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Three Ways Different: Dona Berotti, Rob McClurg and Cristina Viscu
December 5 - 26, 2009
Twist, etc. at Arcade 58
Sarah Shearer: Seven Questions
Shearer received her BFA from Belhaven College in 1999. Her current
body of work is born from a consideration of beauty and expectations.
She has consistently exhibited her work throughout the southern
United States for the past decade. It is included in multiple private art
collections.
Artist Statement
I hope to reflect ideas through my work. What I have been creating
has stemmed from hundreds of questions flying around in my head.
Some of these questions are:
What is meaningful?
What is superficial?
What makes me happy, and why?
What is beauty?
Why are some things that are beautiful labeled superficial?
Does beauty equal weakness in your eyes?
In exhibiting my work I am not attempting to present answers, rather
hoping to reflect my questions.
My pieces are typically a mix of medias (spray paint, acrylic, colored
pencil) on canvas. Most of all, I love the intensity and texture of oil
paint.
Gregg Schlanger: B.W.R. (basic water requirements)
Monica Quattrochio: H2O
November 7 - 28, 2009
Gregg Schlanger is a professor of art at Austin Peay State University in
Clarksville, Tennessee. He works primarily in installations and
community public art. He is interested in exploring through his projects
the potential of creating a better “sense of place” (leading to a respect
for that place and the environment). Gregg believes this can happen
through community involvement and the educational aspects that
occur when dealing with the various concepts of his work.
He explains, “My piece for Twist Gallery is a continuation of the
installation I created in Potsdam, Germany in 2007 and now on display
at the Bank of America Plaza in Charlotte, North Carolina. There will be
48 one-gallon glass bottles. They will be displayed on a wooden shelf
attached to the gallery walls. Each bottle represents a different
country and indicates the amount of water used per person per day in
each country. There will be 14 small houses made of ice. The icehouses
will melt each day. The amount of water used to create the icehouses
each day will be 50 liters. The houses are to represent the domestic
use of water around the world.”
Basic Water Requirements (BWR) refers to domestic water usage per
person per day and includes water for: drinking, human hygiene,
sanitation services and food preparation. It has been established that
the Basic Water Requirements (BWR) per person is 50 liters of water
each day for basic human needs. Unfortunately 20% of the world's
population only uses around 5 liters each day. More than 1 billion
people do not have access to clean drinking water and do not have
access to the B. W. R. of 50 liters per day.
“It is my intention to bring awareness about this global crisis through
this piece. As a global community, we should guarantee that every
person has access and the right to at least 50 liters of clean water
everyday,” Schlanger explains.
Monica Quattrochio is a fine art photographer working in Clarksville,
Tennessee. “My photographs are a study on water and its essential
purpose for the function of the human body in relation to the symbolic
meanings that quench the spirit. Water is a symbol of life, fertility,
purification and healing. It can evoke feelings of calmness and
serenity but also conjure up strength and power. This exhibit uses
literal and abstract images of water to express the ambiguity of the
definition of Life.”
Anthony Doling: Halfway Across a Bridge Super 8 Stills
October 3 - 31, 2009
Artist Statement:
I spent about a year living in Northern California back in 2000. In all
the times I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, or stared awestruck from
the Marin Headlands or Ocean Beach, the innate photographic genius
living inside of me never snapped a single picture of this stunningly
beautiful object. All I managed to get was about eight seconds of
shaky black and white Super 8 footage by sticking a camera out of my
brother's moving car. So I scanned it.
At worst, an inexcusable, disappointing letdown. At best, an
incomplete but singular view of one of the most familiar objects in our
world.
Read local writer Joe Nolan's interview with Anthony Doling about his
show.
Mandy Stoller at Twist, etc.
Party for My Mom
Artist Statement:
My mom is so awesome I thought, "I should throw a party for my
mom." She has inspired my work of Rhonda and Agatha and has
impressed upon me a country accent that randomly comes out without
warning. So let’s celebrate my mom for being the most frickin’ amazing
person in the whole wide world!!
Come celebrate my mom on October 3rd from 6-9pm at Twist, Etc. at
Arcade #58! There will be cake!!
Paintings by Elizabeth Alley
September 5 - 26, 2009
Elizabeth Alley was born in Memphis, TN, and has a Bachelor of Fine
Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to being an
artist, she is Director of Public Art at the UrbanArt Commission and
recently retired from the Memphis Roller Derby League, where she
played pivot for the Legion of Zoom. She also sketches, makes lists,
reads, crochets, and shows her paintings at Perry Nicole Fine Art.
Artist’s Statement
My paintings are informed by the people and places around me, but I
try to include the viewer in them as much as possible. The work is all
based on snapshots of subjects that are familiar and personal to me. I
obscure the image in some way to give the viewer room to participate
in the action and narrative of the paintings. Because details from
everyday life are made indefinite by cropping, the viewer is free to fill in
the blanks with details from his or her own life. Combining personal
subject matter while including the viewer allows for an exploration of
the people and places that help shape us all.
The Last Roll: Kodachrome 64
Four photographers pay their respects to the death of film
Twist Art Gallery #58
Saturday, September 5, 2009
In conjunction with the First Saturday Art Crawl, Anthony Doling,
Jonathan Rodgers, Scott Simontacchi, and Elizabeth Streight present
photographs using a dying medium, Kodachrome Film.
