MATTHEW PORTER in The New York Times Magazine

MATTEW PORTER
The Heights, 2007
archival pigment print, 20 x 25 inches

Matthew Porter's photograph "The Heights" appeared last weekend in The New York Times Magazine as part of Matt Bai's editorial piece "Totaled?", where the author discusses the controversial bailout of General Motors and posits an argument for giving a reconstituted G.M. a chance.

• CLICK HERE for the article on The New York Times' website.
  
• CLICK HERE to download a PDF of the article. (permalink)
  

To see additional work by Matthew Porter visit Marty Walker Gallery. Porter's new solo exhibition "High Lonesome" is on exhibit at the gallery through April 25, 2009. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday 11-5pm, and please contact gallery for appointments.

MARK FLOOD in Berlin

MARK FLOOD
Sheridan, 2003
acrylic on canvas, 58 x 36 inches

Today Mark Flood's new solo show "Wart Exhibit" opens at Peres Projects in Berlin, reception is 7 - 10PM, and the exhibition runs March 28 - April 25, 2009.

And for those of us that unfortunately won't catch the Berlin exhibit, more work by Mark Flood can be seen at Marty Walker Gallery online, and in the gallery. Hours are Tuesday-Saturday 11-5pm, and please contact gallery for appointments.

ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER @ KEMPER MUSEUM + MORE, 2

ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER
Marry Me, 2008
gouache on paper, 14 x 18 inches

For today's post we're going to hit you with some news about Archie Scott Gobber, as a sort of follow up from the recent post:
ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER @ KEMPER + MORE.

For KCUR's Artcast 5 podcast, Kemper Museum director and CEO Rachael Blackburn Cozad converses with the Archie Scott Gobber on his work that inspired two simultaneous exhibitions: the utopian In Loving Memory of You at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, and the dystopian In Loving Memory of You, Too.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE:


In addition, there is a great interview of Gobber on the blog MW Capacity where the artist offers great insight into his process and talks about his current exhibition at Review Studios, as well as past exhibitions at Marty Walker Gallery. Read the interview HERE.

And for more on Gobber, and his recent work, read the Kansas City Star's review of Gobber's exhibition at Review Studios HERE.

To see additional work by Gobber, visit Marty Walker Gallery, and for a slideshow of installation images from the group exhibition
"there's something I've been meaning to tell you...", click HERE.

TED KINCAID in D magazine

"Picture perfect: Kincaid’s art is based on a photograph’s ability to lie." -Laura Kostelny, D Magazine

Ted Kincaid in his studio - photographed by James Bland

Ted Kincaid appears in the current issues of D Home (March '09) & D Magazine (April '09) along with several local artists, photographed by James Bland.

“I remember seeing a picture of Big Foot on In Search Of… with Leonard Nimoy. I loved the fact that you could have a photograph of something that never existed. People think of photographs as factual, but they really are as subjective as anything else.” -Ted Kincaid

Visit D's sharp new website or pick up these magazines now to see the photographs and read the article, or CLICK HERE for a PDF of the article.

BAGLEY + PORTER: OPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 28

FRANCES BAGLEY
Happy Daze, 2008-2009
mixed media, 97 x 105 x 55 inches

Join us Saturday, March 28 6-8pm for the opening reception of Frances Bagley's new solo exhibition Mixed Messages, and in the other gallery Matthew Porter's epic photographs High Lonesome.

MATTHEW PORTER

The Hindenburg, 2008
archival ink print, 17.5 x 22.5 inches

Exhibition runs March 28 - April 25, 2009 - visit Marty Walker Gallery for more info.

FRANCES BAGLEY + TOM ORR @ the Dallas Musuem of Art

We are proud to announce that Frances Bagley and husband Tom Orr's work will be included along with works by distinguished international artists in the Fall 2009 exhibition Performance/Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Stay tuned for further announcements.

Bagley and Orr collaborated to create sets and costumes for Verdi’s Nabucco, which opened Dallas Opera’s 50th anniversary season in the fall of 2006.

NOT TO BE MISSED! EXHIBIT CLOSES THIS WEEKEND!

LAST CHANCE TO VIEW! Visit the gallery before Saturday 5pm to view our text-based exhibition "there's someting I've been meaning to tell you..." with work by Thomas Feulmer, Mark Flood, Archie Scott Gobber, Alexandra Grant, Mickey Smith and Wayne White.

(exhibition installation pictured, click for slideshow of the exhibit)

For further information, images, or available work, please contact Marty Walker Gallery.

