The most exciting art exhibit currently on display in downtown Durham is to be found at Branch Gallery. George Jenne’s amusingly profane multi-media installation is in turn humorous, hideous and revelatory. Jenne titles his work DIAMOND JUBILEE, referring to the Boy Scouts of America’s 75th anniversary celebration that occurred in 1985. The event was apparently […]
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Shoestring art: Affordable and compelling works at Bickett Gallery
Winter Group Show Works by Greg Giles, Brian Shawcroft, Walter Salas-Humara, MJ Cunningham, Skylar Kuehn, Myhra Smith, Greg Clayton, Ursula Gullow, Beth Tacular, Owen F. Smith, David Colagiovanni Through Jan. 15 Bickett Gallery, 209 Bickett Blvd., Raleigh 836-5358, www.bickettgallery.com Bickett Gallery’s Winter Group Show, which closes this weekend, brings together 11 artists and an abundance […]
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A conversation with composer and visual artist Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh’s Postcard Diaries LUMP Gallery, 505 S. Blount St., Raleigh Through Jan. 1 Info: 821-9999 Additional Mothersbaugh images: mutatovisual.com Meet Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the seminal art band Devo. Now a successful Hollywood composer, Mothersbaugh is noted for his ongoing collaboration with Wes Andersonhe’s practically the filmmaker’s sole go-to man when developing a film […]
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Krysta Einspanier and David McConnell in two Raleigh art exhibitions
Photographs by Krysta Einspanier Through Dec. 30 Cherry Modern Design, 400 Glenwood Ave., Raleigh Info: 754-8595, www.cherrymodern.com Gewgaw: Merriam Webster defines the word as “a showy trifle.” Photographer Krysta Einspanier likes to use the word as a synonym for bric-a-bracher definition being “little things people collect that serve no purpose.” And she should knowthe word […]
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Freedom art: Photography exhibits by Jean-Christian Rostagni and Scott Hazard
Life on Mars, Part I Through This Lens 303 E. Chapel Hill St., 687-0250 Through Dec. 23 Topographies Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St., 560-ARTS, www.durhamarts.org Through Dec. 10 Two photography exhibits are on display in downtown Durham: Life on Mars, Part I: A Photo-Critique of America at Through This Lens Photo Gallery and Topographies […]
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Double exposure
Depth of Field: Expanding Perspectives in 20th Century and Contemporary Photography UNC’s Ackland Art Museum Through Dec. 31 843-1611, www.ackland.org Compare and contrast is the modus operandi of the Ackland Art Museum’s Depth of Field: Expanding Perspectives in 20th Century and Contemporary Photography. Selections from well-known mid-century photographers are matched with more recent works. Drawing […]
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Culture skirmish
The Sex Police are back in the Triangle! But, sadly, it’s not the glorious 1990s funk/rock band but a morals brigade of a more literal kind, one with a willingness to entertain voices calling for state censorship. Even if it was only the voice of one angry man screaming in a lobby. On Oct. 21, […]
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Uniform citation
The trial date finally arrived in early October, so I found myself in Orange County Courthouse defending myself against a peculiar accusation. Originally, the court docket had read indecent exposure but when the prosecutor approached the stand he announced that they were actually charging me with public nudity, a lesser misdemeanor. (Maybe the DA realized […]
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No-nonsense
In Durham, a city purported to have a thriving arts community, there’s a conspicuous lack of small-scale spaces for local performers to share their art with the larger community. As one Durham musician, Randal Gilbert, notes: “There’s a lot going on in Durhamin people’s living rooms.” At least one local group is trying to change […]