Kodak announced only several months ago its discontinuation of the
highly revered and well-loved slide film. Currently, only one lab (located
in rural Kansas) will officially process this film.
Twist Art Gallery presents this funeral service of sorts...
"Peace, love, and Kodachrome!"
Angela Burks: You're Not Helping
August 1 - August 29, 2009
Join us Saturday evening for an opening reception of paintings by
Angela Burks. Angela received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Tennessee State University in 2000 and went on to receive her Master
of Fine Arts from Tulane University. She has returned to the area to
begin her teaching career. She currently lives and works in
Murfreesboro, TN.
Artist's Statement
I am interested in
the vulnerability of a person as a physical thing
the plausibility of a person as a spiritual thing
and the fear inspired by both.
Five + 5
July 11 - 25, 2009
Five + 5 is a group show featuring unframed works on paper from [5]
art-affiliated artists and five additional guest artists. This second
installment of the exhibition debuted at Gallery [5]art in West Tampa
at the Historic Santella Cigar Factory. The exhibition has traveled to
Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, lands at Twist this month and
continues to Gallery 25 in Fresno, California.
The exhibition includes work from artists Ariel Baron-Robbins, Cameron
Brian, Joe Griffith, Robbie Land, Diran Lyons, Tracy Midulla Reller, Kurt
Piazza, Ruth Santee, Jasmine Schurrer, and Atsushi Tameda.
Show dates and venues:
[5]art
Tampa, Florida
March 6, 2009 – April 3, 2009
www.five-art.com
Young Blood Gallery and Boutique
Atlanta, Georgia
June 6, 2009 – June 27, 2009
www.youngbloodgallery.com
Gallery 25
Fresno, California
August 6, 2009 – August 29, 2009
www.gallery25.com
Nick Stolle at Twist #58
We are Going to Spend the Night at MeeMaw and Pop-Pop's
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT MEEMAW AND POP-POP's is an
exhibit of recent work by Nick Stolle on view at Twist 58 Gallery July 11-
25 2009.
The work is a quiet meandering through an assortment of visual and
linguistic avenues on the themes of shame, longing, and hope. Pop-
Pop said we can watch the video later. Meemaw doesn’t know how to
work it.
Deliberation: Ceramics and New Media by Laina Seay
June 6 - 27, 2009
Laina Seay was born in Tupelo Mississippi, 1986, and raised in rural
western Kentucky. She has recently graduated with a Bachelors of
Fine Art from Western Kentucky University, studying ceramics under
Tom Bartel. In 2007 she spent the summer working for the Alexandria
Virginia Commission for the Arts doing research on public art programs
resulting in a collaborative report submitted to the National
Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been shown nationally
including at the National Convention for Ceramic Arts, which awarded
her the Regina Brown Fellowship grant for Undergraduates. Currently,
she is attending graduate school.
Statement
The physical properties of clay allow me to exploit its nature in both
raw and fired forms. Using video I am able to utilize the ephemeral
nature of clay in an unfired, raw state by documenting the material as
it dissolves in water or other liquids. By working in this manner I
satisfy both my need to create objects and the requirements to
capture the event. Other methods of working I use include multiple
object interaction and installation. Working in this manner I am able
to combine what I make with my interests in politics, current events,
and the human condition. Themes I often explore include
individualism, consequences of authoritative power, and the role of
citizens as a check of governing power. Events surrounding the last
four years directly fuel my art as our country deals with war, economic
crisis, and political expansion. The ultimate question I ask is what is in
and out of our control as individual citizens both in our domestic
government systems and on the global stage.
Erika Johnson at Twist #58
June 6 - 27, 2009
accumulata | dematerialization
installation | performance
What happens when objects are let go?
A work about possession(s). Opening reception June 6, 2009 from 6
pm to 9 pm. Dematerialization at 8:30 pm June 6, and by appointment
through June 27.
Beep Beep Gallery: Ann Marie Manker and Jason R. Butcher
May 2 - 30, 2009
Twist presents an exchange of artists with Beep Beep Gallery in
Atlanta. In 2008, Twist proprietors Beth Gilmore and Caroline Carlisle
met up with some like-minded folks in our friendly city to the South.
James McConnell and Mark Basehore are running a space very similar
to Twist in Atlanta. We found our missions so closely aligned that we
decided to swap artists. In May, Beep Beep artists Ann-Marie Manker
and Jason R. Butcher will show at Twist and Twist artists Duncan
McDaniel, Erin Plew and John Whitten will show at Beep Beep.
Beep Beep artists Ann-Marie Manker and Jason R. Butcher’s opening at
Twist will be held on Saturday, May 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m
In Atlanta, Twist artists Duncan McDaniel, Erin Plew and John Whitten
will open their show on May 9th. The Beep Beep Gallery is located at
696 Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta GA 30308.
Background on Beep Beep:
Beep Beep Gallery was started in January 2006 by three local art
enthusiasts, James McConnell, Steven Rauber and Mark Basehore. The
first art show debuted at James' and Steve's house in Oakhurst
Village, an Atlanta neighborhood just outside of Decatur. Their first
opening was a group show featuring mostly their friend's artwork.
After holding four art openings out of their house, they rebirthed the
gallery in a commercial space.
