As a child, I always loved stories. My favorite ones were the ones like “The Wizard of Oz” or “Alice In Wonderland”. A child escaping her humdrum town and landing in a magical world of the bizarre and mystifying all while having the absolute time of their lives with some seedy and unique characters. Fadia Kader’s CMYK show hosted by Atlanta based musician, Bosco was just that for me, except I’m not sure if Alice or Dorothy were offered PBRs during the duration of their adventures.
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While waiting for the start of the lecture by Atlanta-based international sensation Radcliffe Bailey, I wandered the sprawling Woodruff Art Center compound in search of diversion. First, I took in the modern design and paintings I’d seen several times as an active member of the High Museum of Art. Next, the outer grounds of the museum where the facade of Table 1280, Lichtenstein’s vibrant mini house and Rodin’s heartbreaking sculpture are long-time favorites.
It’s random. Good art finds me. I passed Gallery M while on my way to another show Audacity of Dope which my friend DJ X was djing at. I was lucky enough to catch Gallery M’s show entitled Hipstographs: Experiments in Hi-Fi Lo-Fi.
Professor Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests – Students: Edie Sedgwick, Lou Reed, Nico, “Baby” Jane Holzer, Dennis Hopper, Paul America, Ingrid Superstar
A home repair snafu resulted in me not working all day. Then a breezy Friday night in The ATL found me with many entertainment options for the weekend, all of which centered on the thriving art community. Kai Lin Gallery had an opening entitled Dreamscape; Ponce Crush was set to roll the following evening through three galleries on the Ponce corridor: Beep Beep, Young Blood, Kibbee; and Artlantis was a Saturday daytime event I regretted missing last year. Modern Atlanta had also just launched a multi-venue campaign called MA11. What to do?
I see in color. And all my artist friends see in color too. So Bosco‘s upcoming ‘CMYK’ monthly design & music showcase makes much sense. We were asked to pick two artists to represent Art Nouveau. We chose Ben Carson & Universal Kingdom.
Last year, Ben Harper teamed up with Dhani Harrison and Joseph Arthur in the supergroup A Fistful of Mercy, a beautiful folky affair. He retreats into solo mode on possibly his best album yet, Give Till It’s Gone.
San Francisco based gallery Spoke Art recently continued their film noir inspired group art shows dedicated to the film work of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers, with the opening of the second installment, ‘Quentin Vs. Coen Round Two’. A line of patient spectators down the block is a stark signal that they’re doing something right.
Andrea Crews loves the kids. Not in a R-Kelly, Michael Jackson kinda way. In a staunch, I believe the children are the future, Whitney Houston circa 1980′s kinda way. And we think it’s dope. The artist recently hosted a Spray Kids Workshop in Bruxelles and was kind enough to share the images. Take a closer look at images from the event below.
One of those late spring Southern nights, real heat of day giving way to a balmy, beautiful breeze, and my true love and I have the sunroof open and the windows down as we roll through town to an art benefit entitled Our Lady Nippon. The natural disaster in Japan well chronicled, painter Ashley Norfleet and Art League Atlanta organized a benefit group show at dooGallery to fundraise locally, under the larger umbrella charitable org Give2Asia Artists Help Japan. All proceeds from the event going to the cause.
