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Sarah Emerson and Jody Fausett in "Day Job: Georgia" at the Contemporary

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Sarah Emerson and Jody Fausett are currently part of the “Day Job: Georgia” exhibition at the Contemporary, which is up now through March 24, 2012. 

Sarah Emerson and her daughter, Harlow Cregar, have a site-specific installation and mural.  Be on the look out for Sarah’s upcoming solo show at whitespace, which opens Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7 PM.

Sarah Emerson and daughter Harlow Cregar at “Day Job: Georgia.”   
Photograph courtesy of BurnAway Flikr photostream

Jody Fausett, who had his solo exhibition at whitespace this past November, selected several of his new photographs for the Contemporary’s show. 

Jody Fausett’s work at “Day Job: Georgia”
Photograph courtesy of BurnAway Flikr photostream

For additional information about “Day Job: Georgia,” please visit the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center website.

BurnAway has posted several pictures of the exhibition and opening reception on its Flickr photostream.

"Morning Sun" by Benita Carr opens TONIGHT

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Morning Sun

photography and video installation by

Benita Carr

Morning Sun is an evolution in Benita Carr’s work that explores the mother/child relationship and the meaning of self within the domestic social structure of home and family.  Constructed as narrative tableaus, the photographs depict women and their children in scenes that evoke emotions of desire, doubt and anxiety.
Carr’s photographs and videos are informed by the ways in which womanhood and motherhood have been seen, understood and lived across time, especially their representation in art, religion, advertising and family pictures. These themes coupled with the style and symbolism of Mid-Victorian images of interiors and feminine subjects inspire her body of work.  Moving into video and sound challenges the form of traditional portraiture and allows other layers of meaning and complexity to surface.
The title of the series Morning Sun is a play on words and lends itself to various interpretations. While reminiscent of the overly sentimental language inherent in greeting cards, other connotations invoke feelings of loss and despair.
Carr is the recipient of many awards and grants including a 2002 Artist in Communities Initiative Grant that consisted of a collaboration on a photographic installation with women who had suffered severe spinal cord injuries and the Joyce Elaine Grant Award from Texas Women’s University in 2004. She exhibited the Infinity Project, a symbolic commentary on the endless cycles of violence created with her husband artist Evan Levy, at the Tate Modern in 2007.  Her photographs were also included in the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center 2005 Biennial, the Huntsville Museum of Art 2005 Triennial and in 2009 at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.  Her work is part of the permanent collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.   

Exhibition dates:             January 13 – February 18, 2012  
 
Opening reception:         Friday, January 13 | 7-10 pm
 
Gallery hours:                 Wednesday – Saturday | 11 am – 5 pm or by appointment 
                        
Location:                         814 Edgewood Avenue | Inman Park
Media Contact:                Susan Bridges
                                       www.whitespace814.com
                                       susan@whitespace814.com
                                       p 404.688.1892
                                       c 404.849.8176

TONIGHT: "December Show 2011"

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survey of works from whitespace artists
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for-ever-green eco-friendly tree and wreath lot

Happy Holidays from all of us at whitespace gallery!
Featuring “Light Symphony” For-Ever-Green tree by Jose Dario Gallo
December 10 – December 31, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 10 | 7 PM – 10 PM

  

Join us tonight for The December Show, whitespace gallery’s final show of 2011!  It is a survey of works shown over the course of the year and additional pieces by select gallery artists.  Featured artists include Meg Aubrey, Laura Bell, Craig Dongoski, Sarah Emerson, Jody Fausett, Matt Haffner, Wendy Given, Ann-Marie Manker, David Mitchell, Adrienne Outlaw, Suellen Parker, An Pham, Seana Reilly, Michele Schuff, Whitney Stansell, Ann Stewart, and Tommy Taylor.

The For-Ever-Green Eco-Friendly Tree Lot features sustainable, reusable trees and wreaths, each created by artists re-interpreting the traditional Christmas tree and wreath.  They are displayed in the whitespace courtyard, and they are available as part of a cash-and-carry outdoor lot for visitors to take home and use in place of a traditional tree or wreath!  

The team behind gray_matter(s) will also participate by developing a site-specific installation in whitespec that coincides with the outdoor lot and includes a series of experiments in turning a whitespec gray.  The transformations embrace an inclusive and plastic understanding of perception. Through processes of analogy, layering, and gradation, different media are brought into dialogue, the space becomes a hidden dimension of variation.  Difference becomes a relative term, understood through observed realities rather than representations or ideals. In a field of endless subtlety, we find ourselves lost in our own perceptions.  

