The latest Instagrammable art experience, 29Rooms, will feature two Atlanta artists

August 7, 2019
atlantamagazine.com
By Myrydd wells
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​Atlanta artists, Neka King and Sarah Emerson will feature in 29Rooms this summer. 29Rooms runs in Atlanta from August 29 through September 8th.

The Agnes Scott professor and abstract artist will participate in the “Traveling Billboard” installation, in which an artist in each host city creates a “billboard mural” (Emerson’s will be 10 x 20 feet) to be displayed at their individual city’s event. Emerson’s mural will explore the “psychological landscape” of Atlanta. (excerpt from Atlanta Magazine article)

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Artist Feature | Nancy Floyd: Weathering Time

May, 2019
lightleaked.com
By Ashley Kauschinger
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​When I saw Nancy Floyd’s series Weathering Time submitted to this month’s theme Archiving Time: Again & Legacy I knew that I wanted to highlight it. I can’t think of better work that fits the theme more perfectly. This series gives new meaning to the idea of a photographer’s life. Take a look! –Ashley Kauschinger, Founding Editor

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Q&A: In O Smithereens!, Sarah Emerson Juxtaposes Life’s Beauty, Frightfulness

April 17, 2019
ArtsAtl.com
By Aileen Farshi
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Sarah Emerson’s O Smithereens!, at Whitespace through May 4, explores the fragility of life and early pleasures and builds on her 2018 series Are We the Monsters, seen at Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw.

The paintings and drawings feature familiar stylized landscapes imploding into darkness and devouring all inhabitants, and feel more feminine. Shades of soft pink and animated drawings of the female body are pronounced, likely a nod to the upswing in national attention to women’s rights.

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Paper artist Laura Bell calls attention to vulnerable species

March 19, 2019
Atlantamagazine.com
By kelundra Smith

It’s easy to get lost in Laura Bell’s ornate ink and watercolor ecosystems. Bell is fascinated by the fraught interactions between humans and other species. She creates detailed, black-and-white drawings of animals, with a pop of paint to define their natural habitats. Then, she uses tweezers to meticulously apply tiny pieces of Bristol and paper cutouts to create a three-dimensional effect. She said her affinity for working with paper comes from her father, who was a printer.

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Meet Matt Haffner and Laura Bell

March 13, 2019
voyageatl.com
By Voyage Atl

Today we’d like to introduce you to Matt Haffner and Laura Bell.

Matt and Laura, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. Matt: We met in grad school. I was doing photography and trying to be a conceptual artist. I would see Laura sitting on the fire escape of her studio smoking hand-rolled cigarettes at the end of her day of making work. I was immediately intrigued.

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Against The Tide At Whitespace Points Up Need To Truly See Women Past, Present

March 13, 2019
ArtsAtl.org
By Rebecca Brantley

Against the Tide, on view through March 23 at Whitespace Gallery, brings together photography from three artists and SCAD Atlanta professors – Suellen Parker, Sandra-Lee Phipps and V. Elizabeth Turk. The title refers to a common idiom that implies resisting cultural norms. Fittingly, the show runs during Women’s History Month.

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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)

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