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February Issue
2009
City Art Gallery
in Columbia, SC, Features Works by Tariq Mix
City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC, will
present the exhibit, Tariq Mix: Loving and Slow Jamming Saturday
Night, featuring works by this new emerging Columbia artist.
The exhibit opens on Feb. 5 and continues through Feb. 28, 2009.
New to Columbia, Mix received his undergraduate degree from Howard University in Washington, DC. The strong African American studies program at Howard had a large impact on his painting. He found himself immersed in the culture and history of movements like the Harlem Renaissance and jazz figures such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane. They motivated Mix to create imagery evoking the smooth, laid back rhythm of jazz.
Most of Mix's work prior to arriving in South Carolina was set in a jazz club scene, with the majority of the work focused on musicians. Recently, however, he adjusted the angle of the work to focus more on club-goers: diners, dancers, romancers. This does not mean that he forgoes the music aspect of his work. The essence of jazz is still there, in the contouring lines of the figures and the movement evoked by them. "My work dances with emotion across the canvas," Mix said, "I create with bold colors, strong design and composition and lively characters."
City Art represents regional artists of all mediums. Separated into three distinct galleries, City Art houses paintings, pottery, metalwork, glass, jewelry, photography, sculpture, lithographs, gourd art, mixed media, porcelain, woodwork, encaustic, etchings and more. The gallery is located in the historic Congaree Vista area in Columbia.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings, contact Wendyth Wells, Gallery Director, at 803/252-3613 or visit (www.cityartonline.com).
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