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May Issue 2006
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Offers Several New Exhibitions
Artspace in Raleigh, NC, is offering the following exhibitions: Radical Evolution, featuring paintings by Kojo Griffin, on view from May 5 through June 24, 2006 in Gallery 1; Return to Babylon, featuring works by Gerry Lynch and Frank Welles, on view from May 5 27, 2006, in the Upfront Gallery; Without Trees, featuring works by Sarah Powers, from May 5 27, 2006, in the Artspace Lobby gallery; and Artspace Summer Arts Program Instructor Exhibition, on view from May 17 through June 3, 2006, in Gallery 2.
Kojo Griffin
Artspace is pleased to present an exhibition
of new drawings and paintings by Atlanta-based artist Kojo Griffin.
Griffin established himself in the art world with large, colorful
paintings and minimalist drawings. Over the last year and a half,
however, he has been working toward a new direction. Artspace
is pleased to support Griffin through this radical change by premiering
Radical Evolution. This is Griffin's first exhibition in North
Carolina in nearly seven years.
Since receiving his BA in Psychology from Morehouse College, Griffin's
work has been featured in more than thirty exhibitions including
the 2002 Corcoran Biennial, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,
DC; Freestyle at the Studio Museum, Harlem, NY and the
Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA (2001); and the 2000 Whitney
Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Griffin has
also received international exposure, exhibiting at MW Projects,
London; Grimm & Rosenfeld Gallery, Munich; and museums and
galleries in Milan and Stockholm. Griffin has been featured in
major periodicals including Vogue, Art in America, Art Forum,
Art News, and The New York Times.
The exhibition catalogue with essay by Charles H. Nelson, Jr. is available at Artspace. Nelson is an Atlanta-based conceptual artist who utilizes various media in his investigations of personal identity and technology. Nelson received a BFA from Washington University, St. Louis, MO, and a MFA in painting, Howard University, Washington, DC. His site-specific installations, paintings, drawings, and video work have been included in numerous exhibitions across the country as well as internationally.
Gerry Lynch
The city of Babylon, one of the most important
cities of the ancient world, was first mentioned in documents
in 2200 BC. Of great interest to artists Gerry Lynch and Frank
Welles is the fact that the site of the city of Babylon is only
fifty-six miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. In this exhibition, by
way of paintings and drawings, Lynch and Welles are attempting
to return to Babylon by focusing on the city's closeness to arguably
"the most important city" in present day history.
Lynch and Welles were both born in 1937 and have been painting
all of their lives. Lynch resides in NC and Welles resides in
NY.
Sarah Powers
Sarah Powers feels most satisfied when she is in minimal places. She grew up outside of Buffalo, NY, where the land is flat and the landscapes are industrial or agricultural. Because the trees are bare and the ground is white most of the year, the palate is limited to grey, brown, blue, and white. Today, in the midst of her busy life, Powers tries to recreate the simplicity of her childhood landscape.
Powers is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. She has exhibited her work at numerous venues including in Rhode Island at Providence Art Club's Moite Gallery; Sarah Doyle Gallery at Brown University, and risd works; and Sakonnet Artists Cooperative; and locally at Artspace and April & George. Her work will be featured this spring at Geneseo Community College, Geneseo, NY, and at Common Ground Theatre, Durham, NC.
Trying to decide on your Summer Arts Program classes but not exactly sure what a monoprint or a polaroid transfer looks like? Come to the Artspace Summer Arts Program Instructor Exhibition, and see works of art created by our professional instructors.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the center at 919/821-2787 or at (www.artspacenc.org).
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