http://metropulse.com/news/ae-reviews/art/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: Arten-usae-reviews/art/news/ae-reviews/art/?partner=RSShttp://metropulse.com/feeds/headlines/ae-reviews/art/2008-11-21T15:24:16.893462Copyright MetroPulse, 2008http://metropulse.com/news/2008/nov/19/better-place/?partner=RSSbarrettc@metropulse.com (Chris Barrett)Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/nov/19/better-place/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art140002008-11-19T17:00:002008-11-19T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Marcia Goldenstein has been teaching painting and watercolor at the University of Tennessee for more than 30 years. Her aerie office studio on the fourth floor of the school’s Art and Architecture building has a pleasant, lived-in feel. She stores work there, although she paints mostly at a home studio in Fountain City. Goldenstein’s large personal archive is full of wonders. With subjects ranging from landscapes to figures to streetlights to maps, most recently, she manages to make what might otherwise be mundane seem intimate and personal.Knoxville, TNChris BarrettA Better PlaceMetroPulsebetter-placehttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/oct/22/uncommon-ground/?partner=RSSGrowing Tennessee: Rural Youth Cultivate Common Ground, young people whose families come to Tennessee as seasonal laborers were given digital cameras and access to ceramics materials and were mentored by accomplished local artists. The results offer a glimpse into the worlds and portable households of a group of people not easily accessed by outsiders. Indeed, this is a group of people too easily overlooked, too often rendered invisible by their circumstances. ]]>barrettc@metropulse.com (Chris Barrett)Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/oct/22/uncommon-ground/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art138462008-10-22T17:00:002008-10-22T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008As part of a program called <em>Growing Tennessee: Rural Youth Cultivate Common Ground</em>, young people whose families come to Tennessee as seasonal laborers were given digital cameras and access to ceramics materials and were mentored by accomplished local artists. The results offer a glimpse into the worlds and portable households of a group of people not easily accessed by outsiders. Indeed, this is a group of people too easily overlooked, too often rendered invisible by their circumstances.Knoxville, TNChris BarrettUncommon GroundMetroPulseuncommon-groundhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/oct/08/artbeat-costume-ball/?partner=RSSWed, 08 Oct 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/oct/08/artbeat-costume-ball/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art137982008-10-08T17:00:002008-10-08T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Katie Ries is a graduate student in the University of Tennessee School of Art’s high-profile printmaking department. But her most recent opening at UT’s Gallery 1010 this past First Friday proves that it is rarely the medium that counts most to Ries, but the message.Knoxville, TNArtbeat: Costume BallMetroPulseartbeat-costume-ballhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/24/dollypop/?partner=RSS ]]>coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn)Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/24/dollypop/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art137512008-09-24T17:00:002008-09-24T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Coury Turczyn offers a slice of DollyPOP, a Hollywood lowbrow-art show featuring surrealist renderings of Dolly Parton.Knoxville, TNCoury TurczynDOLLYPOPMetroPulsedollypophttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/10/new-york-stories/?partner=RSSWed, 10 Sep 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/10/new-york-stories/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art136992008-09-10T17:00:002008-09-10T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Artist Baldwin Lee has a reputation for excellence. The slight-framed, bespectacled University of Tennessee art professor has been teaching photography in Knoxville for more than 25 years now, and I’ve yet to hear one unkind word about him. His colleagues at UT revere him, where he’s been honored with the university’s highest awards for teaching. He’s seen the school cycle through countless budget cuts and faculty changes, yet his classes are the most coveted semester after semester. He’s even tackled a mid-career technological advance that changed the face of photography—the advent of the digital camera.Knoxville, TNNew York StoriesMetroPulsenew-york-storieshttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/dark-side/?partner=RSS ]]>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/dark-side/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art136342008-08-20T17:00:002008-08-20T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008There’s no doubt that September’s First Friday event will be noteworthy for several reasons. The summer schedule has been light, to say the least, but with Host Clothing noticeably absent from the Old City and Three Flights Up moving from its Gay Street post, First Fridays will certainly have a different feel. And several galleries have already taken down their August shows in preparation for September’s event. But there are still a few shows around that illustrate summer’s darker side. Knoxville, TNDark SideMetroPulsedark-sidehttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/06/around-bend/?partner=RSSThe New York Times lauded a 2003 exhibition simply titled The Quilts of Gee’s Bend, and these women were suddenly a well-deserved overnight success story. ]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/06/around-bend/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art135772008-08-06T17:00:002008-08-06T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Earlier