Beep Beep Gallery re-opened in August 2006, coincidentally the very
same month Twist Art Gallery was opening in Nashville. Finding success
with their first show in the new space, the gallery owners continued
holding monthly art shows with their vision of creating a place for local
artists, writers, musicians, and zinesters to show and support each
other's work.
The gallery has, since then, exhibited original works by many emerging
and established Atlanta-based artists. The gallery also now proudly
displays locally-made zines, buttons, t-shirts, records, books, stickers,
Evereman merchandise, tables and other crafty treasures for sale.
Information on the Artists:
Ann-Marie Manker
Ann-Marie Manker is a visual artist with experience curating and
directing an alternative art space. Based in Atlanta, GA, Manker
teaches drawing and painting in the School of Fine Arts at SCAD
Atlanta. She received her BFA at The University of Southern California,
Los Angeles (1992) and her MFA in Drawing and Painting at Georgia
State University, Atlanta (2004). More . . . .
Jason R. Butcher
Butcher teaches courses at The Art Institute of Atlanta and also works
in interactive software design and programming, computer illustration
and animation, multimedia editing, authoring, and distributing, custom
circuit design, and A/V Integration for museum exhibits. Recent
projects of note include the Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife,
Sanibel Island, FL, GSTC Kiosk at Hartsfield-Jackson Intl. Airport,
Atlanta and the Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA. More . . .
Jennifer Cartwright: The Pollination Machine
April 4 - 25, 2009
Jennifer Cartwright is a self-taught paper artist and bookmaker, born
and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work incorporates handmade
wire forms, recycled paper fibers and acrylic pigment to create
sculptural works which are lightweight, flexible, and waterproof. She is
also a Ph.D. student in biology at Tennessee State University, where
she’s studying the abilities of soil bacteria to break down harmful
chemicals in the environment. Thus it’s no surprise that much of her
work incorporates organic imagery—pattern, translucence, nested
repetition—or that her sculptural process is experimental and emerges
from the media she uses: wire, paper, plastic / metal, fiber, polymer.
Jennifer has also worked as a community organizer, gardener, tutor,
and a painter of sets for country music videos (ahh, Nashville…) So far,
her artwork has all been created in the kitchen of her tiny apartment
and in the studio of her mother and mentor Sally Rutledge, a ceramic
artist and science teacher. Soon, however, she is moving up the road
to Joelton, where she’ll have her own dedicated studio surrounded by
goats, blackberries, chickens and bamboo.
Statement
Before I ever thought of myself as a sculptor, I was a papermaker. I
taught myself the basics of papermaking from books and the internet,
mostly by experimentation. To make decent recycled paper, all you
need is a kitchen blender, water, a mounted piece of screen (called a
“deckle”) and a flat surface for drying. Like many ancient crafts,
papermaking is quick to learn but requires a lifetime of dedication to
master; simple in concept yet endlessly complex in its challenges and
rewards. Read More . . .
At Twist 58: Off the Wall Art Group
Off the Wall Art Group
April 4 - 25, 2009
Twist Art Gallery has invited the six members of Off the Wall Art Group
to present their new work. Off the Wall is made up of artists Quinn
Dukes, Janet Heilbronn, Mahlea Jones, Jenny Luckett, Jaime Raybin,
and Iwonka Waskowski. An opening reception will take place at 58
Arcade on Saturday April 4, as part of the First Saturday Arcade Crawl.
The six members of Off the Wall met as students at Watkins College of
Art, Design and Film. The group developed as the artists sensed that
their work was connected. The members share a similar artistic
language, involving a foundation in conceptual art, a curiosity about
materials, and an interest in making work with personal resonance.
Off the Wall has been exhibiting since 2005.
Mahlea Jones explores the diorama as a learning tool on a human
scale.
Jaime Raybin uses microscope photography to uncover tiny visual
secrets in apple skin and lemon pulp.
Jenny Luckett's paintings are a memorial to the little things she has
lost.
Janet Heilbronn’s paintings explore the 'quiet, private places' of one’s
internal experiences and how they shift once brought out in front of
others.
Iwonka Waskowski works within an intuitive place of form finding. Her
images reference the body without committing to it. Mind, memory, and
transference play with the possibilities of psychological deterioration
as she explores thoughts about emotional, physical and social issues
of isolation.
Quinn Dukes’s work reflects her ambivalence towards living in the
“planned” environment of a major city, with its lack of connection to
the natural world. The pigeon becomes a symbolic substitute for the
influence of nature that she once encountered on a daily basis.
www.offthewallartgroup.com
Shana Kohnstamm
March 7 - 28, 2009
Shana Kohnstamm, born in 1970, was raised in Nashville, Tennessee.
She attended both the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the University of
Tennessee before pursuing employment in a variety of art careers,
including stained glass designer, muralist, bead-maker and scenic
artist. In 2006, she created and curated the, "Model Artist" show,
which featured the works of 22 Nashville artists portraying each other
in a variety of mediums. Shana is an active member of the Nashville-
based Connect 12 Artist Collective and participates regularly in a
collaborative of international artists found at SpreadArt.net. Having
lived in New York, Florida, Ohio and Massachusetts, Shana is settling
once again “for keeps” in Nashville.
