Friday, December 18, 2009
Uncategorized Weekend Arts Agenda: Ugly sweaters, good art
Posted by Wyatt Williams @wyatt_williams on Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:53 AM
I know what you're thinking. You've picked out your favorite ugly sweater, chugged a few rounds of eggnog, and now you're looking for the right thing to do. Atlanta's got plenty of options for you this weekend, not the least of which is the Westside Arts Walk. WAD got a nice write up in the New York Times last month, suggesting a bit of rivalry between this "upstart" scene and Castleberry Hill. Is it really the more intellectual neighborhood of the two, as that NYTimes article claims? You probably should go quaff some white wine, listen to Katherine Mitchell, and decide for yourself.
Check out our list of events after the jump.
Friday:
While you're at Eyedrum, check out "2D Tweet," a group show of collage work from locals Daniel Biddy, Eggtooth, Edie G, Alicia Griswold, Andy Imm, Iri5, Harold McNaron, Sara Shelton, Stan Woodard, Jeff Taylor and Truez Dietz. Burn Away has a full run down of the show, which closes on Saturday.
Saturday:
The Westside Art Walk gets started early with a guided tour of More Mergers & Acquisitions from curator Stuart Horodner. Show up at 11 am sharp to catch the tour at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
More Mergers & Acquisitions acknowledges current states of personal, economic, and institutional uncertainty while positing an optimistic tone of generosity and camaraderie.
Heidi Aishman, Steve Aishman, Leah Busch, Joe Gibbons, Sam Gilliam, Golden Blizzard, Ron Gorchov, Curtis Mitchell, Jiha Moon and Rachel Hayes, Joe Peragine, Arnulf Rainer, Scott Reeder, Frank Stella, Team SHaG, Brad Tucker, William Wegman, Richard Wentworth, Joel-Peter Witkin
After that, you could head over to Sandler Hudson Gallery to hear Katherine Mitchell discuss her latest work, Correspondences, Conversations, and Texts. The talk begins at 2pm.
Continuing:
Some great shows will be continuing in the Westside this weekend, including paintings from Fahamu Pecou and works on paper by Dawolu Jabari Anderson.
Over in the "rival" neighborhood, Castleberry Hill, Marcia Wood is showing work from Chris Scarborough and Besharat has some surreal paintings from Alexandro Santana.
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