BARRY ANDERSON: LIGHT WORK in SYRACUSE, NY

Throughout fall/winter 2009, in Syracuse, New York, Light Work presents a large-scale video art exhibition by Kansas City artist Barry Anderson, titled Intermissions, featuring video work along with some photography and video stills, taking place in multiple venues throughout Syracuse and the Syracuse University campus.




This project is an ambitious collaboration at an unprecedented level, with exhibitions taking place at various galleries including Light Work, the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, the Everson Musuem of Art, as well as Syracuse University Art Galleries, various student centers, the Syracuse University Orange Television Network, in addition to the multi-media public art initiative Urban Video Project's outdoor projection systems, LED screens, and over a dozen billboards, with still images, to compliement their video counterparts. See a map of the current exhibition venues above, or view a larger map.

Visit www.lightwork.org for additional information on exhibitions and events surrounding Barry Anderson's Intermissions, and keep your eyes open for CONTACT SHEET #153, Light Work's award winning publication, which further describes the venues and exhibitions.

Light Work is a nonprofit, artist-run organization dedicated to the support of artists working in photography and electronic media. Light Work is a member of the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers at Syracuse University (CMAC).

DAILY SERVING: ALLISON SCHULNIK

Marty Walker Gallery ♥ Allison Schulnik...& DAILY SERVING too!
DAILY SERVING 'an international forum for the contemporary visual arts' had some very nice things to say about our exhibition of Allison Schulnik's mesmerizing claymation video Hobo Clown (2008), video stills pictured.

"The few minutes that it runs are some of the most heartbreaking, kaleidoscopic, breathtaking and gracefully tragic that you might ever spend on viewing art. Schulnik has created a messily pinched and sumptuously colored world of upside-down-smile wearing clowns, dragging along a vast lonesomeness of delicate floral arrangements and faded landscape, to the mesmerizing music of Grizzly Bear. You just want to climb inside the video and wrap the folds of clay around yourself, maybe fall asleep to the heartbreaking guitar strums. Around the point when the song's first lyrics hum "Why don't you do any dishes?"--which surprisingly isn't at all distracting, as is the case with much of the music played over video work--things turn psychedelic, but in an honest and fresh way."
-by Allison Gibson

BARRY ANDERSON for Drug Free Sport

Barry Anderson completed a new, site-specific video installation commission awarded by Art through Architecture (AtA) for the recent architectural renovation project for the National Center for Drug Free Sport (NCDFS). Installation photograph and video still pictured below:

An article in ARCHITECT magazine further discusses the project (CLICK TO READ PDF), and, for the press release and further information check out these links:

• Charlotte Street Foundation blog

• Brennan + Company Architects blog

• Design News blog

• Art Daily blog

ALEXANDRA GRANT in LA's ARTILLERY magazine

photo and article by Sophia Louisa Lee

Los Angeles 'artillery' magazine visits with Alexandra Grant to peak at the alchemy that takes place in the artist's studio and gets a glimpse at her new body of work for an exhibition in September 2010 which Grant calls 'a math poem of haikus'. In addition Grant discusses some of the details for Watts House Project, a collaborative redevelopment of the residential block across the street from Watts Towers in South Los Angeles where she is proposing a large-scale sculpture of the word 'LOVE' in her signature text, on top of a family's home. CLICK HERE to read the full article (PDF), and CLICK HERE for more on Alexandra Grant, here on the blog @ Marty Walker Gallery.

COMEAUX & KRACHEY @ DALLAS CONTEMPORARY

BEAU COMEAUX
New Construction, 2007
lambda print, 19.5 x 19.5 inches

'Viewfinder: New Images by Texas Artists' at The Dallas Contemporary, on view through August 22, 2009, includes gallery artists Beau Comeaux's large-format night photographs depicting rural and suburban scenes devoid of a human presence with eerie stillness reminiscent of classic horror movies; and, Anna Krachey's installation of show horse ephemera ~ documents of highly priced animals (thought to have lost their worth by purchasing them from online sites such as eBay and Craigslist) and repurposing them for art.

ANNA KRACHEY
Trophies Series: BW Horsehead, 2008
archival Inkjet print

Lucia Simek reviews the exhibition for Renegade Bus, side-by-side with a review for CADD ARTLAB's 'Launch' exhibition, which includes new paintings by recent Marty Walker Gallery addition: Sarah Williams. For a PDF of the article, CLICK HERE.

