Eve Sussman seems to be hedging her bets. The 90-minute version of the video artist’s new work, The Rape of the Sabine Women, currently on view at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art, is in a state that has been carefully described as a “preview.” Myriad changes could transform the work by the time of its […]
Michele Natale
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Shared history
One is a basketball star, the son of an NFL champion, brought up to appreciate the art and culture of his African-American heritage. The other is a white woman from the South devoted to advocating for social justice. Each has amassed a collection of art that draws inspiration from the African-American experience, assembled for the […]
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New, hot and talented
New and Hot North Carolina, Lee Hansley Gallery’s recently opened show, sets out to discover and present important, young artistic talent in North Carolina–a worthy and ambitious undertaking for a commercial gallery. After choosing seven emerging artists of merit (ages 21 to 35, who were born, educated or who live in North Carolina) whose work […]
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Lucky number seven
Thoughtful, well-wrought works by a satisfying cross-section of local artists: The shows currently on view at the Durham Arts Council, in both the Durham Art Guild and the Allenton and Semans galleries housed there, optimally argue the purpose and benefit of public venues in bringing worthy art offerings to the public’s attention. Like Artspace in […]
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Dirt, Dust and Alchemy
In the opening scene, a large imposing man in an overcoat bends down over a bank of red clay in the Oconee River valley in the winter of 1964. Carefully he scoops up a sample of the soil, and then returns to what we recognize as an artist’s studio. He grinds the earth in a […]
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LUMP
Andrew Jeffrey Wright and Twist/Barry McGee, Hanes Art Center Auditorium, UNC-Chapel Hill, Oct. 30; The Broken-Down Mysterious Doors of the Impossible, LUMP gallery, Nov. 1 Seven years ago, Bill Thelen and Med Byrd strategically bought a nondescript little building just a few blocks down from the gentrified City Market and Artspace. Then they divided it […]
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The Big Picture
A fall preview is always a daunting assignment. Due to space constraints, we’ll apologize in advance for hitting just the major shows, museums, galleries and commercial venues with noteworthy offerings. Later reviews will fill the gaps missed. But be forewarned: Thus far, the fall’s offerings feel, on the whole, a bit conservative. But before we […]