Last evening, a small group gathered at the Midtown home of artists Richard Mafong and Jon Eric Riis to unveil the magnificent woven metallic silk and black fresh water pearl tapestry that Riis is generously donating to the High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction on March 27. The piece is called “Tiger Banner” and (we’re just showing a snippet here) hangs vertically as a 12″ x 66″ museum-quality masterpiece. We were all invited to the basement studio where the most amazing and unique tapestries, coats and other pieces are created. I can’t even fathom the amount of hours it takes for just one piece.
This art is genius. No wonder his pieces are all over the world in private collections, traveling exhibits and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, Art Institute of Chicago, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, New York Museum of Arts and Design, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Renwick Gallery, and countless others, including the High Museum of Art, of course. Jon and Richard are world-renowned artists, and world-class gentlemen. How lucky we are to have them in Atlanta.
February 26th, 2010
Gallery Hops at SCAD Atlanta are free and open to the public, allowing you to view many of SCAD’s groundbreaking exhibits at no cost–even a free shuttle to the galleries and parking services are available at the SCAD Atlanta campus. Fortunately, one of these seasonal events lined up for this evening—with refreshments served at select galleries. Details below:
The ACA Gallery of SCAD Atlanta welcomes the work of Cao Fei (a Chinese artist currently shortlisted for the Guggenheim Foundation’s Hugo Boss Prise) presents “NO LAB on Tour” in partnership with Map Office, a Hong Kong-based husband-and-wife duo, who show dynamic and politically charged films and line drawings depicting a Katrina-battered New Orleans. Joining the exhibit is a carnival cart with computers linked to another of this artist’s projects, Second Life. Viewers can use the software to create their own avatar and navigate the virtual world created by this digital architect. The exhibits continue through February 7 but are on view for free tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St.
Swing by Trois Gallery for Erick Swenson’s moving “Caught Captive” exhibition of naturalistic cast resin sculptures depicting allegorical, hybrid creatures frozen in dramatic moments of tension. His Whitney Museum-exhibited “Carpet Piece”—an intricatedly painted fiberglass sculpture desined to look like a woven carpet–is also on view. This exhibit continues through January 24 but is on view for free tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St.
Head to Gallery See at 3:30 p.m. for a gallery talk by the creators of “Horsepower”—a two-person painting exhibition by SCAD Savannah professor Gregory Eltringham and SCAD’s 2009 Visiting Artist Matt Blackwell. From cruiser cars to equine imagery, the works play off the double meaning of the title word and pay homage to a nostalgic American past. This exhibit continues through February 26 but is on view for free tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit at 3:30 p.m. for the artists’ talk. SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St.
Gallery Hops at SCAD Atlanta are free and open to the public, allowing you to view many of SCAD’s groundbreaking exhibits at no cost—even a free shuttle to the galleries and parking services are available at the SCAD Atlanta campus. Fortunately, one of these seasonal events is lined up for this evening—with refreshments served at select galleries. Details below:
The ACA Gallery of SCAD Atlanta welcomes the work of Cao Fei (a Chinese artist currently shortlisted for the Guggenheim Foundation’s Hugo Boss Prize), who presents “NO LAB on Tour”—a range of dynamic and politically charged films and line drawings depicting a Katrina-battered New Orleans. Joining the exhibit is a carnival cart with computers linked to another of this artist’s projects, Second Life. Viewers can use the software to create their own avatar and navigate the virtual world created by this digital architect. The exhibits continue through February 7 but are on view for free tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St.
Swing by Trois Gallery for Erick Swenson’s moving “Caught Captive” exhibition (shown above) of naturalistic cast resin sculptures depicting allegorical, hybrid creatures frozen in dramatic moments of tension. His Whitney Museum-exhibited “Carpet Piece”—an intricatedly painted fiberglass sculpture designed to look like a woven carpet—is also on view. This exhibit continues through January 24 but is on view for free tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St.
Head to Gallery See at 3:30 p.m. for a gallery talk by the creators of “Horsepower”—a two-person painting exhibition by SCAD Savannah professor Gregory Eltringham and SCAD’s 2009 Visiting Artist, Matt Blackwell. From cruiser cars to equine imagery, the works play off the double meaning of the title word and pay homage to a nostalgic American past. This exhibit continues through February 26 but is on view for free tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Visit at 3:30 p.m. for the artists’ talk. SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St.
Visit SCAD Atlanta’s Events calendar for more info.
January 14th, 2010
Art work from the 2007 Pin-Up event
Here’s an art show you won’t want to miss! The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia’s 8th Annual “Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show and Sale” will take place Thursday, November 19, 6-9 p.m, at the TULA Art Center at 75 Bennett Street. Pin-Up 2009 remains a premier non-curated, casual, yet exciting event. All pieces are unframed, unmated, not larger than 12×16x5 inches, able to be mounted by four push pins and priced under $500. The show and sale is open for the general public to come enjoy work from seasoned and emerging Georgia artists as well as enjoy a DJ and refreshments alongside Atlanta’s vibrant artistic community.
Now, for some specifics: Admission is a MOCA GA membership, which for non-members starts at $20 for artists and $35 for non-artists. For more information, call (404) 367-4542, visit
www.mocaga.org or email info@mocaga.org.
November 13th, 2009