Gallery 'sale' & remodel in Dallas Morning News

MATTHEW PORTER
Crash, 2005 - archival pigment print mounted to Plexiglas with satin laminate, in artist's frame, edition of 8, 20 x 24 inches

In preparation for remodeling its space before its next show opens Sept. 12 (featuring paintings by University of North Texas graduate Sarah Williams), Marty Walker Gallery is using most of the works from what the owner calls its “back room” to put forth a special exhibition. Pieces from its collection, some of which may never have been featured in a show, are being feted in a salon-style presentation and sold at a discount. The artists include Waddy Armstrong, Douglas Leon Cartmel, Beau Comeaux, Ted Kincaid, Archie Scott Gobber, Lisa Grossman, Angela Kallus and Jay Shinn, among others. The gallery is being scaled back, Walker says, with a natural byproduct being a reduced inventory. So, it’s a good opportunity to see or buy original works by some of Dallas’ best midcareer and emerging artists. Visit Dallas MorningNews' Guidelive.com.

SARAH WILLIAMS @ ARTLAB & MARTY WALKER GALLERY

SARAH WILLIAMS
Lexington Alley, 2009
oil on panel 24 x 24 inches

Upon completion of the forthcoming remodel and renovations, Marty Walker Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by recent University of North Texas MFA graduate, Sarah Williams, September 12 - October 10.

In anticipation of the exhibit, Sarah Williams' work can be seen at CADD ARTLAB's 'Launch' exhibit, showcasing art by studio art graduate students from Master of Fine Arts programs located in the DFW/Denton area, and in 'Frontroom=Backroom', the new salon-style exhibition at Marty Walker Gallery featuring a selection of superb works from the gallery’s racks including many works that have never before been exhibited.

Sarah William’s work focuses on her roots in rural Midwest America and how the ways of life shape and define the people and the spaces in which they live. The nightscapes in this series of work portray isolated and unremarkable buildings and scenes aiming to capture the emotions connected to a place. These feelings are deepened by William’s use of darkness to edit out extraneous details and the judicious use of illumination to draw the viewer in and highlight surface textures and patterns. (from the 'Launch' brochure at ARTLAB)

• 'Launch' @ CADD ARTLAB runs July 16 - September 3, 2009
  1608-C Main Street, Dallas, TX 75201 :: 214.741.1075 :: www.caddallas.net hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Open until 8 p.m. on Thursday

• 'Frontroom=Backroom' @ Marty Walker Gallery is on view for two weeks only, July 25 - August 8, 2009, opening reception is Saturday, July 25, 6-8 pm
  2135 Farrington Street, Dallas, TX 75207 :: 214.749.0066 :: www.martywalkergallery.com hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., and by appointment
  *gallery will be closed after August 8, and resume regular hours in September

• Sarah Williams solo exhibition opens at Marty Walker Gallery Saturday September 12, 6-8 p.m. and runs through October 10.

For further information please contact Marty Walker Gallery. (click!)

FRONTROOM = BACKROOM

SALE! 2 WEEKS ONLY! JULY 25 – AUGUST 8

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 25, 6-8 pm

For two weeks only Marty Walker Gallery is taking full advantage of the gallery’s “wall real-estate” in a special show unveiling the contents of the gallery’s backroom for a salon-style exhibition. In advance of the fall season, and forthcoming renovations, works will be temporarily discounted making this exhibition a great opportunity to view and acquire art from a selection of superb works from the gallery’s racks including many works that have never before been exhibited.

Artists include Waddy Armstrong, Andrew Bennett, Douglas Leon Cartmel, Beau Comeaux, Michael Eudy, Thomas Feulmer, Scott Foldesi, Nick Gaetano, Archie Scott Gobber, Lisa Grossman, Allison Hunter, Angela Kallus, Ted Kincaid, Anna Krachey, Pard Morrison, Jay Shinn, Laura Shipp, and Sarah Williams, among others.

Please contact gallery for further information and acquisitions.

We will close the gallery after Saturday, August 8th for renovations and resume regular business hours September 1.

DIRECTIONS: We are located between the Anatole Hotel and Irving Blvd. Take Oak Lawn west of I-35 to Irving Blvd. Turn right. Go to Manufacturing Street, turn right, then turn left on Farrington. The gallery is at the end of the street on the left. MAP

JEFF ZILM EXHIBITION CLOSES

JEFF ZILM : 7023629730

LAST WEEK ON VIEW! Be sure not to miss Jeff Zilm's solo exhibition of new film based paintings & Allison Schulnik's claymation video Hobo Clown in the 'other gallery'. Exhibition closes Saturday, July 18, 2009. And to whet your appetite, check out a slideshow of the exhibition installation here: http://www.martywalkergallery.com/archive/062009JZ+AS.htm