Statement
This body of work has developed over the last two chaotic, wonderful
years, having moved cross-country twice (upending my world and my
work) and having found the peace of mind that comes with being
newly wed. It also comes from sharing my life with someone who
sparks my thinking about the natural working order of things, like why
our lungs inflate and the molecular cacophony that allows us to breath.
I'm fascinated by quantum physics, string theory and naturally
occurring fractal patterns. I wonder at how the tiniest seed can hold so
much potential for life. And by the way an emotional reaction can
sprout from nothing more than color on a canvas.
My own organic process of image development surprises me. The
paintings themselves evolve, seemingly without my input. The images
mature in stages, growing like plants to reach the light, the surface.
This work is about that growing process and what gives something the
potential for life.
"Growth is the proof of life" - Peter Reinhardt, philosophic breadmaker.
Photographs and Lithographs by John Dowell
March 7 - 28, 2009
John Dowell has created and exhibited art for more than four decades
and is a Professor of Printmaking at the Tyler School of Art of Temple
University in Philadelphia. He has had 49 one person exhibitions at
prestigious venues including the 35th Venice Biennale, Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia. His work is represented in the permanent collections
of 70 museum and public collections, including the Museum of Modern
Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Boston
Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Biblioteque
Nationale, Paris France and was exhibited in the 1975 Whitney Biennial
in New York City.
In 2001, he received the 14th James Van Der Zee Award from the
Brandywine Workshop, in Philadelphia for a Life Time of Achievement in
the Visual Arts and Teaching and in1999 the Lindback Award for
Distinguished Teaching from Temple University. He also received grants
in 1985 and 1975 from the National Endowment of the Arts, and
several from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1985, and 1979
plus a Philadelphia Foundation Grant in 1994, as well as many others.
His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute exhibition, "A
Century of Collecting African American Art" and he served as a panelist
on the accompanying round table discussion of the realities of being an
African American artist in 2003. He had work in the invitational
exhibition "A Celebration of Color" at the Benny and Smith Gallery,
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA as well as created two commissioned
prints: a portfolio print for Lafayette college, Master Artist/Master
Printmaker Portfolio Project, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, and The
Legacy Project of the Atelier Towson, Towson University, Towson, MD
that were Lithographs constructed of primarily photographic cityscapes
to be used as scores for concert performance.
Lauren Kussro
February 7 - 28, 2009
Lauren Kussro was born in Jackson, Mississippi and grew up in
Indianapolis, Indiana. A veteran homeschooler, her first public school
experience was in college. She attended Indiana University-Purdue
University in Indianapolis, and in 2003 received her B.F.A. in painting
and printmaking from the Herron School of Art. In 2006, she received
her M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee.
She was awarded numerous scholarships and grants during the
course of her artistic studies, including the Elizabeth Greenshields
Foundation Grant in 1999 and 2002.
Her work deals primarily with the appreciation of beauty in the natural
world by utilizing organic forms and repetitive elements, and is moving
towards a more audience-friendly approach whereby viewers can
interact with the work on a tactile level. She prefers to work on paper
she has made from old/recycled prints.
This summer Lauren was an artist-in-residence at Anchor Graphics in
Chicago, where she worked on expanding her current body of work as
well as experimenting with new sculptural paper forms. Currently she
is employed as an adjunct for two local community colleges teaching
art appreciation and drawing.
Lauren's Artist Statement
Shop Lauren's Work
Compared to What, I Wonder by J. Todd Greene and the 'Butcher
Paper Collective' at Twist 58
January 3, 2008 - January 31, 2009
After earning a BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in
1992, J. Todd Greene returned to Nashville where he has worked as a
full-time artist and recently took a position teaching art at Ravenwood
High School. Greene has produced numerous solo and group
exhibitions. His introspective work speaks of paradox and spirituality,
using acrylics, oils, mixed media, sculpture and constructions.
With seven pieces in the Tennessee State Museum’s permanent
collection, Greene was named one of Tennessee’s Best Artists, winning
a purchase award in 2001. His work has also appeared in Time
magazine. Greene won third place in the Nashville’s citywide 2003 DIG
Through Art Competition with his entry, “Easter Basket,” and was
named a finalist in the 2003 Central South Art Exhibition, a competition
of more than 400 applicants spanning 10 states. In April 2004, he
received an artist’s residency fellowship at the Virginia Center for the
Creative Arts (VCCA) where he spent April /May of 2004.
He has been featured in many publications such as The Tennessean,
The Nashville Scene and NFOCUS. Greene has taught drawing/
painting at Watkins College of Art, The Art House and at his studio in
downtown Nashville.
Statement
"I've been collaborating with Ravenwood High School students in class
this year. Typically I'll put up a blank sheet of brown 'butcher' paper
and will begin a painting or drawing. A student will pick up wherever I
leave off, then another adds and then another, etc. I will rework and
paint on piece at various stages and usually at the very end, but not
always. We're called the 'Butcher Paper Collective' and a few of the
students will be assisting me on the show. The plan is to create a
large and original piece in 3 days on location in the new Twist space."
Also, Todd heads up the local independent band Bulb and they will be
performing songs from their new CD called, 'I'm Sorry About Everything.'
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December 5 - 26, 2009
Twist, etc. at Arcade 58
Sarah Shearer: Seven Questions
Shearer received her BFA from Belhaven College in 1999. Her current
body of work is born from a consideration of beauty and expectations.
