Untitled (Flood), 2007 Barbaby Furnas Chaos and Awe
by Laura Hutson Hunter Frist Art Museum, June 22 – September 16, 2018 I thought Stanley Kubrick’s elevator scene in The Shining had ruined blood-soaked […]
Month: September 2018
Drips, Cracks, Evidence: Contemporary Notions of the Sublime
by Kevin Mahoney Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century is an exhibition of works by nearly forty artists at the Frist Art Museum […]
What, How, Where, Where To?: A Review of Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century
by Bridget Bailey Curated by Mark Scala at the Frist Museum of Art, June 22 through September 16, 2018 The paintings that have taken flight, […]
Chattanooga and Nashville
by Mary Paige Pepper The first in a series of five, LAND AND SEA examines that which is seemingly familiar. Through sculpture, video, painting, and […]
Nashville: Artist Run Galleries
by Michael Mitchell Regional Update: Nashville One of the many ways to determine the health of an art scene is to survey the variety of […]
Nashville: “June, July, and August,”
by Bridget Bailey “June, July, and August,” in the melodic words of Freddy Cannon, is the time for things to bloom and swelter, and much […]
Memphis Summer
by Judith Dierkes Regional Update: Memphis With the dog days of summer in full swing I am looking forward to the fall. The many college […]
S̶e̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ Experiencing Red
by Lisa M. Williamson Mark Rothko’s Untitled (1970) invites us to experience Red in-and-of itself, while Joseph Beuys’ Das Kapital exemplifies Rothko’s worst fear, that […]
Yvette Cummings: Splendor & Fault
by Dr. Jordan Amirkhani As a weary, young graduate student in the final months of my PhD, a male professor asked me what I was […]
Lolita: Red & Dead
by Jasmine Amussen Yesterday, my friend Elizabeth texted me from a party in Athens, Georgia, where she is attending law school. “Baby. Just had to […]