in this new millennium, an enclave of women from a tiny Alabama sharecropping town found themselves hoisted into unexpected fame for doing what they had been doing for years. The tight-knit collective of black women from Gee’s Bend had been making colorful quilts from scrap material for generations. But little did they know that the piecemeal approach and vibrant hues found in their quilts would suddenly land them in such venerable establishments as the Whitney Museum of American Art and force the world to rethink its notion of postmodernism in the visual arts. <em>The New York Times</em> lauded a 2003 exhibition simply titled <em>The Quilts of Gee’s Bend</em>, and these women were suddenly a well-deserved overnight success story. Knoxville, TNAround the BendMetroPulsearound-bendhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/23/rules-game/?partner=RSSPublic Collectors exhibit to reveal a game designed to provoke a deeper assessment of how we categorize and organize objects and information. Somewhere between a cognitive board game and a Surrealist swap meet, the game sets in motion the idea that we are constantly trying to make sense of the information thrown our way amid a daily deluge of physical objects, images, and words and concepts. ]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/23/rules-game/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art135232008-07-23T17:00:002008-07-23T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Marissa Jahn and Erik Carver slipped into Knoxville last week in conjunction with the <em>Public Collectors</em> exhibit to reveal a game designed to provoke a deeper assessment of how we categorize and organize objects and information. Somewhere between a cognitive board game and a Surrealist swap meet, the game sets in motion the idea that we are constantly trying to make sense of the information thrown our way amid a daily deluge of physical objects, images, and words and concepts.Knoxville, TNThe Rules of the GameMetroPulserules-gamehttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/03/bonus-book-suggestions-summer-reading/?partner=RSSThu, 03 Jul 2008 13:37:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/03/bonus-book-suggestions-summer-reading/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art134752008-07-03T09:37:002008-07-03T09:37:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Thought our Hot Books selection wasn't quite enough? Peruse the bonus list to help fill out your pool-side reading list.Knoxville, TNBonus Book Suggestions for Summer ReadingMetroPulsebonus-book-suggestions-summer-readinghttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jun/25/postmodern-nobody/?partner=RSSWed, 25 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jun/25/postmodern-nobody/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art134382008-06-25T17:00:002008-06-25T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Bran Rogers is a young Knoxville storyteller working in several different mediums to create fictional but deeply personal accounts of semi-tragic characters and their circumstances. Tinged with a black, Tim Burton-esque humor, Rogers works under the guise of PoMoNoBo (Postmodern Nobody), a witty moniker that serves his aesthetic well.Knoxville, TNPostmodern NobodyMetroPulsepostmodern-nobodyhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jun/11/watercolor-story/?partner=RSSImage Tracks, is a posthumous collection from arguably Knoxville’s most successful and prolific artist of the 20th century, and also duly serves as a loose survey of the watercolor medium. ]]>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jun/11/watercolor-story/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art133812008-06-11T17:00:002008-06-11T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008It’s best not to pin the works of artist Carl Sublett into any particular category. Turn a corner at the Downtown Gallery’s new retrospective of this acclaimed and influential artist’s works, and you’ll stumble upon a delightfully anomalous series of watercolors and paintings. The show, entitled <em>Image Tracks</em>, is a posthumous collection from arguably Knoxville’s most successful and prolific artist of the 20th century, and also duly serves as a loose survey of the watercolor medium. Knoxville, TNA Watercolor StoryMetroPulsewatercolor-storyhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/may/21/small-wonder/?partner=RSSSize Matters: XS collects 42 works by 24 contemporary international painters currently working in small-scale painting. Most of these works are merely the size of a small book, demanding close inspection. ]]>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/may/21/small-wonder/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art133142008-05-21T17:00:002008-05-21T17:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008In an age of sprawling McMansions and boxy SUVs, is there really a need for smaller, intimate works of art? It would seem the answer is a definitive no, as most contemporary artists require an expansive scale to frame their nuanced obsessions. A new exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art challenges this notion. <em>Size Matters: XS</em> collects 42 works by 24 contemporary international painters currently working in small-scale painting. Most of these works are merely the size of a small book, demanding close inspection. Knoxville, TNA Small WonderMetroPulsesmall-wonderhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/30/video-killed-portrait-artist/?partner=RSSWed, 30 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/30/video-killed-portrait-artist/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art132272008-04-30T18:00:002008-04-30T18:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008If you’ve been to the latest Whitney Biennial in New York, or scanned its numerous reviews, you might have noticed the prevalence of video art in this year’s show. In