Friday, June 26, 2009
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
twist etc. space 58 presents: Nick Stolle
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT MEEMAW AND POP-POP's is an exhibit of recent work by Nick Stolle on view at Twist 58 Gallery July 11-25 2009.
The work is a quiet meandering through an assortment of visual and linguistic avenues on the themes of shame, longing, and hope. Pop-Pop said we can watch the video later. Meemaw doesn’t know how to work it.
Twist 58 is located on the upper level of the Arcade in downtown Nashville. Reception during July's Second* Saturday Art Crawl, July 11.
*Fer true, Second Saturday in July, rather than first, due to Independence Day. Thank you for affording me seven more days to prepare, Independence Day.
The work is a quiet meandering through an assortment of visual and linguistic avenues on the themes of shame, longing, and hope. Pop-Pop said we can watch the video later. Meemaw doesn’t know how to work it.
Twist 58 is located on the upper level of the Arcade in downtown Nashville. Reception during July's Second* Saturday Art Crawl, July 11.
*Fer true, Second Saturday in July, rather than first, due to Independence Day. Thank you for affording me seven more days to prepare, Independence Day.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
July 11th opening
July 11th opening
Five + 5 is a group show featuring unframed works on paper from [5]art-affiliated artists and five additional guest artists. This second installment of the exhibition will debuted at Gallery [5]art in West Tampa at the Historic Santella Cigar Factory. The exhibition has traveled to Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, and will continue to Twist Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee and finally, Gallery 25 in Fresno, California.
This year, the exhibition includes work from artists Ariel Baron-Robbins, Cameron Brian, Joe Griffith, Robbie Land, Diran Lyons, Tracy Midulla Reller, Kurt Piazza, Ruth Santee, Jasmine Schurrer, and Atsushi Tameda.
Show dates and venues:
[5]art
Tampa, Florida
March 6, 2009 – April 3, 2009
www.five-art.com
Young Blood Gallery and Boutique
Atlanta, Georgia
June 6, 2009 – June 27, 2009
www.youngbloodgallery.com
813.340.9067 Twist Art Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee
July 11, 2009 – July 25, 2009
www.twistartgallery.com
Gallery 25
Fresno, California
August 6, 2009 – August 29, 2009
www.gallery25.com
or more information please contact:
www.five-art.com
***(813) 340-9056
art.five@gmail.com
Five + 5 is a group show featuring unframed works on paper from [5]art-affiliated artists and five additional guest artists. This second installment of the exhibition will debuted at Gallery [5]art in West Tampa at the Historic Santella Cigar Factory. The exhibition has traveled to Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, and will continue to Twist Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee and finally, Gallery 25 in Fresno, California.
This year, the exhibition includes work from artists Ariel Baron-Robbins, Cameron Brian, Joe Griffith, Robbie Land, Diran Lyons, Tracy Midulla Reller, Kurt Piazza, Ruth Santee, Jasmine Schurrer, and Atsushi Tameda.
Show dates and venues:
[5]art
Tampa, Florida
March 6, 2009 – April 3, 2009
www.five-art.com
Young Blood Gallery and Boutique
Atlanta, Georgia
June 6, 2009 – June 27, 2009
www.youngbloodgallery.com
813.340.9067 Twist Art Gallery
Nashville, Tennessee
July 11, 2009 – July 25, 2009
www.twistartgallery.com
Gallery 25
Fresno, California
August 6, 2009 – August 29, 2009
www.gallery25.com
or more information please contact:
www.five-art.com
***(813) 340-9056
art.five@gmail.com
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Twist in the Tennssean
Artist Erika Johnson says farewell to Nashville
June 7, 2009
The bad news is that Erika Johnson, whose installation Curtain was so well received last summer, is leaving Nashville. The good news is she's leaving us with a farewell show. And she plans to come back.
Johnson's new exhibit, accumulata/ dematerialization, has opened at Twist 58. "It's an interactive installation and performance about our relationships with material objects," Johnson says. Gallery visitors are encouraged to take part in an ongoing video project about the installation.
The show's subtitle, "what happens when objects are let go," underscores the theme of working with discarded items as a metaphor for our society's recession — and prompts an ecologically driven reassessment of our habits of accumulating and tossing aside possessions.
A complete list of the "found, made and rescued" objects Johnson incorporates would fill this entire space, so here's a sampling: fishing tackle, swatches, glass bottles, skin, dead bugs, magazines, cyanotypes, billiard balls, etc.
"While I hope and believe this piece addresses questions of general interest in these strange times, it is also a very personal parting gift to Nashville and to the beloved community I have found here," Johnson says.
Johnson will head to Pittsburgh in July but is already planning a spring show in Nashville involving the two cities.
Her installation remains on view at Twist 58 in the Arcade through June 27. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; the performance "dematerialization" may be seen by appointment. For information, call 1-888-535-5286 or go to www.twistartgallery.
com.
— MICHELLE JONES, FOR THE TENNESSEAN
June 7, 2009
The bad news is that Erika Johnson, whose installation Curtain was so well received last summer, is leaving Nashville. The good news is she's leaving us with a farewell show. And she plans to come back.
Johnson's new exhibit, accumulata/ dematerialization, has opened at Twist 58. "It's an interactive installation and performance about our relationships with material objects," Johnson says. Gallery visitors are encouraged to take part in an ongoing video project about the installation.
The show's subtitle, "what happens when objects are let go," underscores the theme of working with discarded items as a metaphor for our society's recession — and prompts an ecologically driven reassessment of our habits of accumulating and tossing aside possessions.
