The Sea by Marcia Vaitsman

A Look Inside: Seana Reilly and Marcia Vaitsman Awarded Idea Capital’s Travel Grant for “Heisenberg Boulevard”

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We are pleased to announce that whitespace artists, Seana Reilly and Marcia Vaitsman have been awarded a $2000 Idea Capital Travel Grant for their joint video installation project “Heisenberg Boulevard.”  Reilly and Vaitsman will be traveling out west to complete the project, a large-scale installation showing geographically and chemically active landscapes where evidence of chemo-physical exchanges is visible.  These unromanticized views of nature (volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, geysers, tornadoes, planets, stars and moons) will be presented as sources of energy Continue reading →

“1.2 cm =” photography by Constance Thalken on view from January 11th through February 16th

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“Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” -Susan Sontag in Illness As Metaphor

Constance Thalken with whitespace artist, Suellen Parker at the opening of 1.2cm =

Thank you to everyone who came out for the opening of 1.2 cm = an exhibition of photography by Constance Thalken.  The exhibition addresses the paradoxical relationship between the smallness of an invasive tumor (1.2 cm) and complexity of its impact on the body and mind. The work speaks to Continue reading →

AtramentalMain by Seana Reilly

Casey Lynch interviews Seana Reilly for Drain Magazine

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Seana Reilly, AtramentalMain, 2012, graphite on dibond, 72 x 48 inches

The Science of Letting Go

In the Black issue of Drain magazine, Casey Lynch interviews Seana Reilly to explore the process and inspiration for her sublime, introspective graphite “pourings.”  Reilly explains in detail her interest in Vipassana meditation, geology, and philosophy, offering readers a glimpse into her artistic journey, while Lynch highlights Reilly’s awareness Continue reading →

“An Imagined Decembrist Carol” at whitespace

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Marymay Impastato discusses the inspiration for her moving carol: An Imagined Decembrist Carol

A window vignette from “An Imagined Decembrist Carol” at whitespace

With Aqua Art Miami and our December Show, December has been an exciting month full of festivity here at whitespace!  We’d first like to thank everyone who came out for A Moveable Feast, the opening reception for the December Show and holiday party on the first of the month.  We hope everyone enjoyed  Continue reading →

Whitespace returns to Aqua Art Miami for Art Basel December 6 – 9, 2012

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Visit whitespace gallery at Aqua Art Miami | Room 122

December 6 – December 9, 2012

VIP Opening Reception:  Wednesday, December 5 | 7:30 – 11 pm

Whitespace gallery at Aqua 2011 with artists, Sarah Emerson and Seana Reilly. Photo courtesy of ArtsATL

Whitespace gallery at Aqua 2011 with artists, Sarah Emerson and Seana Reilly. Photo courtesy of ArtsATL

We are excited about returning to Aqua, which was named “Best Emerging Art Fair in Miami” in a recent New American Painting online poll. In its 8th year as one of Art Basel’s premiere satellite art fairs, this year’s participants include Continue reading →

December events at whitespace!

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A Moveable Feast

December 1 – December 29

opening reception + holiday party: Saturday, December 1 | 7 – 10 pm

A Moveable FeastDecember Show: new works on paper by select whitespace artists

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Decembrist Revival: works by
Dr. Jerry Cullum, Travis Dodd, Ben Rollins, Mimi Hart Silver & Alex Christopher Williams
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An Imagined Decembrist’s Carol: performances and moving carol by
Brian Bannon, Mara Bennett, Hannah Rose Broom, Xandra Brosius, Henry Detweiler, Marymay Impastato, Debra Kahn, Anya Khalo, Luba Prakopchyk, Richard Sudden, & Maryn and Naomi Whitmore

whitespace grounds and main house

Join us for A Moveable Feast and an epic party Saturday, December 1 from 7-10 pm. We are combining three shows into one exciting event:

For the December Show, select whitespace artists are offering up new works Continue reading →

Suellen Parker discusses gender identity and “Letting Go”

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On November 10, a crowd gathered in whitespace for an artist talk hosted by Suellen Parker, a nationally recognized artist and professor at Savannah College of Art and Design. Parker’s first solo exhibition,”Letting Go,” features photo illustrations made up of clay sculptures that Parker creates and then photographs and inserts into backgrounds composed by Photoshop.

Suellen Parker Soul Gazing

Suellen Parker with her work, "Soul Gazing"

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