Posts Tagged 'painting'

InSight: Louviere + Vanessa

  Right now till June 22nd at Candela Books + Gallery (where I work) there is an exhibition of multimedia works called Counterfeit, by New Orleans-based creative couple Louviere + Vanessa. These are photographs of graphic imagery from world currency

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InSight: Louviere + Vanessa

  Right now till June 22nd at Candela Books + Gallery (where I work) there is an exhibition of multimedia works called Counterfeit, by New Orleans-based creative couple Louviere + Vanessa. These are photographs of graphic imagery from world currency

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GROUP STRENGTH

BY DAVID R. WHITE “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson   In

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GROUP STRENGTH

BY DAVID R. WHITE “Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson   In

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REMEMBERING SPACE

BY MEGAN ZALECKI   How does space in painting affect a viewer? Space as a visual structure is much different from its physical definition. Is it a place filled and explored individually or is it something observed from a distance?

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REMEMBERING SPACE

BY MEGAN ZALECKI   How does space in painting affect a viewer? Space as a visual structure is much different from its physical definition. Is it a place filled and explored individually or is it something observed from a distance?

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OLD BECOMES NEW

BY MEGAN ZALECKI Before anything else, a brief run-down on Sterling Hundley: he is a Communication Arts professor at VCU, a core instructor at the Illustration Academy at Ringling College of Art and Design, a professional—some would even say veteran—illustrator,

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OLD BECOMES NEW

BY MEGAN ZALECKI Before anything else, a brief run-down on Sterling Hundley: he is a Communication Arts professor at VCU, a core instructor at the Illustration Academy at Ringling College of Art and Design, a professional—some would even say veteran—illustrator,

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InSight: Amy Feldman

Go see Amy Feldman‘s paintings, on view at Reynolds Gallery now till March 30th. They are simple, sturdy, and full of surprises. With height and breadth and unconfined markings, these paintings lure you in and push you back out in a

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InSight: Amy Feldman

Go see Amy Feldman‘s paintings, on view at Reynolds Gallery now till March 30th. They are simple, sturdy, and full of surprises. With height and breadth and unconfined markings, these paintings lure you in and push you back out in a

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ARTIST AS WOMAN

Building Upon the Past: A Group Exhibition of 10 Emerging Women Artists, now on view at Page Bond Gallery, does the very thing it intends to do: “engage directly or indirectly with various roles, symbols, and activities that female artists

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ARTIST AS WOMAN

Building Upon the Past: A Group Exhibition of 10 Emerging Women Artists, now on view at Page Bond Gallery, does the very thing it intends to do: “engage directly or indirectly with various roles, symbols, and activities that female artists

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MODERN ROOTS

Francis Bacon once said, “Some artists leave remarkable things which, a 100 years later, don’t work at all. I have left my mark; my work is hung in museums, but maybe one day the Tate Gallery or the other museums

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MODERN ROOTS

Francis Bacon once said, “Some artists leave remarkable things which, a 100 years later, don’t work at all. I have left my mark; my work is hung in museums, but maybe one day the Tate Gallery or the other museums

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CONSIDERING LAYERS

BY MARGARET HANCOCK   In Layers, an exhibition of painting by Kiki Slaughter at the Le Yeux du Monde Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia, the works celebrate landscape and reveal the artist’s creative process.   At first glance, the large-scale paintings

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CONSIDERING LAYERS

BY MARGARET HANCOCK   In Layers, an exhibition of painting by Kiki Slaughter at the Le Yeux du Monde Gallery in Charlottesville, Virginia, the works celebrate landscape and reveal the artist’s creative process.   At first glance, the large-scale paintings

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QUESTIONS & VOICES

“But what is it trying to say?” Halide Salam demands. Every single critique ends up at this moment. Despite our best attempts, our understanding of painting technique or application will be doomed to deflate and fall short if we cannot

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QUESTIONS & VOICES

“But what is it trying to say?” Halide Salam demands. Every single critique ends up at this moment. Despite our best attempts, our understanding of painting technique or application will be doomed to deflate and fall short if we cannot

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AROUND THE BOX

BY DAVID R. WHITE   In written Spanish language, whenever a sentence is a question it starts with an upside down question mark ¿ and ends with one as we write ? in English. This is not just limited to English. It

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AROUND THE BOX

BY DAVID R. WHITE   In written Spanish language, whenever a sentence is a question it starts with an upside down question mark ¿ and ends with one as we write ? in English. This is not just limited to English. It

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A Texas Rose: Cindy Neuschwander (1952-2012)

BY DAVID R. WHITE In the fall of 1990 one telephone call thoroughly changed my life. An employment ad for the publishing company I owned had hit media outlets and the numerous responses were beginning to wane on me. It

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A Texas Rose: Cindy Neuschwander (1952-2012)

BY DAVID R. WHITE In the fall of 1990 one telephone call thoroughly changed my life. An employment ad for the publishing company I owned had hit media outlets and the numerous responses were beginning to wane on me. It

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CRUCIAL COLOR

A painting exhibition featuring the works of Susan Jamison, Erling Sjovold, and Christine Sanford is now on view at Page Bond Gallery, with canvases that offer a little something for everyone: scenes of nature, illustrative figures, and geometric abstractions. As

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CRUCIAL COLOR

A painting exhibition featuring the works of Susan Jamison, Erling Sjovold, and Christine Sanford is now on view at Page Bond Gallery, with canvases that offer a little something for everyone: scenes of nature, illustrative figures, and geometric abstractions. As

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WOMAN IN ACTION

BY MEGAN ZALECKI   The act of painting is for me, as a woman, an act of freedom, and a realization that images generated by the female experience can be a powerful and creative expression for all humanity.  –Judith Godwin

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WOMAN IN ACTION

BY MEGAN ZALECKI   The act of painting is for me, as a woman, an act of freedom, and a realization that images generated by the female experience can be a powerful and creative expression for all humanity.  –Judith Godwin

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STILL HERE

  Still Here is an invitational exhibition currently on view in the main gallery at Artspace. Curated by Michael Pierce, this show features the work of students who attended VCU School of the Arts from 1968-1972 and who are still

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STILL HERE

  Still Here is an invitational exhibition currently on view in the main gallery at Artspace. Curated by Michael Pierce, this show features the work of students who attended VCU School of the Arts from 1968-1972 and who are still

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5 YEARS AND COUNTING

Currently on view at the Glave Kocen Gallery is an exhibition titled Big 5, aimed at commemorating the five year anniversary of the gallery that opened in September 2007 on West Main Street. The exhibition is comprised of five artists,

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5 YEARS AND COUNTING

Currently on view at the Glave Kocen Gallery is an exhibition titled Big 5, aimed at commemorating the five year anniversary of the gallery that opened in September 2007 on West Main Street. The exhibition is comprised of five artists,

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