Author Archives: Whitespace

Review: Atlanta painter Tommy Taylor explores the divided self in “Threshold”

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Review: Atlanta painter Tommy Taylor explores the divided self in “Threshold”

November 26,2018
ArtsAtl.com
By Jerry Cullum

Threshold, at Whitespace through December 1, is Tommy Taylor’s latest expedition into the realm of the divided self. On a literal level, this series of paintings begins with a fragmentary, near-abstract rendering of a figure, then progresses through nearly monochromatic images of a model caught in two different moments of dramatic hand gestures, with the face and hands tightly rendered in an otherwise cloudy field of abstraction.

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artwork by Tommy Taylor

Atlanta Magazine’s Home Fall 2018

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The Art of the Party

November 26,2018
Atlanta Magazine’s Home
By Annette Joseph

My dear friend Liz Lapidus, whose public relations firm represents some of the city’s top restaurants and creatives, has a knack for inviting all the right people to just the right venue. The dinner she hosted one fall evening in the leafy courtyard of Susan Bridges’s Inman Park gallery, Whitespace, was no di erent. There, her intimate group of eight gathered to celebrate Birmingham-based artist Amy Pleasant’s show Writing Pictures.

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image of a supper at whitespace gallery for atlanta home magazine

Photography by Gregory Miller

Bojana Ginn Receives Ellsworth Kelly Award

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In the studio with Bojana Ginn

June 29,2018
ArtsAtl.com
By Andrew Alexander and Karley Sullivan
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Atlanta multimedia artist Bojana Ginn and the Mary S. Byrd Gallery at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, were recently awarded the 2018 Ellsworth Kelly Award. Each year, the Foundation for Contemporary Art gives the $40,000 grant to support a museum exhibition for a contemporary artist, and this year, the grant will allow the gallery to stage a new exhibition by Ginn in the fall of 2019.

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Bojana Ginn at work in the artist’s home

Ellsworth Kelly Award 2018 – Bojana Ginn

FoundationforContemporaryArts.org
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In fall 2019, the Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art at Augusta University will present a solo exhibition of new multi-media works by sculptor Bojana Ginn, curated by Gallery Director Shannon Morris.

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Craig Dongoski | The Kissing of Gods

Art Review: Timeline: Craig Dongoski at Whitespace Gallery

March 16,2018
burnaway.org
By Matthew Terrell
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Atlanta artist Craig Dongoski explores the possibility of line in his show “Kissing the Gods,” on view at Whitespace Gallery through March 24. Using both ink and oil pencil on paper and wood panel, Dongoski creates images full of texture and pattern, all achieved with 2-D techniques.

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Craig Dongoski, The Kissing of Gods, 2018; oil pencil on panel, 48 by 96 inches.

News: Amy Pleasant and Vesna Pavlović Southern Art Prize Finalists

News: Southern Art Prize Announces Nine Finalists for $25,000 Award

February 13,2018
burnaway.org
by BURNAWAY Staff
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Nine artists from nine Southern states have been named finalists for the Southern Prize, given by the Atlanta-based organization South Arts. Each receives $5,000 and a two-week residency at Hambidge, and a chance to take home the $25,000 grand prize or the $10,000 finalist award. to receive State Fellowship awards of $5,000 each. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on April 16 in New Orleans.

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various works from the finalists including Amy Pleasant

Counterclockwise from left: Amy Pleasant, “Untitled (Arms);” Jeremiah Ariaz, “Louisiana Buckle, (Sulphur, LA);” Garrett Hansen, Void – .38 Special;” and Paul Stephen Benjamin, “Paint The White House Black.”

works from finalists, including Vesna Pavlovic

Left to Right: Vesna Pavlović, “Maderno, Stefano, Saint Cecilia, Front,” and Paul Stephen Benjamin, “Black Cotton Flag Made in Georgia.”