Posts Tagged ‘ Atlanta Celebrates Photography ’

The final event listed for this year’s Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) festival presents another brush with celebrity, an artist lecture at the High Museum by the multitalented Harry Shearer, the actor and satirist most widely known as the voice of Montgomery Burns and at least 11 other Simpsons characters. Shearer is responsible for the...
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Between a series of drawings at Saltworks Gallery loosely themed after Kung Fu training manuals and the Avant Garden discussion panel on journalism and blogging at the Contemporary, there’s plenty of variety in the week ahead. Atlanta Celebrates Photography may be winding to a close, but life continues for the visual arts in...
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For this year’s Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) public art project, Gifted, curator Beth Lilly and volunteers handed out no less than 1,200 signed, limited edition photographs by local artists. Now that the month-long project is complete, I took the opportunity to interview Lilly and find out how it went.
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To say that Dorothy O’Connor is a photographer is an understatement. O’Connor’s recent one-night tableau vivant at her studio in Southwest Atlanta proved that additional titles are in order: costume designer, set builder, collector, and maybe even “imagineer” (but without the Disney undertones). Much in the same vein as other photography greats (Cindy Sherman,...
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Between film screenings, artist lectures, an architecture fair, and a tribute to the Mexican Dia de los Muertos in the works, there’s still plenty to see and do in the week ahead.
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Photographer and curator Jason Travis uses the words “cornucopia” and “eclectic” to describe Infinity, the group exhibit currently on view at MINT Gallery. Although the idea was simply to showcase some of Travis’ favorite local photographers, the presentation was surprisingly coherent despite the wild range of styles and sizes contributed by nearly 20 artists....
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Don’t worry. If you’re not interested in seeing more photography, there’s still plenty of artwork in other media on view this weekend. (Take for instance the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit.) But if you are one of those camera-obsessed maniacs, prepare yourself for a total system shock.
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I’ve only met a handful of artists who are recipients of the Guggenheim Fellowship. Although I’m sure a broader survey will turn up a few sour apples, my experience so far paints them as a remarkably articulate and passionate lot. Like the others, Bill Daniel is a true fan of his own work. As...
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I want to thank photographers Jessica Horwitz, Faith Ploener, and Sandy Hooper for their brilliant efforts last Friday night. They collectively shot over 200 photos of Le Flash, capturing the action from nearly every possible angle. Still, we couldn’t cover everything; there was simply too much. Today’s photo tour focuses on artist projects.
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While murmurs from Le Flash continue, another week of ACP rolls forward.
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