Katherine McQueen, Storm Profiler (2009) cross-stitch on fabric, 7" x 9"
Gallery Hours Thursdays:
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays
& Sundays:
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. ...and by appointment
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
- Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Deluge
Curator: Lizzie Zucker Saltz
| Guest Essayist: Ben Emanuel
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| Tom Berenz, Flooded Car Lot 2 (2009) oil on canvas, 40" x 30" |
Chuck von Schmidt, Antediluvian Memories – Johnstown (2006) hourglass; Beech; Little Conemaugh River; Johnstown Earth |
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Following the record-breaking floods of this past fall and winter --which followed an historic, severe drought--Deluge is timely in North Georgia. Yet the exhibit also explores fundamental and timeless questions of how people inhabit the natural landscape, both literally and emotionally through our relationships with floods, their aftermath and the weather leading to them. Deluge is a study in how humanity reacts to the impacts of environmental forces beyond our control. This collection of paintings, photography, conceptual embroideries and a large sculptural installation consequently addresses global warming and land use issues.
Featured Artist
Tom Berenz, a young painting professor at The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, depicts overhead views of flooded urban and suburban landscapes and the automobiles found there. In starkly flat hues ranging from coffee-colored to olive green and even dark ruddy or purplish tones, Berenz presents the calm surface of floodwaters after the rain has ended.
Tom Berenz, Flooded Car Lot 3 Tom Berenz, Flooded Car Lot 7 (2009) oil on panel, 24" x 24" (2009) oil on panel, 24" x 24" Atlanta painter Katherine Taylor, originally from Biloxi, MS, re-creates found images from television and internet media, zooming in here on flash floods in urban settings. The drawings she is debuting in Deluge specifically refer to the September 2009 Atlanta floods, representing urban views of flooding such as nearly-submerged road signs, the sites of washed-out culverts and car headlights reflecting off of the creek water rushing over a road.
 Katherine Taylor, Atlanta Flooding/ Field (2010) oil on paper, 19"x24"  Katherine Taylor, Broken Culvert (2010)
oil on linen, 9" x 12"
Perhaps most exciting will be Taylor's large-scale, site-specific painting to be created on one of the gallery’s 19’ long walls the week before Deluge opens to the public.
 Katherine Taylor, Site Specific Wall Piece (Model for ATHICA installation)
The works will be enhanced by a 3’ high water line painted directly on the gallery walls, designed to simulate the feeling of wading in the gallery.
Our 35th exhibit will be accompanied by a catalog penned by guest essayist Ben Emanuel.
Participating Artists
Tom Berenz (Oshkosh, WI), Jeff Lawerence Brown (Lawrenceville, GA), Mindy Kober (Houston, TX), Katherine McQueen (Athens, GA), Katherine Taylor (Atlanta, GA), Chuck von Schmidt (Dix Hills, NY), Mark Steinmetz (Athens, GA) and others TBA.
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