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COMMON THREADS
Abstract Embroidery: "Modern Threads: Fashion
and Art by Mariska Karasz" is on view at the
Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA) until Apr. 15.
The exhibit includes samples of work from the
various facets of Hungarian-born Karasz's ca
reer, from a designer of woman's fashions in the
1920s, and children's clothing in the 1930s, to a
fiber artist 20 years later. It is Karasz's abstract
embroidered wall-hangings that seem most at
home in the museum setting. "Solit Level Ark"
references a grid with a compositional attitude
similar to Paul Klee's paintings. "Star Clouds" is
a needlework collage with squares of orange ac
centing an otherwise neutral palette. Karasz au
thored a book titled Adventures in Stitches: A New
Art of Embroidery, and is credited with encourag
ing a revival of needlework in America and initi
ating a creative approach to the field. Any fine
artist working with abstract forms would greatly
benefit from viewing "Modem Threads." See
www.uga.edu/gamuseum for more information.
Music and Dance: A combination of music and art
contributes to the vibrancy of Athens. This com
bination is represented in "Music and Dance," •
Mike White's and William Cary Whitley's pho
tography show at Mercury Lounge. White's and
Whitley's photos of bands have been used as
posters and fliers. The show at Mercury Lounge
offers viewers a chance to see the work as a
cohesive set, and consider the artistic qual
ity of the individual
photos. Whitley has
included photographs
of trapeze artists
and a belly dancer
with his band shots.
Among the bands
with images included
in the show are
Altruizine, Deerhoof,
Don Chambers,
Drive-By Truckers,
Hey! Revolution, Liz
Durrett and Tin Cup
Prophette. The show
runs until Apr. 10.
See www.deadlyde-
signs.com and www.
worldlocksred.com for
more samples of their
work.
► Hauntigg Portraits:
Brandy Levens has
work on display at
Nuq's Space through
Mar. 27. Titled 'The
People in My Head Who Haunt Me," the por
traits are primarily in black ink on white paper,
and communicate a riveting psychological force
with a minimum amount of visual information.
Portraits such as "Oozie," "Paul" and "Elizabeth"
depict faces with standardized marks such as al
mond-shaped eyes and round nostrils, combining
an innocent child-like quality with a emotional
strength. In "Escape," Levens adds an additional
compositional element to her visual vocabulary;
a ladder-like shape marches out of a mouth as a
secret in need of release. Levens will soon gradu
ate with a BFA in Painting and Drawing from
UGA.
Parisian Refuses: Clayton Street Gallery, above
Frameworks on Clayton Street, is currently ex
hibiting work by entrants to the Lyndon House
Art Center's Juried Exhibit whose work was not
selected by the juror. Several of the participants
in the show also have work in the LHAC show,
such as Stanley Bermudez, Krysia Haag, D.M.
Kirwin, Beth Thompson, Kyle Hebling, J Phillip
White and Joey McCain. The exhibit includes a
wide of variety of artists working in many media:
oil and acrylic paintings, sculptures, photogra
phy, mixed-media, and more. Tyros Lytton's two
oil paintings leave large portions of unprimed
linen bare as an important compositional ele
ment. Njambi Mwaura's "Desolate" depicts a
solitary figure in a desert, with a skull at her
feet. Stacy Isenbarger's "Ring Bearer," fash
ioned from Georgia marble and iron, juxtaposes
a marble pillow seemingly soft enough for sleep,
with a withered iron finger adequate for night
mares. Photographs by Donald Ross Hart, Victor
Paul and Carole Henry are among the many
representatives of the medium in the exhibit.
Janet Yoder's "Vintage Vignette" is a Polaroid
transfer covered with lace in a frame that looks
like it was made from the antique furniture in
the photograph. Kenny Aguar's mixed-media
"Separation Anxiety" plays with intimacy and
anatomy. John W. English's "Harmonic Balance"
and "Effective Public Relations" create visual
puns out of manipulated found materials. Some
of the entries have titles as provocative as the
piece, for instance, Daniel Crocco's "Hierarchy of
Economic Disassociation," and Talia Bromstad's
"I have birds for hands. They surprise me when
I see them in the mirror." Hurry to see the show
before it ends on Mar. 24.
Spirit of the band: "Spirit of the Land," an
exhibit organized as a benefit for the Athens
Land Trust and the Oconee River Land Trust,
opens with a reception on Sunday, Mar. 25,
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., in the State Botanical
Garden Conservatory.
Artists included in
the exhibition are
Margaret Agner,
Kenny Aguar, Rinne
Allen, June Ball,
Elizabeth Barton,
Amy Bramblett,
Alan Campbell,
Toni Carlucri,
Nancy Carter, John
Cleaveland, Sally
Coenen, Jen Graff,
Flo Gross Applefield,
Ca r ol John, Philip
Juras, David Lindsay,
Dianne Penny, Scott
Pope, Mary Porter,
Rene Shoemaker,
Jackie Slayton,
Margie Spalding,
Michael Stipe, Jim
StipeMaas, Jason
Thrasher, Lamar
Wood and The Cap
Man. The exhibit will
be up for a week,
before being auctioned at the gala benefit on
Mar. 31, with a portion of the profits going back
to the contributing artists. See Out There! for
more information, or call 706-552-3138 or 706-
613-0122.
ATHICA Opening: There will be an opening
reception for the exhibit titled "Ruburbs &
Other Spaces In Between: Land Use and
Environmentalism" on Saturday, Mar. 31,
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Athens Institute for
Contemporary Art. The exhibit, curated by
Oulnn Gorman and Sage Rogers, includes work
by local artist Jenn Manzella, as well as work
by Steven Bleicher, Gary Carlos, Jay Critchley,
Terri Dilling, Cheryl Gilge, Karen Hennessee,
Bryan Hiott, Ellen Jantzen, Carol LaFayette,
Catherine Plaisance and Marco Villani.
"Ruburbs & Other Spaces In Between" will be
on view through May 27. Visit www.athica.org for
more information.
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