Frida Kahlo. Kara Walker. Annie Lebievtoz. Yoko Ono. Audrey Kawasaki. Female artists run the world, because like all women, everything comes from them. In celebration of women around the world, and in conjunction with our recent Girls, Girls, Girls issue we took the opportunity to speak with some of our favorite artists, male or female, about the artists that inspired them.
Last week, Irrational Exuberance opened at The Invisible Dog in New York City. The work in the group exhibition dealt with seemingly rational systems of mass belief or delusion, and their relationship to values, whether economic or moral. The show is curated by Bradley Bailey and features work by Paloma Crousillat, Tate Foley, Nikita Gale, Danny Ghitis, James Gillispie, Ani Katz, Sam Keller, Ely Kim, Conrad Kofron, The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Alma Leiva, Azusa Murakami, David Needleman, Johanna Povirk-Znoy, Jay Peter Salvas, Holly Streekstra, Gabriela Vainsencher, and Anusha Venkataraman. The opening also attracted singer and pseudo New York socialite Solange Knowles.
Traveling exhibition Esoteric Lore continues when it’s next stop at the Auburn Ave Research Library in Atlanta, Ga opens tonight. Esoteric Lore: Visual Storytelling is a growing collective of eight female artists sharing empowering artwork that engages and responds to one sided and often times negative representations of black women in mainstream media. The collective features an array of talented painters, photographers, videographers and musicians including Corinne Stevie Francilus, Taryn Lee Crenshaw, Iman Person, Nikita Gale, Michelyah, Elizah Turner, Crystal E. Monds, and Faatimah Stevens.
By manipulating objects such as vinyl records, mirrors, wood, canvas, paper, and plastic these women are sculpting eclectic interpretations of process art. According to the artists, “focusing on the end result, we see the value in capturing the method of production. We define process art as the relationship between the creator and the created.”
If you don’t know anything about Nikita Gale you may want to read up. This Atlanta based artist/photographer is really pushing the boundaries of conceptual art with her latest works. We posted these lovely images of Basquiat and Andy Warhol she created here. Popular Culture and society still take a visually lashing here and as long as it’s this clever. I’m all for it.
Atlanta based conceptual artist Niktia Gale posted these images of new work she created for the Postcard Pinup Show at MINT Gallery it opened Dec 3 on her Tumblr. I’m loving these. They’re the definition of clever.
This past Saturday, Nov 6, Atlanta based artist Nikita Gale opened her debut solo exhibition BOOLESH1T at Mint Gallery in Atlanta. BOOLESH1T is a fitting swan song for the gallery which will move to a new location next month.
Read MoreAtlanta based photographer and Yale Graduate Nikita has slowly been releasing images and sneak peeks at works both in progress and finished that are set to be featured in the show. Take a closer look at her images below.
Read MoreTell your friends, your cousins, your husbands and your kids, they're making art down in Atlanta! Photographer Nikita Gale is gearing up for upcoming solo show "BOOLESH!T" at Mint Gallery & she's feeling very generous.
Read MoreOn August 12, Art Nouveau & GreatEclectic presented the closing reception & artist talk for "Super Pop!" a group exhibition inspired by Art Nouveau's eponymous Summer Issue. Watch the video recap now.
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