She has consistently exhibited her work throughout the southern
United States for the past decade. It is included in multiple private art
collections.
Artist Statement
I hope to reflect ideas through my work. What I have been creating
has stemmed from hundreds of questions flying around in my head.
Some of these questions are:
What is meaningful?
What is superficial?
What makes me happy, and why?
What is beauty?
Why are some things that are beautiful labeled superficial?
Does beauty equal weakness in your eyes?
In exhibiting my work I am not attempting to present answers, rather
hoping to reflect my questions.
My pieces are typically a mix of medias (spray paint, acrylic, colored
pencil) on canvas. Most of all, I love the intensity and texture of oil
paint.
Gregg Schlanger: B.W.R. (basic water requirements)
Monica Quattrochio: H2O
November 7 - 28, 2009
Gregg Schlanger is a professor of art at Austin Peay State University in
Clarksville, Tennessee. He works primarily in installations and
community public art. He is interested in exploring through his projects
the potential of creating a better “sense of place” (leading to a respect
for that place and the environment). Gregg believes this can happen
through community involvement and the educational aspects that
occur when dealing with the various concepts of his work.
He explains, “My piece for Twist Gallery is a continuation of the
installation I created in Potsdam, Germany in 2007 and now on display
at the Bank of America Plaza in Charlotte, North Carolina. There will be
48 one-gallon glass bottles. They will be displayed on a wooden shelf
attached to the gallery walls. Each bottle represents a different
country and indicates the amount of water used per person per day in
each country. There will be 14 small houses made of ice. The icehouses
will melt each day. The amount of water used to create the icehouses
each day will be 50 liters. The houses are to represent the domestic
use of water around the world.”
Basic Water Requirements (BWR) refers to domestic water usage per
person per day and includes water for: drinking, human hygiene,
sanitation services and food preparation. It has been established that
the Basic Water Requirements (BWR) per person is 50 liters of water
each day for basic human needs. Unfortunately 20% of the world's
population only uses around 5 liters each day. More than 1 billion
people do not have access to clean drinking water and do not have
access to the B. W. R. of 50 liters per day.
“It is my intention to bring awareness about this global crisis through
this piece. As a global community, we should guarantee that every
person has access and the right to at least 50 liters of clean water
everyday,” Schlanger explains.
Monica Quattrochio is a fine art photographer working in Clarksville,
Tennessee. “My photographs are a study on water and its essential
purpose for the function of the human body in relation to the symbolic
meanings that quench the spirit. Water is a symbol of life, fertility,
purification and healing. It can evoke feelings of calmness and
serenity but also conjure up strength and power. This exhibit uses
literal and abstract images of water to express the ambiguity of the
definition of Life.”
Anthony Doling: Halfway Across a Bridge Super 8 Stills
October 3 - 31, 2009
Artist Statement:
I spent about a year living in Northern California back in 2000. In all
the times I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, or stared awestruck from
the Marin Headlands or Ocean Beach, the innate photographic genius
living inside of me never snapped a single picture of this stunningly
beautiful object. All I managed to get was about eight seconds of
shaky black and white Super 8 footage by sticking a camera out of my
brother's moving car. So I scanned it.
At worst, an inexcusable, disappointing letdown. At best, an
incomplete but singular view of one of the most familiar objects in our
world.
Read local writer Joe Nolan's interview with Anthony Doling about his
show.
Mandy Stoller at Twist, etc.
Party for My Mom
Artist Statement:
My mom is so awesome I thought, "I should throw a party for my
mom." She has inspired my work of Rhonda and Agatha and has
impressed upon me a country accent that randomly comes out without
warning. So let’s celebrate my mom for being the most frickin’ amazing
person in the whole wide world!!
Come celebrate my mom on October 3rd from 6-9pm at Twist, Etc. at
Arcade #58! There will be cake!!
Paintings by Elizabeth Alley
September 5 - 26, 2009
Elizabeth Alley was born in Memphis, TN, and has a Bachelor of Fine
Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to being an
artist, she is Director of Public Art at the UrbanArt Commission and
recently retired from the Memphis Roller Derby League, where she
played pivot for the Legion of Zoom. She also sketches, makes lists,
reads, crochets, and shows her paintings at Perry Nicole Fine Art.
Artist’s Statement
My paintings are informed by the people and places around me, but I
try to include the viewer in them as much as possible. The work is all
based on snapshots of subjects that are familiar and personal to me. I
obscure the image in some way to give the viewer room to participate
in the action and narrative of the paintings. Because details from
everyday life are made indefinite by cropping, the viewer is free to fill in
the blanks with details from his or her own life. Combining personal
subject matter while including the viewer allows for an exploration of
the people and places that help shape us all.
The Last Roll: Kodachrome 64
Four photographers pay their respects to the death of film
Twist Art Gallery #58
Saturday, September 5, 2009
In conjunction with the First Saturday Art Crawl, Anthony Doling,
Jonathan Rodgers, Scott Simontacchi, and Elizabeth Streight present
photographs using a dying medium, Kodachrome Film.
Kodak announced only several months ago its discontinuation of the
highly revered and well-loved slide film. Currently, only one lab (located
in rural Kansas) will officially process this film.
Twist Art Gallery presents this funeral service of sorts...
