At The Arts Company, we know
the summer will be long and hot, but we are making every effort to fill it with
fresh art, cold lemonade, artists and other friends to visit with, and a
special exhibit, Great American Artwork: by Thornton Dial and Gee’s Bend Quilters.
Fresh Art
Summer / June 2012
The month of June is a great sampling of what we intend,
introducing new work by five gallery artists, plus continuing our favorite
annual exhibition—the work of Brother Mel.
We stand ready to welcome you to the special experiences we have in
store for you.
We have had such fun working
with each of these artists for the June exhibit:
Deciding
which frames would work best to showcase Anne Goetze’s new color photographs selected from
her original sepia series, Clotheslines
of Leiper’s Fork;
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| "Blowing in the Wind" by Anne Goetze |
Painting
one wall to make sure Rusty Wolfe’s new Mosaics series would pop off the wall to enhance the pristine
minimal background for the mid-century retro
designs to which he gives new life;
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| "Mosaic 5" by Rusty Wolfe |
Working
with David
Robert Farmerie, a master photographer by any definition, to present his 21st-century version
of the Seven Deadly Sins, to which he is adding an eighth sin to represent
the new century. He will be inviting guests to help name the new sin. The model for the series will be with him during the opening weekend to
answer questions about how they collaborated
to make this series come about. This
series was originally commissioned by
The Customs House museum in Clarksville,
Tennessee;
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| "Wrath" by David Robert Farmerie |
Enjoying
every new piece Wayne Brezinka, master
paper-cut collage illustrator, has
brought in for his exhibit over the last three months. Some of the
pieces are originals he was commissioned to do for a range of clients—from Actors Theatre in Louisville to the
Boston Globe to the NY Times to new album
covers for Nashville
musicians. Seeing his interpretation of
a hand holding a trombone is worth a
trip to the gallery;
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| "Pretty Baby" by Wayne Brezinka |
Realizing
that one of our newest gallery artists, Jerry Park, never disappoints. He has
provided us with larger images from his Workspaces series, based on dramatic images
from Nashville
iconic businesses such as Percy’s Shoe
Shine shop, the Omohundro Water Works plant, and more.
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| "Omohundro Filtration Building" by Jerry Park |
We will kick off the
summer with our 5th Avenue Collectors Art Night, Friday, June 1,
with a conversation—hosted by Paul Polycarpou, executive editor of Nashville
Arts Magazine—with Wayne Brezinka and David Robert Farmerie. They have both made work for publications,
businesses, and sometimes individuals. Both artists will be speaking at 7:15 in the gallery. The
First Saturday Art Crawl follows the next night, Saturday, June 2, 6-9 pm.
Fresh Art
Summer / July 2012
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| New work by Thornton Dial (left) and the Gee's Bend Quilters (right) |
And the month of July will
soon follow, with what we consider an important exhibit, presenting recently-recognized
great American artists, Thornton Dial and the quilters
from Gee’s Bend, Alabama. We first presented Mr. Dial’s work over 10
years ago, showing large paintings and his drawings from the 1990s. We presented an exhibition of the quilts of
Gee’s Bend in September 2003, hosting some 75 of the quilters and their friends
for lunch at the gallery as they stopped on their way to their exhibition at
the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Because the current exhibit of Dial and the Gee's Bend quilters--Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and The Art of Thornton Dial--continues through September 23, our exhibit will offer an additional opportunity for
visitors to expand their options for learning more about the incredible work of
these major American artists whose work has just been presented in major museum
shows in the last decade.
Stay tuned to our blog and forthcoming announcements about
this July exhibition. We will be adding
special programs related to the exhibit.
Fresh Art
Summer / August 2012
While the Dial and Gee’s Bend exhibit will
continue through August, we will also add an exhibit Upstairs at The Arts
Company—presenting new paintings of Harry Underwood. Often known
simply as Harry and based in the Nashville area, he has created a niche for
himself as an outsider artist whose narrative paintings incorporate words. His distinctive style is known way beyond his
Nashville base. We will schedule
opportunities for visitors to get to know Harry and his work.
In addition, The Arts Company 16th
Annual Avant-Garage Sale will be presented in August. And the Dial / Gee’s Bend exhibit will
continue through August 24.
A summer full of fresh,
original, contemporary art, for sure, at The Arts Company. Join us for the good times with art, artists,
and friends.
The Arts Company
215 5th Ave. North
Nashville, TN 37219
615-254-2040
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