Art Reviews

The recent passage of Arizona’s anti-immigration law inspired the current group exhibition at Archetype Gallery. Each artist voices their perspective on the issue in a variety of media.
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Perhaps it’s a practical maneuver in an uncertain economy, or perhaps a sea change in how we understand materialism today, but emptiness in galleries has become a theme in 2010. The culminating example, of course, comes from America’s art capital: Tino Sehgal’s show at the Guggenheim this March allowed visitors to experience performative works...
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A concluding performance of Hormuz Minina’s Promontory is scheduled this Sunday, June 27, 7:30PM-12Midnight. The Art on the BeltLine program is an attempt to use art to celebrate the space in which our new public transportation system will flow. It’s a noble sentiment for a noble cause, seeking to engage general audiences in Atlanta...
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Whimsy started creeping into design a few years prior to the 1985 terminus a quo of the survey exhibition European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century, which R. Craig Miller curated for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, and Kingston University, London.
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Solomon Projects is currently exhibiting two new bodies of work by New York artists Holly Coulis and David Humphrey.
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Before I even arrived at Hammonds House Museum, a few people had hinted at the unabashed nature of the work on show. “It’s raw,” one quipped in an email. The mature content disclaimer on the front door had me grinning in anticipation of work that would cross the bounds of propriety.
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In Michi Meko’s Navigating this American Landscape at Archetype Gallery, the artist continues his experiments in installation similar to those seen in his solo exhibitions at Beep Beep Gallery in 2009 and Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery in 2008. Unlike Comfort Kills Pursuit or Fear Kills Pursuit, however, his latest series is less accessible...
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While BP gets lambasted for the monumental tragedy in the Gulf, an exhibition at Sandler Hudson Gallery examines the role we all play in environmental degradation. In her new solo show Material Drift, Pam Longobardi spotlights the plastic marine debris that litters our beaches, kills marine wildlife, and forms giant garbage patches in the...
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Six months ago, the BeltLine committee questioned the feasibility of calling local artists to complete projects along the corridor by June 2010. Last week, tours of the interim trail showcased the previously abandoned land as a venue for over 40 local artists’ work. Site-specific sculpture, collaborations, and performances aim to erase the indifference and...
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Cecelia Kane’s latest work evolved from her Facebook page. Flouting the concern of friends who scolded her for posting unflattering photographs of herself on a social network, Kane provided daily self-portraits expressing an array of emotions—impatience, fear, whatever she was feeling when she snapped the picture. Drawing on the connection between women and mirrors,...
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