"Peace, love, and Kodachrome!"
Angela Burks: You're Not Helping
August 1 - August 29, 2009
Join us Saturday evening for an opening reception of paintings by
Angela Burks. Angela received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Tennessee State University in 2000 and went on to receive her Master
of Fine Arts from Tulane University. She has returned to the area to
begin her teaching career. She currently lives and works in
Murfreesboro, TN.
Artist's Statement
I am interested in
the vulnerability of a person as a physical thing
the plausibility of a person as a spiritual thing
and the fear inspired by both.
Five + 5
July 11 - 25, 2009
Five + 5 is a group show featuring unframed works on paper from [5]
art-affiliated artists and five additional guest artists. This second
installment of the exhibition debuted at Gallery [5]art in West Tampa
at the Historic Santella Cigar Factory. The exhibition has traveled to
Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, lands at Twist this month and
continues to Gallery 25 in Fresno, California.
The exhibition includes work from artists Ariel Baron-Robbins, Cameron
Brian, Joe Griffith, Robbie Land, Diran Lyons, Tracy Midulla Reller, Kurt
Piazza, Ruth Santee, Jasmine Schurrer, and Atsushi Tameda.
Show dates and venues:
[5]art
Tampa, Florida
March 6, 2009 – April 3, 2009
www.five-art.com
Young Blood Gallery and Boutique
Atlanta, Georgia
June 6, 2009 – June 27, 2009
www.youngbloodgallery.com
Gallery 25
Fresno, California
August 6, 2009 – August 29, 2009
www.gallery25.com
Nick Stolle at Twist #58
We are Going to Spend the Night at MeeMaw and Pop-Pop's
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT MEEMAW AND POP-POP's is an
exhibit of recent work by Nick Stolle on view at Twist 58 Gallery July 11-
25 2009.
The work is a quiet meandering through an assortment of visual and
linguistic avenues on the themes of shame, longing, and hope. Pop-
Pop said we can watch the video later. Meemaw doesn’t know how to
work it.
Deliberation: Ceramics and New Media by Laina Seay
June 6 - 27, 2009
Laina Seay was born in Tupelo Mississippi, 1986, and raised in rural
western Kentucky. She has recently graduated with a Bachelors of
Fine Art from Western Kentucky University, studying ceramics under
Tom Bartel. In 2007 she spent the summer working for the Alexandria
Virginia Commission for the Arts doing research on public art programs
resulting in a collaborative report submitted to the National
Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been shown nationally
including at the National Convention for Ceramic Arts, which awarded
her the Regina Brown Fellowship grant for Undergraduates. Currently,
she is attending graduate school.
Statement
The physical properties of clay allow me to exploit its nature in both
raw and fired forms. Using video I am able to utilize the ephemeral
nature of clay in an unfired, raw state by documenting the material as
it dissolves in water or other liquids. By working in this manner I
satisfy both my need to create objects and the requirements to
capture the event. Other methods of working I use include multiple
object interaction and installation. Working in this manner I am able
to combine what I make with my interests in politics, current events,
and the human condition. Themes I often explore include
individualism, consequences of authoritative power, and the role of
citizens as a check of governing power. Events surrounding the last
four years directly fuel my art as our country deals with war, economic
crisis, and political expansion. The ultimate question I ask is what is in
and out of our control as individual citizens both in our domestic
government systems and on the global stage.
Erika Johnson at Twist #58
June 6 - 27, 2009
accumulata | dematerialization
installation | performance
What happens when objects are let go?
A work about possession(s). Opening reception June 6, 2009 from 6
pm to 9 pm. Dematerialization at 8:30 pm June 6, and by appointment
through June 27.
Beep Beep Gallery: Ann Marie Manker and Jason R. Butcher
May 2 - 30, 2009
Twist presents an exchange of artists with Beep Beep Gallery in
Atlanta. In 2008, Twist proprietors Beth Gilmore and Caroline Carlisle
met up with some like-minded folks in our friendly city to the South.
James McConnell and Mark Basehore are running a space very similar
to Twist in Atlanta. We found our missions so closely aligned that we
decided to swap artists. In May, Beep Beep artists Ann-Marie Manker
and Jason R. Butcher will show at Twist and Twist artists Duncan
McDaniel, Erin Plew and John Whitten will show at Beep Beep.
Beep Beep artists Ann-Marie Manker and Jason R. Butcher’s opening at
Twist will be held on Saturday, May 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m
In Atlanta, Twist artists Duncan McDaniel, Erin Plew and John Whitten
will open their show on May 9th. The Beep Beep Gallery is located at
696 Charles Allen Drive, Atlanta GA 30308.
Background on Beep Beep:
Beep Beep Gallery was started in January 2006 by three local art
enthusiasts, James McConnell, Steven Rauber and Mark Basehore. The
first art show debuted at James' and Steve's house in Oakhurst
Village, an Atlanta neighborhood just outside of Decatur. Their first
opening was a group show featuring mostly their friend's artwork.
After holding four art openings out of their house, they rebirthed the
gallery in a commercial space.
Beep Beep Gallery re-opened in August 2006, coincidentally the very
same month Twist Art Gallery was opening in Nashville. Finding success
with their first show in the new space, the gallery owners continued
holding monthly art shows with their vision of creating a place for local
artists, writers, musicians, and zinesters to show and support each
other's work.
