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Nigerian born and Philadelphia-based artist Odili Donald Odita was commissioned to create his signature African inspired hard-edged abstract painting/bright colored mural on the first floor elevator lobby of the New Orleans Museum of Art. The mural will be on display until October 2013.
above: October 2011 process and installation image courtesy of the NOMA.
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Tokyo-based artist Ken Matsubara is a believer in cellular memory and the collective unconscious- crafting many ethereal and multifaceted works. He uses antique boxes, mirrors, videos and photographs to explore the concept of memory, both privately held and shared.
His exhibition opened at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery on April 15th and runs through May 29th.
above: The Sleeping Water - Mekong Delta. 2012. movie, mixed media.
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New Orleans own Frank Relle is currently working with his friend and former Saint, Steve Gleason on a project entitled Inside-Out, celebrating the faces of New Orleans and also calling attention to Team Gleason, which raises awareness about ALS.
The photos have been pasted around the Bayou St. John area, in time for JazzFest. Here are some behind the scenes images, if you can’t make it to the area.
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New Orleans own Stephen Rhodes recently wrapped up an exhibition at Misako-Rosen Gallery in Tokyo, entitled 7 Bankers and A couple of Brokers unpack a library.
The show is a selection of new paintings from Rhodes’s ongoing Vacant Portraits series. The spectral presence of depressed art historian Aby Warburg as well as that of his banking family occupies the gallery space – transformed into a makeshift room evoking both a haunted bank corridor and an abandoned library.
above: Installation from 7 Bankers and A couple of Brokers unpack a library,
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The Front Gallery, located in the St. Claude Arts District in New Orleans, has been recently archiving photos from their exhibition openings throughout the years. Currently they are in albums on their Facebook page, so if you missed anything- feel free to catch up.
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Dallas based artist Gabriel Dawe’s works have evolved into large-scale, site specific installations involving seemingly simple materials, such as sewing thread. The result is a series of impermanent sculptural installations of cascading of color. Through these installations, he is creating environments that deal with notions of social constructions and their relation to the self-organizing power in nature.
Gabriel Dawe has work in the LSU Museum of Art, on view from April 28, 2012 through April 7, 2013 in the Gill Hamilton Gallery.
above: plexus no. 5 + site specific installation at pump projects for the 2011 texas bienial + gütermann thread, wood and nails + 12’ x 12’ x 12’ + 2011.
