Matt Haffner  “Walking Through the Lonesome City” at Kennesaw State University

Opening reception and artist talk: Thursday, October 11 | 3:15 – 5:00 pm

The Kennesaw State University Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art presents “Walking Through the Lonesome City,” a site-specific installation by Assistant Professor, Matt Haffner, and funded by an NEA Art Works grant awarded to the museum earlier this year. The exhibition will occupy the foyer of the Visual Arts Building from October 1, 2012 through March 29, 2013.

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Opening Reception: Friday, October 5 | 7 – 10 pm

whitespec at whitespace

Please join us for the opening reception of Latitude 34 featuring photography by Austrian-Moroccan photographer Malika Sqalli in whitespec on Friday, October 5th. Sqalli’s work illuminates the cultural life of cities with a shared characteristic: their position on the thirty-fourth latitude. During a stay in Los Angeles while she was contemplating her next project, Sqalli was surprised to find that Los Angeles falls upon the same latitudinal line (34.02) as her hometown of Rabat, Morocco. Starting in Los Angeles before traveling back east across the United States through Atlanta and back to Morocco, her exploration expanded into something much larger and more substantial. Using the parallel as a metaphor for the human tendency to organize, relate and connect, the scenes and landscapes Sqalli captured demonstrate the commonalities (and distinctions) between the cultures along this latitude. After traveling across the United States, Sqalli continued her journey along latitude 34 through New Zealand, Australia, Japan and China. Latitude 34, Sqalli’s first exhibition in Atlanta, documents this journey.

For more on Latitude 34, check out Malika’s blog where she has been documenting her amazing trip!

Craig Dongoski   Durations at Puritan Mill

"Duration: Fragment" by Craig Dongoski

Meet us at Puritan Mill on Wednesday, September 19 for a sound performance by Craig Dongoski. As an end note to his exhibition Durations at Puritan Mill, Dongoski will perform an interpretation of an enigmatic Takehisa Kosugi graphic score comprised solely of +, – and I symbols. He will be accompanied by Amanda Pepping on trumpet and Matt Rowles on trombone. This is also one of the last opportunities to see Durations at Puritan Mill before the show ends September 30, 2012.

Puritan Mill | 916 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd | Atlanta

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Domiciled new paintings by Meg Aubrey is the current exhibition showing at whitespace, which had its opening reception on Friday, September 7th. In this exhibition, Aubrey portrays the “psychological distance” of suburban housewives from the viewpoint of a mom herself who grew up and still lives in suburbia. Continue reading →

On Saturday, September 1, Charlie Brouwer gave an artist talk on the closing day of his exhibition, “Now I Lay Me…” at whitespace. Concurrently, “Selections from the New England Primer,” an interactive sound installation by Matt Gilbert in collaboration with Ryan Peoples, opened in whitespec which runs through September 29, 2012. This was not merely coincidence. “Selections from the New England Primer” was inspired by Charlie Brouwer’s exhibition, “Now I Lay Me…” based on Brouwer’s exploration of past and childhood memories. The sound installation investigates American approaches to childhood education as evidenced in The New England Primer, America’s first school textbook and the source of the prayer to which Brouwer’s show owes its title. The homemade sound controllers, some made from salvaged electronics, convert the content of the Primer (lessons based on rote memorization, strict discipline, and Puritan values) into material for free self-directed play and investigation. Continue reading →

Meg Aubrey, "Mid-Morning"

A woman with bloodied, dog-bitten lips stares at us expressionless against a stark, unpopulated background. Another, dressed in a tennis uniform with a bag over her shoulder, turns back bereft toward an anonymous opponent.

These are the subjects of Meg Aubrey’s “Domiciled,” in which suburbia’s inhabitants are pared down and scrutinized to reveal a disquieting psychological isolation. Aubrey’s middle-aged, upper-class women inhabit perfectly planned domestic realms, secure with all the trappings of the American dream: picket fences; manicured lawns; polished tree-lined streets; successful, handsome husbands and above-average children. Continue reading →

Matt Haffner recently unveiled his mural, Wolfmother, on August 16^th as part of  “Four Coats Neighborhood Mural Project,” a semi-annual mural project sponsored by the City of Atlanta. There was quite a turnout in the Virginia-Highlands neighborhood at the Dark Horse Tavern where cold drinks and scrumptious appetizers were served up for the celebration and block party. Haffner, who has been working on Wolfmother since June, discusses the thought behind his latest mural: Continue reading →