The gallery has, since then, exhibited original works by many emerging
and established Atlanta-based artists. The gallery also now proudly
displays locally-made zines, buttons, t-shirts, records, books, stickers,
Evereman merchandise, tables and other crafty treasures for sale.
Information on the Artists:
Ann-Marie Manker
Ann-Marie Manker is a visual artist with experience curating and
directing an alternative art space. Based in Atlanta, GA, Manker
teaches drawing and painting in the School of Fine Arts at SCAD
Atlanta. She received her BFA at The University of Southern California,
Los Angeles (1992) and her MFA in Drawing and Painting at Georgia
State University, Atlanta (2004). More . . . .
Jason R. Butcher
Butcher teaches courses at The Art Institute of Atlanta and also works
in interactive software design and programming, computer illustration
and animation, multimedia editing, authoring, and distributing, custom
circuit design, and A/V Integration for museum exhibits. Recent
projects of note include the Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife,
Sanibel Island, FL, GSTC Kiosk at Hartsfield-Jackson Intl. Airport,
Atlanta and the Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon, GA. More . . .
Jennifer Cartwright: The Pollination Machine
April 4 - 25, 2009
Jennifer Cartwright is a self-taught paper artist and bookmaker, born
and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work incorporates handmade
wire forms, recycled paper fibers and acrylic pigment to create
sculptural works which are lightweight, flexible, and waterproof. She is
also a Ph.D. student in biology at Tennessee State University, where
she’s studying the abilities of soil bacteria to break down harmful
chemicals in the environment. Thus it’s no surprise that much of her
work incorporates organic imagery—pattern, translucence, nested
repetition—or that her sculptural process is experimental and emerges
from the media she uses: wire, paper, plastic / metal, fiber, polymer.
Jennifer has also worked as a community organizer, gardener, tutor,
and a painter of sets for country music videos (ahh, Nashville…) So far,
her artwork has all been created in the kitchen of her tiny apartment
and in the studio of her mother and mentor Sally Rutledge, a ceramic
artist and science teacher. Soon, however, she is moving up the road
to Joelton, where she’ll have her own dedicated studio surrounded by
goats, blackberries, chickens and bamboo.
Statement
Before I ever thought of myself as a sculptor, I was a papermaker. I
taught myself the basics of papermaking from books and the internet,
mostly by experimentation. To make decent recycled paper, all you
need is a kitchen blender, water, a mounted piece of screen (called a
“deckle”) and a flat surface for drying. Like many ancient crafts,
papermaking is quick to learn but requires a lifetime of dedication to
master; simple in concept yet endlessly complex in its challenges and
rewards. Read More . . .
At Twist 58: Off the Wall Art Group
Off the Wall Art Group
April 4 - 25, 2009
Twist Art Gallery has invited the six members of Off the Wall Art Group
to present their new work. Off the Wall is made up of artists Quinn
Dukes, Janet Heilbronn, Mahlea Jones, Jenny Luckett, Jaime Raybin,
and Iwonka Waskowski. An opening reception will take place at 58
Arcade on Saturday April 4, as part of the First Saturday Arcade Crawl.
The six members of Off the Wall met as students at Watkins College of
Art, Design and Film. The group developed as the artists sensed that
their work was connected. The members share a similar artistic
language, involving a foundation in conceptual art, a curiosity about
materials, and an interest in making work with personal resonance.
Off the Wall has been exhibiting since 2005.
Mahlea Jones explores the diorama as a learning tool on a human
scale.
Jaime Raybin uses microscope photography to uncover tiny visual
secrets in apple skin and lemon pulp.
Jenny Luckett's paintings are a memorial to the little things she has
lost.
Janet Heilbronn’s paintings explore the 'quiet, private places' of one’s
internal experiences and how they shift once brought out in front of
others.
Iwonka Waskowski works within an intuitive place of form finding. Her
images reference the body without committing to it. Mind, memory, and
transference play with the possibilities of psychological deterioration
as she explores thoughts about emotional, physical and social issues
of isolation.
Quinn Dukes’s work reflects her ambivalence towards living in the
“planned” environment of a major city, with its lack of connection to
the natural world. The pigeon becomes a symbolic substitute for the
influence of nature that she once encountered on a daily basis.
www.offthewallartgroup.com
Shana Kohnstamm
March 7 - 28, 2009
Shana Kohnstamm, born in 1970, was raised in Nashville, Tennessee.
She attended both the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the University of
Tennessee before pursuing employment in a variety of art careers,
including stained glass designer, muralist, bead-maker and scenic
artist. In 2006, she created and curated the, "Model Artist" show,
which featured the works of 22 Nashville artists portraying each other
in a variety of mediums. Shana is an active member of the Nashville-
based Connect 12 Artist Collective and participates regularly in a
collaborative of international artists found at SpreadArt.net. Having
lived in New York, Florida, Ohio and Massachusetts, Shana is settling
once again “for keeps” in Nashville.
Statement
This body of work has developed over the last two chaotic, wonderful
years, having moved cross-country twice (upending my world and my
work) and having found the peace of mind that comes with being
newly wed. It also comes from sharing my life with someone who
sparks my thinking about the natural working order of things, like why
our lungs inflate and the molecular cacophony that allows us to breath.
