Vestiges of the Berlin Wall, remains of Holocaust sites, boundary lines, past battlefields, meteor impact craters, ruins of fortresses and abandoned colonial buildings come to life in this exhibit. Cohen has documented “the earth of our past as a record of memory, not as an act of witness” with over 100 starkly moving, almost poetic photographs.
Organized by the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University.
Perhaps best know for his "Foamhenge" creation in Natural Bridge and other vibrant and whimsical roadside attractions, local artist Marc Cline unleashes his larger-than-life imagination upon the Taubman. With outrageous installations accompanied by original illustrations, concept drawings, and photographs that offer insight into the artist's unique creative process, this is an exhibition that's sure to be fun for the entire family. Disclaimer: no actual dinosaurs or monsters were harmed in the staging of this exhibition.
Celebrating Photography in the 125th Year of The Roanoke Times
Liberated from archives, pulled from the pages of recent publications and websites, the works on view are not meant to trace a thorough, historical timeline of the Roanoke Valley. Rather, the selection was based on photographic excellence. While the photographs on view were meant to be accompanied by text, be it in an article, caption, or interview, they essentially stand alone as a product of the intersection of art and journalism.
In presenting these works in the museum, we blur the distinction between photojournalism and the fine art of photography and ultimately change how we appreciate...
WATCH IT! is a vibrant showcase of contemporary video art that is an
international cross section and celebration of 50 years of video art
production. If you’ve never seen video art (Laurie Anderson, William
Wegman and Nam June Paik are some of its pioneers), you must see this
exhibit.
Video artists selected for WATCH IT! include Moreshin
Allahyari, Youngsuk L. Altieri, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Joseph Kraemer,
David Mills, Eleen Mueller, Edward Ramsay-Morin, Leyla Rodriguez &
Cristian Straub, S/N Coalition, Arie Syarifuddin, Jeff Thompson, Ellen
Wetmore, Brooke White, and Pinar Yoldas.
WATCH IT! is produced
in association with the New Media...
In an exhibit that the New York Times labeled "must be seen to be believed," dancer and visual artist Nick Cave (not to be confused with the musician of the same name) debuts his hand-sewn collection of Soundsuits. The outfits are wearable art that draws on elements as diverse as African ceremonial garb and runway haute couture, and their aesthetics alone are worth a gander; but it's once the suits start to move that the real magic happens. Cave's design expertise, combined with his penchant for found materials, results in suits that, when worn, produce sounds both ethereal and spooky.
Nick Cave: Meet Me at the...
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The privately held Becker Collection, now digitally archived at Boston College, contains approximately 650 previously unexhibited drawings by mid-19th-century American artist-reporters Joseph Becker and colleagues.
On assignment for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, the era's leading illustrated periodical, a group of so-called Special Artists accompanied Union troops during the Civil War to produce firsthand drawings for publication, giving a glimpse into the life of an artist embedded within the armed forces.
Civil War Drawings from the Becker Collection is curated by Judith Bookbinder and Sheila Gallagher and the traveling...
"Nature and the Non-Objective Realm" is a re-installation of the Taubman’s Contemporary Gallery based on photography, painting and sculpture by artists who are represented in the Taubman Museum's permanent collection or have works that are designated as "promised gifts" to the Taubman Museum of Art. The selection is comprised of exemplary works by mostly southeastern artists and emphasizes the relationship between early modern figurative and landscape traditions, and the successive development of abstract and non-objective styles in contemporary art.
The exhibition includes works by Walter Darby Bannard, Jake Berthot, Isabel Bigelow, Steven Bickley, Lyle Bonge (1929 -...
Lillian Blades works with assemblage of objects and fragments in her attempt to make sense of life observations symbolically. Components and symbols such as eyes, empty frames, buttons, quilts and reflective surfaces like mirrors and glass frequently appear in Blades’ mixed media wall hangings.
Beverly Buchanan is an African American artist noted for her exploration of Southern vernacular architecture through her art. She notes that tobacco barns have played an unconscious role in her life as an artist in making what she was calling shacks. Her focus on these shacks and houses are meant to pay tribute to the human struggle and survival.
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