By Catherine Fox | Sep 29, 2011
Following the publication of an unfavorable review of “Elevate: Art Above Underground” earlier this month, a wag dubbed this website "ArtsCriticHateATL" (or more precisely, “ArtsCriticHAtl”). I prefer to call it tough love. Regrettably, “Art on the BeltLine” is next in line for some TLC.
The exhibition, encompassing 40-plus pieces and numerous performances, was first mounted in 2010 as a way to introduce the populace to the BeltLine, the 22-mile former railroad loop slated to become a linear park cum trolley line. Despite the inconsistency of the work, the inaugural version charmed many, including me, because the idea was so appealing, the energy ...
By Catherine Fox | Sep 21, 2011
If there were an art-community equivalent of a city father, Joe Almyda, who died of lung cancer on September 6 at the age of 85, would have been one.
The Florida native joined the Navy at 17 and would remain an inveterate sojourner. He came to Atlanta in 1955, after earning his master's degree at Florida State University, to join Georgia State University's art department. Though a popular, engaged teacher, his impact was not limited to the classroom.
“He, along with Ed Ross, George Beattie, Gladene Tucker, Genevieve Arnold, Joel Reeves, Ferdinand Warren and Joe Perrin, were the catalysts for having art ...
By Catherine Fox | Sep 16, 2011
When the second incarnation of Underground Atlanta opened in 1989 -- the first version lasted from 1969 to 1980 -- city fathers (it was "fathers" then) expected that it would repeat the successes of Boston's Faneuil Hall and other festival marketplaces developed by the late James Rouse. It was, for a while, a fun place to go, attracting both tourists and residents. Its fortunes declined as Atlanta's neighborhoods matured and it could not compete with the restaurants, nightlife and shopping opportunities in Buckhead, Midtown and the suburbs. As with everything else in Atlanta, its difficulties also stem from racial politics, ...
By Catherine Fox | Sep 13, 2011
Apropos of our recent discussion of mainstreaming graffiti art comes this announcement from the High Museum of Art. Brian Donnolly, who began his career as street artist KAWS, will festoon the museum with a 22-foot-high mural in the Wieland Pavilion lobby, a 24-foot-long triptych in the Stent Wing Atrium and the monumental sculpture “Companion,” which will be installed on the museum’s piazza on November 18. “KAWS: Down Time,” which features new drawings, paintings and sculptures in the galleries, will run from February 18 to May 27, 2012.
"Brian is a wonderful young artist whom I met last year, though our paths have been ...
By Catherine Fox | Sep 6, 2011
"Living Walls: The City Speaks," an exhibition of murals scattered through Atlanta and Decatur, by an international array of street artists, opened the weekend of August 12 with a conference at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, a film screening and gallery exhibitions of the artists' small-scale works. That same weekend, “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories,” an exhibition of Brooklyn artists, opened in Los Angeles, accompanied by a conference at L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art and exhibitions at two galleries.
No mere coincidence, the two projects are examples of mounting evidence that street art is enjoying ...
By Catherine Fox | Sep 1, 2011
The ACA Gallery at the Savannah College of Art and Design, located in the Woodruff Arts Center, is closing its doors Friday, September 2.
P.J. Johnson, vice president of SCAD-Atlanta, said the school's five-year lease expired this summer and that the Woodruff Arts Center is taking back the space to serve its own programming needs. No arts center officials were available for comment.
SCAD has opened the 1600 Gallery off the lobby of its main Atlanta building as a replacement. At 1,250 square feet, it is smaller than the Woodruff space, but Johnson expressed confidence that it will accommodate the same types ...
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