I'm fascinated by quantum physics, string theory and naturally
occurring fractal patterns. I wonder at how the tiniest seed can hold so
much potential for life. And by the way an emotional reaction can
sprout from nothing more than color on a canvas.
My own organic process of image development surprises me. The
paintings themselves evolve, seemingly without my input. The images
mature in stages, growing like plants to reach the light, the surface.
This work is about that growing process and what gives something the
potential for life.
"Growth is the proof of life" - Peter Reinhardt, philosophic breadmaker.
Photographs and Lithographs by John Dowell
March 7 - 28, 2009
John Dowell has created and exhibited art for more than four decades
and is a Professor of Printmaking at the Tyler School of Art of Temple
University in Philadelphia. He has had 49 one person exhibitions at
prestigious venues including the 35th Venice Biennale, Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia. His work is represented in the permanent collections
of 70 museum and public collections, including the Museum of Modern
Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Boston
Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Biblioteque
Nationale, Paris France and was exhibited in the 1975 Whitney Biennial
in New York City.
In 2001, he received the 14th James Van Der Zee Award from the
Brandywine Workshop, in Philadelphia for a Life Time of Achievement in
the Visual Arts and Teaching and in1999 the Lindback Award for
Distinguished Teaching from Temple University. He also received grants
in 1985 and 1975 from the National Endowment of the Arts, and
several from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1985, and 1979
plus a Philadelphia Foundation Grant in 1994, as well as many others.
His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute exhibition, "A
Century of Collecting African American Art" and he served as a panelist
on the accompanying round table discussion of the realities of being an
African American artist in 2003. He had work in the invitational
exhibition "A Celebration of Color" at the Benny and Smith Gallery,
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA as well as created two commissioned
prints: a portfolio print for Lafayette college, Master Artist/Master
Printmaker Portfolio Project, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, and The
Legacy Project of the Atelier Towson, Towson University, Towson, MD
that were Lithographs constructed of primarily photographic cityscapes
to be used as scores for concert performance.
Lauren Kussro
February 7 - 28, 2009
Lauren Kussro was born in Jackson, Mississippi and grew up in
Indianapolis, Indiana. A veteran homeschooler, her first public school
experience was in college. She attended Indiana University-Purdue
University in Indianapolis, and in 2003 received her B.F.A. in painting
and printmaking from the Herron School of Art. In 2006, she received
her M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee.
She was awarded numerous scholarships and grants during the
course of her artistic studies, including the Elizabeth Greenshields
Foundation Grant in 1999 and 2002.
Her work deals primarily with the appreciation of beauty in the natural
world by utilizing organic forms and repetitive elements, and is moving
towards a more audience-friendly approach whereby viewers can
interact with the work on a tactile level. She prefers to work on paper
she has made from old/recycled prints.
This summer Lauren was an artist-in-residence at Anchor Graphics in
Chicago, where she worked on expanding her current body of work as
well as experimenting with new sculptural paper forms. Currently she
is employed as an adjunct for two local community colleges teaching
art appreciation and drawing.
Lauren's Artist Statement
Shop Lauren's Work
Compared to What, I Wonder by J. Todd Greene and the 'Butcher
Paper Collective' at Twist 58
January 3, 2008 - January 31, 2009
After earning a BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in
1992, J. Todd Greene returned to Nashville where he has worked as a
full-time artist and recently took a position teaching art at Ravenwood
High School. Greene has produced numerous solo and group
exhibitions. His introspective work speaks of paradox and spirituality,
using acrylics, oils, mixed media, sculpture and constructions.
With seven pieces in the Tennessee State Museum’s permanent
collection, Greene was named one of Tennessee’s Best Artists, winning
a purchase award in 2001. His work has also appeared in Time
magazine. Greene won third place in the Nashville’s citywide 2003 DIG
Through Art Competition with his entry, “Easter Basket,” and was
named a finalist in the 2003 Central South Art Exhibition, a competition
of more than 400 applicants spanning 10 states. In April 2004, he
received an artist’s residency fellowship at the Virginia Center for the
Creative Arts (VCCA) where he spent April /May of 2004.
He has been featured in many publications such as The Tennessean,
The Nashville Scene and NFOCUS. Greene has taught drawing/
painting at Watkins College of Art, The Art House and at his studio in
downtown Nashville.
Statement
"I've been collaborating with Ravenwood High School students in class
this year. Typically I'll put up a blank sheet of brown 'butcher' paper
and will begin a painting or drawing. A student will pick up wherever I
leave off, then another adds and then another, etc. I will rework and
paint on piece at various stages and usually at the very end, but not
always. We're called the 'Butcher Paper Collective' and a few of the
students will be assisting me on the show. The plan is to create a
large and original piece in 3 days on location in the new Twist space."
Also, Todd heads up the local independent band Bulb and they will be
performing songs from their new CD called, 'I'm Sorry About Everything.'
Previous Exhibits 2008
Previous Exhibits 2007
Previous Exhibits 2006
| J. Todd Greene |
| Houston |
| Janet Heilbronn |
| Iwonka Waskowski |
| Jaime Raybin |
| Mahlea Jones |
| Jenny Luckett |
| Gregg Schlanger |
| Monica Quattrochio |
| Dona Berotti |
| Sarah Shearer |