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SEEK ATL and Cosmo Whyte
Saturday’s SEEK ATL artist studio tour featured Cosmo Whyte’s fantastic studio space downtown, in the Castleberry Hill Arts District. Whyte, born in Jamaica, has widely exhibited in a short period of time and is the recipient of many awards, including … Continue reading
Al Taylor, What are You Looking At? High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Ending March 18th, Al Taylor, What are You Looking At? is a fascinating and entertaining exhibit. Exquisitely curated by the High’s Michael Rooks, I didn’t expect all three floors of the museum’s Anne Cox Chambers wing to be devoted to … Continue reading
Ron Saunders, “Pivot” at Besharat Gallery
The Besharat gallery space at 163-175 Peters Street is in the Castleberry Hill historic district of downtown Atlanta. Located in a magnificent 1875 brick and timber framed building, the gallery is a fantasy of levels and rooms filled with the owner’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Interviews
Tagged abstract art, abstract painting, art exhibit, artist interview, atlanta art, Besharat Gallery, Castleberry Hill Arts District, installation, multidisciplinary artist, painting, painting on aluminum, performance art, Ron Saunders
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Hathaway David Contemporary in Atlanta
In my old vinyl collection is the Velvet Underground’s 1967 iconic LP with Andy Warhol’s yellow banana on the cover. A song on that album written by Lou Reed, “All Tomorrow’s Parties”, is an apropos title for the inaugural exhibit … Continue reading
Sydney Licht and Stephen Pentak at Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta
Some paintings smack you in the face with emotionalism and raw energy. More controlled painting, like the works in this show, demands an almost meditative attention. It helps to devote time to looking and looking again; put away that cell … Continue reading
Brian Rutenberg at Timothy Tew Gallery in Atlanta
Brian Rutenberg gave an artist’s talk on Saturday, April 25, after the prior night’s opening for his show at Timothy Tew Gallery in Atlanta. Rutenberg’s large abstract paintings are pure beauty and luscious paint. The artist isn’t afraid of color … Continue reading
Jim Byrne at Timothy Tew Gallery
Last weekend closed Jim Byrne’s show at Tew Galleries. Jim had found my blog and invited me to his opening. A group of his newest paintings was exhibited there from October 25 to November 25th, along with artist Isabelle Melchior. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, balthus, chicago, figurative art, Forum gallery, fra angelico, jim byrne, Matisse, painting, renaissance, timothy tew gallery, vuillard
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Sammy Peters
I discovered the painter Sammy Peters during an Alan Avery gallery opening this past fall and mentioned him in the post that I wrote about it. His work stood out as pure, structured, and fascinating abstraction in the midst of the surrealistic … Continue reading
Seek Atlanta visits artist Elyse Defoor
Two weekends ago, Seek ATL held a studio visit with the Atlanta artist Elyse Defoor. Her studio is on the lower level, underneath a labyrinth of rooms in her Chamblee home. Elyse has been on the Atlanta art scene for … Continue reading