Posts Tagged ‘ Barbara Archer Gallery ’

This Saturday, July 31, is the closing day for Dayna Thacker’s exhibition, Pivots of Moment and the Structure of Accumulation, at Barbara Archer Gallery. During her artist talk last month, Dayna Thacker piqued my curiosity when she mentioned that the imagery of her collage titled Implied Agreement by Tenant (Higher Still) was in part inspired...
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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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I was driving through Inman Park with my roommate last month when we passed by an abandoned church at 850 Euclid Avenue. The structure has a lazy, melancholy vibe about it, as if it hasn’t decided whether to be sad or to accept its disuse as a blissful fact of life. Even now, its...
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Assembling the leftovers of a hyper-consumerist world and reconstructing them into forms in no way reminiscent of their buy-and-sell origins rouses a fond serenity. In his solo exhibition Centered at Barbara Archer Gallery, Troy Dugas accomplishes this in perhaps the most fulfilling way possible. After all, what opposes consumerism, marketing, and labels more than...
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Rock Paper Scissors, currently on view at Barbara Archer Gallery, is an all-inclusive retrospective of the styles and techniques explored throughout the career of veteran Atlanta artist and self-proclaimed urban archaeologist Steven Sachs. The exhibition spans everything from figurative found-object sculptures to dense optical paintings that come equipped with 3-D glasses. Thanks to the...
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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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The South has long been a muse for artistic communities. The region is a goldmine of history, religion, and culture that creates the ideal backdrop for personal and imagined narratives. Photographer Jerry Siegel’s current exhibition at Barbara Archer Gallery, Images from the Black Belt of the American South, primarily documents the death of his...
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Atlanta Celebrates Photography gets up to speed this weekend, starting with what looks like a fantastic exhibit at Barbara Archer Gallery.
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Upon entry into the “PHOTO-BASED” opening at Barbara Archer Gallery, I instantly sensed that the work in the show did not live up to its potential. Despite the press materials’ attempt to preclude a critique of the show’s lack of consistency (“Though every image begins with a photograph, the similarities end there”), I...
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Tired of the constant rain? Well, there are openings and artist talks this weekend that are sure to brighten your day.
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