exhibition of their artwork into their own hands for centuries. Often this happens when they become frustrated with a lack of opportunity and the limited perspective of the art-world status quo. This has been a particular problem in Atlanta, so artist Scott Ingram has tackled the need head-on with the…
Jerry Cullum’s Notebook is a monthly survey that highlights some of the most notable art + design happenings in metro Atlanta. Cullum has written about the visual arts in Atlanta and beyond for decades. :: The 90-degree temperatures facing Atlanta this fall feel appropriate for the late-September opening of Traveling the Silk Road, at Fernbank…
Atlanta art + design enthusiasts can choose to see work by giants (collagist Romare Bearden, photographer Sally Mann) this fall and winter, as well as work by old friends (abstractionist Mildred Thompson, photographer Chris Verene) and an artist from the fashion world who’s getting his first museum exhibition. We’ve singled out 10 shows that feature…
Atlanta sculptor and multimedia artist Sonya Yong James’ first solo exhibition at Whitespace opens Friday and is titled Loud Magic. “The exhibit,” says James, “is about the history of place and time and myself inside of it.” She’s known for using unconventional material, including sheep’s wool and horsehair. Friday’s reception begins at 7 p.m. Through…
Chastain Arts Gallery describes the two-person I Am Both (through March 9) as being about the “ideas and themes of duality, of systems that bridge personal and public, and the meeting of past and present.” Statements by artists Sonya Yong James and Trevor Reese reinforce what, at first impression, can seem slightly intimidating. The show, though,…
Every Tuesday, we give you our top picks for the week, from installations and sculptures to paintings, drawings, street art, videos and more. Each category is arranged in alphabetical order. Ongoing Between the Deep Blue Sea and the Universe. Corrina Sephora’s full-gallery installation provides a symbolic journey that begins at the cellular level and ends at…
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