NEW PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION @ CADD: ARTLAB

FLASH -PHOTOGRAPHY FROM DALLAS GALLERIES-

March 12 - April 23, 2009 - Reception: Thursday March 12, 5-8 PM

Contemporary Art Dealer of Dallas (CADD): ARTLAB presents a snapshot (a flash) of current trends in photography emphasizing the scope and versatility of contemporary photography, capturing everything from the extraordinary to the mundane, all with extraordinary results. Featured artists include Marty Walker Gallery artists Robert Boland, Anna Krachey, William Lamson, and Jeff Zilm among others. (click here for the full PDF press release - and click here for the brochure of the exhibition)

CADD ART LAB : 1608-C Main Street, Dallas, TX 75201 [MAP]
www.caddallas.net - P.214.741.1075

ANNA KRACHEY
Path, 2008
digital archival print, edition of 10, 31 x 40 inches

BARRY ANDERSON: NEWS + EXHIBITIONS

Gallery artist Barry Anderson is part of two exhibitions that opened last week:

• Happy Tree Friends (or Standing: Tree as Agent, Index, Object of Desire), curated by associate director of the Charlotte Street Foundation Kate Hackman, opened at the Urban Culture Project's 'la Esquina' space in KC's Westside neighborhood and includes Anderson's Epic Escapism (2) on view until April 18, 2009. [MAP]
  
• Anderson's new video Always Becoming Something (3), commissioned by the Salina Art Center is also on exhibit and runs until May 7, 2009. [MAP]
  

So, if you are in near the Kansas City (or Salina) vecinity be sure to see these exhibits and check out the work of Barry Anderson -or for additional video by the artist and more information, contact Marty Walker Gallery.

BARRY ANDERSON
Always Becoming Something, 2009
(stills from video)

MARK FLOOD in ARTFORUM

Pick up the current issue (March 2009) of ARTFORUM for the review of Mark Flood's recent exhibition at Peres Projects in New York - and visit Marty Walker Gallery to see Flood's work in the text-based group exhibition "there's something I've been meaning to tell you..."

MARK FLOOD

Bored Patrol, 2008
spray paint on board, 43 x 20 in.

MARK FLOOD

Bullet Holes, 2002
acrylic on canvas, 66 x 48 in.

ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER @ KEMPER MUSEUM + MORE

OPENING TODAY! "IN LOVING MEMORY OF YOU" @ Kansas City's Kemper Musuem of Contemporary Art, featuring their recent acquisition of Archie Scott Gobber's painting "In Loving Memory of You" (pictured above). Exhibition runs through April 26, 2009. Also on view, Kemper at the Crossroads' counterpart exhibit "In Loving Memory of You, Too" addresses less-than-idyllic themes of dystopia, on view February 20–May 16, 2009.

ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER

Broker, 2009
enamel on canvas, 36 x 93 inches

OPENING NEXT FRIDAY! Review Studios presents: ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER IS BETTER OFF NOW. Opening reception, Friday, March 13, 6-9 PM. Exhibition continues through Fri., April 17. (click for PDF press release)

So, here's the breakdown to go see Archie Scott Gobber's work:

• Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art: Mar 6 - Apr 26
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF YOU
  
• Review Studios Exhibition Space: Mar 13 - Apr 17
  ARCHIE SCOTT GOBBER IS BETTER OFF NOW
  
• Marty Walker Gallery: Feb 21 - Mar 21
  there's something I've been meaning to tell you...
  
• CHANGEABLE - Billboard over Missouri Bank & Trust
  (@ 125 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, MO - MAP)
• & online @ www.martywalkergallery.com
  exhibition installation May-June, 2008 + available works
  

ALEXANDRA GRANT for WATTS HOUSE PROJECT

ALEXANDRA GRANT

think, 2009
mixed media on paper, 11 x 13 3/4 inches

Alexandra Grant designed a special edition necklace (pictured below) to support the Watts House Project (WHP) ongoing neighborhood redevelopment.


WHP is an artist-driven urban revitalization project aimed at improving the homes and lives of residents who live across the street from the historic Watts Towers in south central Los Angeles through large-scale artwork engaging art and architecture as a catalyst for community enhancement.

Grant's work uses language as the basis for images in painting, drawing and sculpture. For WHP, Grant has proposed a sculpture of the word "love" be placed on the roof of a house on 107th Street, literally putting "love on the house." The lettering and shape of the sculpture is copied in the elegant sterling silver or 18k gold Love Necklace, which embodies both the "hand-made" and the universal aspects of love.

As a benefit for Watts House Project, the Love Necklace is produced by Honor Fraser Gallery, LAart, and ForYourArt.

-CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE NECKLACE-

For additional available work by Alexandra Grant, visit Marty Walker Gallery. Also, be sure to check out the current group exhibition "there's something I've been meaning to tell you..." with work by Alexandra Grant, Archie Scott Gobber, Mark Flood, Thomas Feulmer, Mickey Smith and Wayne White.