Art critic, Dr. Jerry Cullum, discusses the origins of “From Cosmology to Neurology and Back Again,” a show that he will be curating at whitespace featuring works by various artists. The opening reception will be Friday, July 6 and run through August 4, 2012. Continue reading
Teresa Cole shares her inspiration for Curling in on Itself, the installation centerpiece of her current show Between Origin and Present running through June 30 at whitespace.
On Tuesday, June 5, in conjunction with mapcontract, whitespace hosted the Heller Design Event which included a conversation with Alan Heller and a sneak peak of the new line of Heller outdoor furniture. Light bites and libations were provided by the Sound Table. Check out this article from Atlanta Street Fashion for more details from the event.
Here are some snap shots from the evening:
Guests experience first-hand the new line of Heller outdoor furniture during the conversation with Alan Heller himself.
Atlanta Ballet and whitespace came together earlier this month for OFFStage, the second annual event aimed at bridging the various arts communities throughout Atlanta. The Atlanta Ballet was promoting its season finale, New Choreographic Voices, which included the work of two female choreographers while whitespace was exhibiting work by two female artists as well. As a result, the overarching theme of the event celebrated strong female voices in the arts by hosting an artists’ chat at whitespace gallery moderated by John Welker of the Atlanta Ballet. The featured artists included painter, Sarah Emerson, who is represented by whitespace gallery, teaches Drawing and Painting at Emory University and whose exhibition ,Underland, was on display during the event ; visual artist, Kelly Cloninger, whose exhibition, Girl Party, was recently exhibited in whitespec at whitespace; Tara Lee, Atlanta Ballet dancer and choreographer of Pavo; and Helen Pickett, Atlanta Ballet guest artist and choreographer of Prayer of Touch. All four ladies introduced their work and the initial inspiration or spark that led to their current projects. Although each artist works in different mediums, the ladies found that they often approach their work in the same manner and are influenced by similar ideas. For instance, Helen Pickett’s ballet was directly influenced by a Marcel Duchamp piece, Prière de Toucher (Please Touch), that she saw at the Picasso to Warhol exhibition at the High Museum of Art, showing that the line between performing and visual arts is extremely fluid.
Guests mingled during the Party in the Garden which was held before the event in whitespace’s beautiful courtyard and featured the music of DJ Pejma along with light bites and libations from the Good Food Truck. Here are some highlights from the event:
John Welker, Atlanta Ballet dancer, introduces panel: (L to R) Jesse Tyler, AB Dancer and Assistant Choreographer of Pavo; Tara Lee, AB Dancer and Choreographer of Pavo; Kelly Cloninger, visual artist for Girl Party, exhibited in whitespec at whitespace; Sarah Emerson, Emory professor and painter whose body of work Underland is pictured here in the whitespace gallery; and Helen Pickett, choreographer of Prayer of Touch.
Last night was opening night for Teresa Cole’s exhibition, Between Origin and Present, currently showing at whitespace through June 30, 2012. For the past few days, Teresa has been in the gallery hanging the focal point of the show, an installation entitled Curling in on Itself, which consists of relief prints on paper with cotton and silk saris. Even though it was interesting witnessing the process of installation, which is all hung by hand so that no two installations are the same, the piece was exquisite last night showing beautifully in the glow of the rustic gallery. Yet Teresa Cole’s show is not just aesthetically pleasing, the layering of materials is also symbolic for layering in meaning. The artist’s objective is “a tracing of the past to hopefully understand our complicated world” and tries to “understand ornament as a visual language and ultimately through this use of pattern, exploring how cultures influence each other.” Having created the installation centerpiece of the show in India during her Khoj Kolkata International Residency, Cole says that “through our multivalent culture, my search has been to sift, refine and restructure pattern as an intent to comment on the complexity of contemporary existence.”
Here are some highlights from last night’s opening:
*Photos by Frank Sanchez
The focal point of the show, "Curling in on Itself" made of relief prints on paper with cotton and silk saris
Teresa Cole, "Curling in on Itself," relief prints on paper with cotton and silk saris
May 18 – June 30, 2012
Opening: Friday, May 18 | 7 – 10 pm Continue reading
To mark the close of Sarah Emerson’s exhibition, Underland, at whitespace gallery, the Atlanta artist explores the term, “representational abstraction” and what it means in terms of her work.
Sarah Emerson writes: Continue reading