2019 Atlanta Biennial
ATLANTA CONTEMPORARY
535 Means Street NW
January 17–April 7
March 8, 2019
ArtForum
By Katie Geha
The curators’ deft work is most apparent in the smaller gallery, which is quieter and more restrained. In front of a series of black-and-white photographs by Matthew Shain depicting now empty pedestals of Confederate monuments is a grouping of clay pieces by Amy Pleasant. Also muted in tone, her works vaguely recall the figure and might serve as stand-in monuments for the South.(excerpt)
