Amy White

New Currents in Contemporary Art: UNC-Chapel Hill Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Ackland Art Museum Through May 11 This year’s masters of fine arts show at the Ackland offers a wildly diverse group of artists, all finishing their studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. These artists have clearly been supported in exploring their own trajectories, with […]

Stepping Blind By Fereydoon Family Flanders Art Gallery 18 Seaboard Ave., Suite 160, Raleigh, 834-5044 Through April 25 Fereydoon Family’s mellifluous name by default adds him to the ranks of artists, such as Odd Nerdrum and Not Vital, who possess names so rife with associative meaning that a resonance has begun before any of the […]

I Will Miss You When I’m Gone Through April 7 Wootini Carr Mill Mall, 200 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro • 933-6061 Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp are among the many artists featured in Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today, a vibrant blockbuster exhibition currently on view at The Museum of Modern Art in New […]

Calvin Burton: Canopy; Javier Piñón Branch Gallery Through Feb. 23 Canopy is the name of an exhibit of Calvin Burton’s paintings at Branch Gallery. It is also the name of one of Burton’s six works in the show. The notion of “canopy” succinctly serves as an entryway into Burton’s work. The idea of an overarching […]

Troy Wingard, Una Pett, James B. Ward Chapel Hill Town Hall Through Jan. 29 Sometimes it’s worth taking the time to go out and see actual art. In some cases there is a payoff. The thumbnail image on your computer screen or the pixilated reproduction in your newspaper doesn’t always pack the same punch as […]

Mario Marzan: Transient Structures Rebus Works Closed Nov. 24 A striking aspect of Mario Marzan’s work is that it appears to be functional. One is not initially sure how his meticulous renderings actually work, but the feeling is that if one had access to the proper coordinates, they would bubble forth with information. As it […]

Mud, Twigs, Tin, and Wood: The Art of Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and James Arthur Snipes Ginger Young Gallery John Hope Franklin Center Through Nov. 30 At the age of 3, Jimmie Lee Sudduth began painting with mud. By the time he had grown up, he claimed he could identify it in 36 shades. […]

Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism North Carolina Museum of Art 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, 839-6262 Through Jan. 13, 2008 Before we go any further, let’s get a few things out of the way. Let’s note that the term “Impressionism” was at its inception derogatory, coined in response to a painting by Monet titled […]

Time Based Media Invitational Through Nov. 2, Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Artspace, 201 E. Davie St., Raleigh 821-2787, www.artspacenc.org An exhibition in a darkened gallery space can be exhilarating. There is an intimacy as well as a delightful undercurrent of danger in a room full of darkness and well-placed, skillfully presented artwork. Unfortunately, the Time […]