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February Issue
2008
City of Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Jason Craighead and Tricia McKellar
For the first time since October 2006, abstract expressionist Jason Craighead will present his latest work in a Raleigh venue when he joins artist Tricia McKellar for a special exhibit entitled, Microcosm/Macrocosm, to be held at the Miriam Preston Block Art Gallery in the Avery Upchurch Municipal Building in downtown Raleigh, NC. The exhibit will be on view from Feb. 1 through Mar. 13, 2008.
Craighead, who recently served as a member of the City of Raleigh Arts Commission's (RAC) 30th Anniversary Committee, will hang nine new paintings for the show ranging in size from approximately 16" x 18" to 80" x 80".
"My current work includes ideas on construction, deconstruction, revitalization, and the energies produced in an urban environment," the artist said recently. "They're not depictions of reality, but responses to the visual treat that is everyday city life within the structure and chaos that surrounds us. There is beauty to be found in the grit if we choose to be observant."
The artist's lasts Raleigh show was held at the former Glance Gallery on West Martin Street. He is currently represented by Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, NC, Broadhurst Gallery in Pinehurst, NC, New Elements Gallery in Wilmington, NC, Anne Irwin Fine Art in Atlanta, GA, and Bucks Gallery of Fine Art in Newtown, PA.
A selection panel of visual arts professionals and member of the Arts Commission select the artists whose work is displayed in the gallery. The Municipal Building Art Exhibition program began as a means to support Raleigh's visual arts community with opportunities to exhibit work in a visible and professional downtown location.
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