Featured Online Content from Past Exhibitions
may 14 - jun 15, 2009
Hair on Fire
Curated by Mark Sloan
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May 14th - Jun 15th
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 14th, 5 - 7
This group exhibition, curated by Mark Sloan, explores the rich and diverse history of human hair—from its importance in mythology, cultural anthropology, fashion, and folklore, to
its metaphorical possibilities. Each artist creates works that are either made of hair, or relate to the subject.
Artists:
Caryl Burtner »
Sonya Clark »
Talia Greene »
Ruth Marten »
Althea Murphy-Price »
Loren Schwerd »
Mend: Love, Life, & Loss: Group exhibition
Curated by Mark Sloan
Oct - Dec, 2008
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This exhibition explores the paradoxical nature of the idea of mending--be it a human who is sick, a heart that is broken, or a profound grief over a death. The patch is often stronger than the original--hence the paradox. The artists in this show probe the dualities of strength/fragility, hope/despair, joy/grief, pretty/nasty, dainty/brutal, etc. using fiber as the key metaphor. Each of the ten nationally known artists employ the yoking of opposites as an expressive vehicle. All of the works in the show contain at least some sort of fiber--string, hair, thread, yarn, etc. Fiber is the central metaphor, as it is evidenced to be visibly fragile, yet through the mend, it becomes durable, and at times, indelible.
Richard McMahan's Minimuseum, Spring 2008
For the past eighteen years, Richard McMahan has been creating his own personal museum collection featuring miniature replicas of the world's greatest works of art. This Florida savant has an exceptional talent for producing tiny images representing famous art in museum collections such as the Hermitage, the Prado, the Louvre, the Metropolitan, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others. The online exhibition features videos, text and over 200 objects from this collection.
Force of Nature: Site Installations by Ten Japanese Artists
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007This unique exhibition was a grand collaboration between seven institutions in North and South Carolina and ten contemporary Japanese artists. The artists lived in the Carolinas for six-week residencies, creating work using natural materials or processes and were installed at their host institutions.
The comprehensive online exhibition offers analysis, hundreds of images, video and much more.
Palimpsest Afghanistan
Sep - Oct, 2002
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This exhibition marks the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001. In the aftermath, the sentiment expressed by many Americans was to bomb Afghanistan "back to the Stone Age"—a sentiment that could not have been more ironic, given the fact that the Soviets had already leveled much of the country's infrastructure in the 1980's. But before 9-11, most Americans had little understanding of the country of Afghanistan or its people. Since then, our country's and the world's attention has been focused on this forgotten corner of the globe.
“Alive Inside: The Lure and Lore of the Sideshow” was a Piccolo Spoleto Invitational Exhibition on display May 13 – June 15. Curated and organized by Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art Director Mark Sloan in collaboration with Redux Contemporary Art Center, this exhibition was displayed in four downtown locations – Redux; RTW ; Magar Hatworks ; and the William Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art . These venues have joined forces to host an exciting exhibition featuring the works of 13 contemporary artistsfrom throughout North America who use the historic sideshow as muse or point of departure. These exhibitions are free and open to the public.
View photographs from the Son of Sinsorama event that accompanied the exhibition opening
Oft Unseen: Art from the Lodge and Other Secret Societies, exhibited from February 20th through March 20th, 2004. The exhibition presented the Webb Collection of art, artifacts and ephemera from the Freemasons and other secret fraternal organizations including The Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Knights Templar, Order of Red Men and many others. While not all of these organizations consider themselves truly secret societies they can all be considered societies with secrets. This exhibition provided a rare glimpse into the visual components of these mysterious and commonly misunderstood organizations.
A Woman's Life:
the art of Yu Hong
curated by Marian Mazzone
May - Jun, 2003
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Yu Hong is a contemporary Chinese artist who finds poetry in the everyday. She exhibits rich technical skills as a painter, rendering figures with endearing expression and verve. She mastered these skills as a student in the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. As she has matured as an artist, Yu Hong has fine-tuned her skills of observation, and is extremely sensitive to both facial expression and body posture.
