White light, white heat: Clusters of pulsating light pods radiated from Kibbee Gallery’s corners and floorboards, and tendril-ous gossamer jellyfish floated down from the ceiling, amid melted and misshapen plastic bottles. I was a vaguely afraid I would step on something and was strangely convinced that, if I didn’t watch my feet, whatever rare,...
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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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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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Diane Solomon Kempler’s current show at Emory’s Visual Arts Gallery is aptly titled “Divine Chaos.” Drawing from experiences during several extended visits to India, Kempler borrows heavily from the visual language of religious shrines, and their junction with everyday life. The show is an installation of sorts, combining ceramic works with floor...
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