In addition to the gallery shows and For-Ever-Green lot, the opening reception features delicious treats from the Good Food Truck and general mischief from Bad Santa and his elves!

whitespace | 814 Edgewood Ave | Atlanta, GA 30307 | 404.688.1892

i45 and ACP present a night of award winning videos Saturday, October 29th

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Monica Cook, still from Deuce, stop motion film

 Exhibition date: October 29, 2011 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM
                        

Location: Grant Park | ACP’s “Volley” exhibition

Whitespace, as an i45 member gallery, and Atlanta Celebrates Photography are pleased to present videos from the Guggenheim’s recent YouTube Play project. The screening will take place October 29, 2011 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM in Grant Park as part of ACP’s Public Art Project, “Volley” a sound-activated, interactive animation by Monica Cook.
 
YouTube Play is a collaboration between YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum. The inaugural biennial, held in October 2010 at the Guggenheim in New York, showcased the most remarkable online videos from around the world. It included videos from Germany, Australia, Canada, the UK, Brazil, Netherlands, South Africa and the U.S. The Guggenheim curators selected the short list of videos from over 23,300 submissions.
 
I45 is a collective of Atlanta galleries in Inman Park (i), the Old Fourth Ward (4) and Little Five Points (5) working together to promote this community’s rich, creative identity. Through shared events and common interests, i45 seeks wider visibility for artists and the vibrant arts community.

 
For more information about i45, recent projects and member galleries, please visit the following links:

Convergent Frequencies    http://www.burnaway.org/2010/09/convergent-frequencies-highlights-urban-geography-this-weekend

Skies Over Atlanta    http://www.burnaway.org/2010/04/4-secrets-to-be-revealed-this-saturday-and-sunday-at-850-euclid

i45 Blog    http://i45art.wordpress.com

For more information about “Volley” by Monica Cook or about ACP, please visit the following links:

“Volley”    http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/909
 
Atlanta Celebrates Photography    http://www.ACPinfo.org

ACP’s blog “ACP Now!”    http://www.acpinfo.org/blog

Artist Talk with Matt Haffner Tonight

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 Exhibition: September 9 – October 15, 2011
Artist Talk: Thursday, October 13 | 6:30 PM
Join us for an artist talk with Matt Haffner tonight at 6:30 PM.  He will discuss his current exhibition at whitespace, “Just Across the Tracks.”  The show consists of a series of photograph portraits, sound recordings, collage works on paper, and a rotating diorama viewed through a camera obscura.  All of the pieces depict life in the space between the city and the suburbs with references to Haffner’s personal experiences.     

Matt Haffner currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his family.  In addition to working on his art, Haffner is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the art department at Kennesaw State University.  He was originally drawn to street art, since he enjoyed the danger, the giddiness of getting away with something, and the ability to create work on a large scale.  He has since moved away from street art, but he still uses wheat paste, markers, vinyls, stencils and other street art tools for his current work.  Haffner has exhibited his art both regionally and nationally. 

"The Beauty & the Beast" spoken word performance tonight at whitespace gallery

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Thursday, October 6, 2011 | 7:30 PM

Whitespace is pleased to present The Beauty & the Beast, a one-night only spoken word performance by Tasha Jones and Tommy Bottoms.  Touching on topics ranging from drug use to politics, Tasha and Tommy provide a fast-paced  entertaining, and often humorous take on modern society and the gritty urban environment.

Both Tasha and Tommy are highly acclaimed spoken word artists who tour the United States and the college circuit with their shows.  Tommy Bottoms is a two-time HBO Def Poet, BET Lyric Café All Star.  He has also had two national appearances on the Black Family Channel and performed at the Royal Stratford Theater in London, England.  Tasha Jones is an Indiana Poet Laureate  runner-up and two-time Essence Festival Featured Poet.  In addition to performing, Tasha developed educational materials aimed at ending illiteracy and guides for Magic Johnson and other HIV/AIDS activists educating the public about the disease.

Matt Haffner’s "Just Across the Tracks" opens tonight at whitespace

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Matt Haffner, Talking to Strangers, silver gelatin prints (contact prints), installation dimensions variable
September 9 – October 15, 2011
Opening Reception:  Friday, September 9 | 7 PM – 10 PM    
Whitespace is pleased to present Just Across the Tracks, Matt Haffner’s first solo show at whitespace gallery.  The exhibition consists of a series of photograph portraits, sound recordings, collage works on paper, and a rotating diorama viewed through a camera obscura.  All of the pieces depict life in the space between the city and the suburbs with references to Haffner’s personal experiences.  
Talking to strangers is the central theme for the collage of portraits covering an entire wall in whitespace gallery.  Haffner sought out his subjects in the streets of Atlanta, engaging with the people around him instead of ignoring those passing by as they made their way through the city.  He used an older style camera with large film that took a few minutes to make an image. This afforded him the opportunity to start brief exchanges with these individuals while photographing them. This engagement sometimes opened people up to a conversation and to sharing surprising things about themselves. While taking the portraits, Haffner also made sound recordings that play within the gallery. Hearing the stories that his subjects shared and seeing this huge wall of portraits makes one look for the face that told the story. Haffner considers this the most honest work he has made to date.