Thursday, September 23, 2010
Visual Arts Preview: Purge gets RAW tomorrow night
Posted by Jessica Blankenship @blanketboat on Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:50 PM
My made up quotations aside, one of the best trends in Atlanta arts in recent years (aside from art parties!) has been the establishment of sources of local culture documentation; we now have a number of blogs, online magazines, and general loud-mouths who are hitting gallery openings, festivals, film screenings, restaurants, and literary events. Their footwork results in a record of creative occurrences, and provides a platform for discussion of not only the events themselves, but larger issues facing the artistically inclined in Atlanta, and the city as a whole. In short: commentary and documentation matter, to add to our dear Southern cultural annals, may they grow in breadth and esteem (or, at the very least, maybe to remind us what actually happened on many a drunken night. That's still something.)
The latest to burst into the game, with a spiffy website and a kickass team of writers and photogs, is PURGEATL. Since launching earlier this summer, Purge's goal has been "to cut through the mass produced, commercial, and mainstream to reveal the glowing underbelly of the city [they] know and love." Right on.
Tomorrow night, Purge is throwing their first gallery show at Picaflor Studio, featuring new work from local photographers and illustrators (and Purge contributors) Tim Song, Jason Travis (yeah, this guy!), Rob Bunda, Ryan James, and Christy Parry.
Bonuses: These guys are all about the recent wave of totally buy-able, awesome local art shows, so this is a great chance to grow your art collection on the cheap. And the show is called RAW so you can probably get away with taking most of your clothes off and rollin' with this Indian summer thing.
(Yeah, Purge folks, I did just fill your opening with half-naked, wallet-happy CL readers. You're welcome.)
Purge RAW. Picaflor Studio, 197 Arizona Ave. Suite 3. Fri., Sept. 24. 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
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