Posts Tagged ‘ Savannah College of Art and Design ’

I received a phone call Sunday from someone asking me if I knew anything about Stephen Hayes. A recent graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta, the artist was the subject of a flatteringly high-profile television interview that aired on CNN over the weekend.
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15 life-size sculptures standing in shackles dominate the central gallery of Mason Murer Fine Art, commanding our gaze as we enter the building, even though they stand some 20 yards away. The repetition of forms creates a powerful aesthetic, inviting viewers to explore, inch closer, and walk through and in between the imprisoned figures....
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The other day I was discussing with a friend the success of artwork that attempts to represent the dislocation experienced by immigrants. My friend was searching for a visual analogy for the process (or, rather, over-criticizing the aptness or her own experience as a transplant), and mentioned packing—an image that epitomizes the in-between feeling...
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The work above is five feet long, and packed with hilarious innuendo. Its open expanses of white contribute to the whole. Similarly, don’t be fooled by the lack of events this weekend. Use the time to catch what you missed!
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Things are slowing down over the holiday weekend, but look out for a few surprises toward the middle of the week! And keep checking here every Friday for new art events!
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My friends and I, we started in Savannah, we moved to Atlanta, and then a lot of them moved to New York. It’s harder in New York. The art scene is dead there. So they move back down here. I think art needs to be out of the gallery, which is something you can do...
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Showtime was a one-night art stroll at the intersection of Edgewood and Boulevard on Saturday night, with simultaneous exhibitions taking place in all three of the corner’s buildings.
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SCAD continued their series of Atlantic Station group shows last Friday, filling an unused retail space with undergraduate and graduate students’ latest tactile and performance-based art.
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Art lovers tend to be idealists, and next week promises enough patriotic inspiration to send our “bleeding hearts” right into cardiac arrest.
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Burn Away asked 10 Atlanta artists, curators, and reviewers to describe their “most inspiring” local art exhibition or event of the year. Contributors include Emily Amy, Mike Germon, Matt Haffner, Jerry Cullum, Robert Cheatham, Michi, Dosa Kim, Jason Parker, Stephanie Dowda, and Cinqué Hicks.
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