a booming art market, video’s high-profile resurgence in American art’s most prestigious group show is a telling sign of a cultural shift away from the more collectible and highly-sought genres, such as painting.Knoxville, TNVideo Killed the Portrait ArtistMetroPulsevideo-killed-portrait-artisthttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/23/new-dimension/?partner=RSSWed, 23 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/23/new-dimension/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art132112008-04-23T18:00:002008-04-23T18:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008So far, almost all of the University of Tennessee Art Department’s spring thesis shows have been heavy on concept and have incorporated installation into the mix. Is it something in the water or are UT grad students just tired of sticking to one medium? Three students’ recent exhibitions reveal some new dimensions. Knoxville, TNA New DimensionMetroPulsenew-dimensionhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/09/art-reviews-less-half-hour/?partner=RSSThu, 10 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/09/art-reviews-less-half-hour/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art131562008-04-09T21:00:002008-04-09T21:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Never much of a video game player, I nevertheless want to shoot up the flying rhinestones of Cindy Latham’s animation, “We Traveled So Far.” Self-possessed and endlessly multiplying, they travel the world in search, presumably, of consumers to take down. Much like the global trade in gems, among other goods, they crisscross the ocean with ease, finding their way into the suburban American home.Knoxville, TNArt Reviews in Less Than Half an HourMetroPulseart-reviews-less-half-hourhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/03/i-know-what-you-did-last-friday/?partner=RSS ]]>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/apr/03/i-know-what-you-did-last-friday/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art130822008-04-03T06:00:002008-04-03T06:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Despite some ominous clouds overhead, I headed south to Maryville last Friday to survey the town’s new vibrant monthly art crawl, appropriately named, ahem, “Last Friday.” With only a handful of proper galleries downtown, the Maryville arts community has enlisted local businesses of all types to help foster its emerging art scene, including a martial arts center and several fancy salons and restaurants. Fortunately for me, the organizers provided a handy map and guide to all of the shows, with a complete list of the artists and venues. And much like Knoxville’s own First Friday event, you’ll spot bourgeois-types chugging wine, plenty of bohemian college students making their rounds, and a diverse palette of artworks and styles.Knoxville, TNI Know What You Did Last FridayMetroPulsei-know-what-you-did-last-fridayhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/mar/20/concept-and-execution/?partner=RSSThu, 20 Mar 2008 10:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/mar/20/concept-and-execution/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art131602008-03-20T06:00:002008-03-20T06:00:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008I’ve always loved student art competitions. The juxtaposition of polished, sophisticated works by older students with naïve, yet often brazen, offerings from underclassmen is refreshing. The real fun lies in picking out the undiscovered talents with original ideas. And yes, I do take some guilty pleasure in student art that’s just painfully bad.Knoxville, TNConcept and ExecutionMetroPulseconcept-and-executionhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/feb/21/retail-space/?partner=RSSThu, 21 Feb 2008 23:37:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/feb/21/retail-space/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art131222008-02-21T18:37:002008-02-21T18:37:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Galleries from Fourth and Gill to Market Square have become hotbeds of creative activity, fueling the momentum by challenging artists to produce new bodies of work for group and individual shows.Knoxville, TNRetail SpaceMetroPulseretail-spacehttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/feb/07/fire-sky/?partner=RSSMichael Light: 100 Suns, compiles declassified United States military photos of the 216 above-ground nuclear tests performed after World War II, from 1945 to 1962. San Francisco-based photographer Michael Light procured the photos from the U.S. National Archives and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. ]]>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:40:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/feb/07/fire-sky/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art131232008-02-07T18:40:002008-02-07T18:40:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008The austere new photography exhibit at the Knoxville Museum of Art, <em>Michael Light: 100 Suns</em>, compiles declassified United States military photos of the 216 above-ground nuclear tests performed after World War II, from 1945 to 1962. San Francisco-based photographer Michael Light procured the photos from the U.S. National Archives and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.Knoxville, TNFire in the SkyMetroPulsefire-skyhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jan/24/resident-art/?partner=RSSThu, 24 Jan 2008 23:49:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jan/24/resident-art/?partner=RSSae-reviews/art131262008-01-24T18:49:002008-01-24T18:49:00Copyright MetroPulse, 2008Each semester, the University of Tennessee art department enlists a new artist-in-residence to provide a jolt of fresh insights for students and a contemporary edge to the school’s vernacular. They also combine for a stunning collective exhibit of contemporary art.Knoxville, TNResident ArtMetroPulseresident-art