Dave Delcambre

In two Raleigh shows this month, there are distinct themes of anticipated destruction, confusion and dislocation, while a third exhibition focuses on the restoration of order. Cycles of Deconstruction Stephen Floyd and Mario Marzan Flanders 311 Through July 30 Flanders 311 has paired Stephen Floyd and Mario Marzan in a show whose theme is hurricanes. […]

Electric Mayhem Flanders 311 Through May 30 The notion that opposites attract came to mind while considering a compelling pair of exhibitions on view in Raleigh galleries this month. Electric Mayhem at Flanders 311 features three artists each exploring quite disparate paths and media. Brian Chang produces sumptuous graphite drawings steeped in Surrealism. Chang’s considerable […]

Boom Bomb Crash Casey Cook Branch Gallery Through Dec. 20 There is a concept that sprung to mind upon seeing this show of Casey Cook’s recent work. Specifically, Cook’s work embraces change in action. In keeping with this moving target theme, the show shakes things up constantly; it’s as much metastasizing multimedia theater as it […]

Para Potion: Paintings by Lori Esposito Flanders 311 Through Nov. 30 Lori Esposito makes paintings that plumb the dreamscapes of the imagination. Her small, contemplative show now on view at Flanders 311 quietly lulls you into her celestial world. At first her work struck mefittingly, given her themeas a little drowsy. Though my encounter with […]

Frozen Music: Frank Gehry and the Walt Disney Concert Hall Photographs by Gil Garcetti Gregg Museum of Art & Design, N.C. State campus Through Dec. 17 Downtown L.A. had to wait a long time for the realization of the Disney Concert Hall, home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Master Chorale. The tour de […]

Eileen Doktorski’s Oblivion Artspace Through Sept. 6 You know from the moment you enter Oblivion, Eileen Doktorski’s installation at Artspace, that there is something amiss. Your first clue is a lone, small, gray and dead fish lying at the base of the gallery title wall, with a few rock fragments scattered about. It’s a desolate […]

Four Photographers Adam Cave Fine Art Through Aug. 9 The camera lens is often understood as a mechanism for capturing exacting, unforgiving and unemotional views of our surroundings. “The camera doesn’t lie,” the saying goes. But the Four Photographers exhibit on view at Adam Cave Fine Art dispels this notion and demonstrates the tremendous varieties […]

Growth 1: The Garden CAM/ Flanders 311 Through July 5 Taj Forer, the current artist in residence at Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), has some personal history with community-oriented projects. In one bio-fueled cross-country project a couple of years ago, Forer photographed Waldorf Schools all across the United States. The Waldorf education, pioneered by Rudolf […]

Beauty Tips Becca Albee Lump Gallery Through May 31 There are probably as many ideas about how to “do-it-yourself” as there are concepts of beauty. This is readily apparent in the show now on view at Lump. For several years now, New York artist Becca Albee has been asking for beauty tips from friends, family, […]

Structure + Color: Drawings by Abie Harris Rebus Works Through May 31 Since his retirement as university architect at North Carolina State University a few years ago, Abie Harris has pretty much been able to devote himself full time to another professional pursuit: his art. His show at Rebus Works is a nimble display of […]