A complete list of the "found, made and rescued" objects Johnson incorporates would fill this entire space, so here's a sampling: fishing tackle, swatches, glass bottles, skin, dead bugs, magazines, cyanotypes, billiard balls, etc.
"While I hope and believe this piece addresses questions of general interest in these strange times, it is also a very personal parting gift to Nashville and to the beloved community I have found here," Johnson says.
Johnson will head to Pittsburgh in July but is already planning a spring show in Nashville involving the two cities.
Her installation remains on view at Twist 58 in the Arcade through June 27. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; the performance "dematerialization" may be seen by appointment. For information, call 1-888-535-5286 or go to www.twistartgallery.
com.
— MICHELLE JONES, FOR THE TENNESSEAN
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Erika Johnson 's farewell to Nashville show at Twist 58 for June 6-27th 2009
accumulata | dematerialization
installation | performance
What happens when objects are let go?
A work about possession(s). Opening reception June 6, 2009 from 6 pm to 9 pm. Dematerialization at 8:30 pm June 6, -June 27.
materials include:
cookie tins
tin cans
coffee cans
canned foods
cereal boxes
seeds packets
product packaging
sticks
stones
thorns
thistledown
artichokes
dried flowers
pressed flowers
nests
eggs
claws
bones
fur
whiskers
hair
skin
discarded exoskeletons of cicadas
jars
vases
broken glass
telephones
lamps
wigs
dresses
skirts
socks
shoes
yarn
yarns
stories
tales
fishing line
fishing tackle
silk flowers
photographs
blueprints
cyanotypes
transparencies
slides
negatives
prints
art show invitations
albums
letters
business cards
postcards
possibilities
doilies
napkins
tablecloths
pill boxes
glass bottles
handkerchiefs
scarves
afghans
little sheaves of paper held together with safety pins
magazines
acrylic sheets
cyanotypes
carnival glass
frog planters
flower pots
felt
handmade paper
marbled paper
marbles
buttons
needles
thimbles
thread
swatches
a jewelry rack
hats
jewelry
milk crate
wooden shelves
drawers
chairs
whiskers
dead bugs
souvenirs
currency
ceramics
bowls
cups
plates
forks
a toaster
a waffle iron
a skillet
a kettle
a houseplant
hens and chicks
items found in the trash heaps of ghost towns
broken objects
useful objects
lenses
happy meal toys
dictionaries
story books
history books
handmade books
books of instruction
cookbooks
phone books
address books
blank books
novels
poetry
wallpaper
wire people
plastic toys
porcelain dolls
picture frames
old windows
wooden boxes
hanging baskets
billiard balls
business forms
pads
pens
pencils
file folders
memoranda
memories
installation | performance
What happens when objects are let go?
A work about possession(s). Opening reception June 6, 2009 from 6 pm to 9 pm. Dematerialization at 8:30 pm June 6, -June 27.
materials include:
cookie tins
tin cans
coffee cans
canned foods
cereal boxes
seeds packets
product packaging
sticks
stones
thorns
thistledown
artichokes
dried flowers
pressed flowers
nests
eggs
claws
bones
fur
whiskers
hair
skin
discarded exoskeletons of cicadas
jars
vases
broken glass
telephones
lamps
wigs
dresses
skirts
socks
shoes
yarn
yarns
stories
tales
fishing line
fishing tackle
silk flowers
photographs
blueprints
cyanotypes
transparencies
slides
negatives
prints
art show invitations
albums
letters
business cards
postcards
possibilities
doilies
napkins
tablecloths
pill boxes
glass bottles
handkerchiefs
scarves
afghans
little sheaves of paper held together with safety pins
magazines
acrylic sheets
cyanotypes
carnival glass
frog planters
flower pots
felt
handmade paper
marbled paper
marbles
buttons
needles
thimbles
thread
swatches
a jewelry rack
hats
jewelry
milk crate
wooden shelves
drawers
chairs
whiskers
dead bugs
souvenirs
currency
ceramics
bowls
cups
plates
forks
a toaster
a waffle iron
a skillet
a kettle
a houseplant
hens and chicks
items found in the trash heaps of ghost towns
broken objects
useful objects
lenses
happy meal toys
dictionaries
story books
history books
handmade books
books of instruction
cookbooks
phone books
address books
blank books
novels
poetry
wallpaper
wire people
plastic toys
porcelain dolls
picture frames
old windows
wooden boxes
hanging baskets
billiard balls
business forms
pads
pens
pencils
file folders
memoranda
memories
Laina Seay at Twist 73 for June 6- 27th 2009
Bio:
Laina Seay was born in Tupelo Mississippi, 1986, and raised in rural western Kentucky. She has recently graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art from Western Kentucky University, studying ceramics under Tom Bartel. In 2007 she spent the summer working for the Alexandria Virginia Commission for the Arts doing research on public art programs resulting in a collaborative report submitted to the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been shown nationally including at the National Convention for Ceramic Arts, which awarded her the Regina Brown Fellowship grant for Undergraduates. Currently, she is attending graduate school.
Artist Statement:
The physical properties of clay allow me to exploit its nature in both raw and fired forms. Using video I am able to utilize the ephemeral nature of clay in an unfired, raw state by documenting the material as it dissolves in water or other liquids. By working in this manner I satisfy both my need to create objects and the requirements to capture the event. Other methods of working I use include multiple object interaction and installation.
Working in this manner I am able to combine what I make with my interests in politics, current events, and the human condition. Themes I often explore include individualism, consequences of authoritative power, and the role of citizens as a check of governing power. Events surrounding the last four years directly fuel my art as our country deals with war, economic crisis, and political expansion. The ultimate question I ask is what is in and out of our control as individual citizens both in our domestic government systems and on the global stage.
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