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August Issue 2008
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center in Asheville,
NC, Features Works by Jim Buonaccorsi
Flood
Gallery Fine Art Center is proud to present the first Asheville,
NC, solo exhibition of artist Jim Buonaccorsi, entitled No
Fear of Content. Buonaccorsi's work, on view Aug 23
through Sept. 27, 2008, acts as salt in the open wound of complacency
and translates life's fears and meanings into a universal language.
Essentially discrediting the idea of "art for art sake."
Buonaccorsi's work is saturated with historical references,
and offers its viewers an opportunity to change history by not
repeating it.
Buonaccorsi's work has been included in over one hundred and thirty
exhibitions, including solo exhibitions at City Gallery Chastain
in Atlanta, GA, 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, Fugitive Art Center
in Nashville, TN, and Marshall Arts in Memphis, TN. His work has
received numerous awards including the Reese Collection Annual
Purchase Award at the University of Tennessee and The Martin and
Doris Rosen Award at the Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition,
at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He also received
a Georgia State Council for the Arts Individual Artist Grant and
the M.G. Michael Award for outstanding research and two Senior
Faculty research grants at the University of Georgia.
Buonaccorsi is based in Farmington, GA, with his wife and fellow
artist, LeeAnn Mitchell, along with their Bull Terrier Cosimo.
Buonaccorsi received his BA from Rhode Island College in 1982
and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1984. He is currently
an Associate Professor with the University of Georgia.
The Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is a non-profit arts organization
dedicated to promoting the arts in Asheville through the exhibition
of established and emerging artists from all over the world. Through
artist-residency programs, public events and workshops, and educational
activities, Flood Gallery seeks to make art a vital and important
part of life in Asheville. The Flood Gallery Fine Art Center is
a membership organization.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Center at 828/254-2166 or visit (www.floodgallery.org).
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