new show at Medicine Factory

Medicine Factory announces a new exhibition opening this Friday night by pengdesignstacks • piles • placement
david dieckhoff
kenton keeter
shannon passmore
j david williamsReception:FRIDAY MAY 9th from 6-9pmMedicine Factorypengdesign is a design-build collective with hands-on urges to contribute to the built environment. while their individual professional work finds them as architects, furniture makers, and industrial designers...this exhibition they have focused on the spaces within the medicine factory. come check it out. more info: http://pengdesign.com/pengdesign/news.htmlorhttp://www.medicinefactory.org/exhibitions.htmfor directions:

"Breathing Spaces" at Material

Contact:
Hamlett Dobbins, 901.219.1943, hamlettdobbins@hotmail.com.
Michel Allen, michelallenconsulting@gmail.com.

Material is excited to announce its forty-fifth exhibition: Breathing Spaces.

Breathing Spaces is organized by Michel Allen and will feature work by Stephanie King as well as work by Sally Bennett, Meikle Gardner, and Jim Napierala. As an added bonus, furniture designer, Will McGowen, will provide benches for the exhibition.

Breathing Spaces will run for two days only with a reception on Friday, May 8th from 6-8 pm. Additionally, the gallery will be open on Saturday, May 9th from 2-3:30 pm.

The exhibition is organized by Southern native, Michel Allen. Allen is a curator currently living in New York. More information on her projects can be found at www.allenprojectsonline.com. Stephanie King’s clever, process based work was the inspiration for the title of the show. She has been featured in a number of The Price is Right shows at David Lusk Gallery. Meikle Gardner is probably the most well known to the Memphis community. He has shown locally at the MAX show at AMUM, Perry Nicole Fine Art, as well as Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts. He moved to New York several years ago and maintains his studio practice while working at Gagosian Gallery. He was featured in a one person show at Michel Allen’s space in Chelsea last fall. Another Memphis native, Sally Bennett currently lives in Connecticut. Jim Napierala has been showing with Allen Gallery for three years. He has shown extensively in New York. His work has been reviewed in Art In America and was featured in an exhibition at the Whitney Musuem's annex space in 1990. Local furniture designer, Will McGowen, will provide benches in the show. His work is meticulous and successfully combines the old with the new. If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Hamlett Dobbins or Michel Allen.

Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.

Dwayne Butcher: The Genius Hasn't Killed Me Yet

The great Dwayne "Memphis' Own" Butcher has a show at David Lusk Gallery (4540 Poplar Ave) that opens on Friday from 6-8, don't miss it.

Frank D Robinson Jr: Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Contact: Camielle Smith
Rhodes College
smiCA@rhodes.edu

For Immediate Release:

Marshall Arts and Camielle Smith are proud to present a solo painting exhibition: frank d robinson jr. Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine feat. the series Women of the Storm

Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine will run for ONE NIGHT ONLY: May 1, 2009

The reception will be at 639 Marshall Avenue on May 1st from 6:00 to 9:00pm

This show is exceptional for several reasons: Frank d robinson jr. has been a fixture in the Memphis art community since the early nineties, and has recently decided to move to New York. This show may one of the last opportunities to see his work in Memphis. The exhibition features over fifty works, and highlights his Women of the Storm series. The series was inspired by robinson’s interactions with those who were displaced by Hurricane Gustav. His work has been concerned with finding value in one’s self, and Women of the Storm focuses on the strength of the individual. robinson has chosen to focus on female survivors. He believes that women are less guarded than men; therefore the stories of female survivors are more honest and enlightening. Each of the paintings in My Blues Ain’t Like Your’s are beautifully crafted. The pieces radiate with vibrancy and life.

Frank d. robinson jr. is a native of Memphis. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Memphis in 1993. He earned a subsequent Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting and Drawing in 1998. And the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently the artist in residence at Caritas House. robinson has been exhibited at Nike, Schering Plough, Nippon Steel, and the Museum of Science and Industry. His work has the unifying theme of awareness. He has dealt with such issues as AIDS, infant mortality, and most recently breast cancer. robinson’s paintings incorporate everyday objects such as price tags and soda can tabs. These objects would be overlooked, but robinson imbeds them seamlessly into his compositions.

For additional information please contact, Camielle Smith at (901) 650-7654 or via email at smiCA@rhodes.edu.

Anne Davey: Splash

Contact: Emily Jenkins
Rhodes College
jenek@rhodes.edu

For Immediate Release:

Gallery 314 and Emily Jenkins are thrilled to announce the solo exhibition for local artist Anne Davey: Splash: Works on Paper 2001-2009.

Splash will run for one night only on Thursday April 30, 2009.

The opening reception will be held at 314 South Main Street from 6-8pm on Thursday April 30, 2009.
Splash is an excellent culmination of Anne Davey’s aquatic scenes on paper. The show includes a variety of work ranging from small abstract paintings to large charcoal drawings. Key components of her compositions are the visual distortions created by water, and the dichotomy between the playfulness and danger associated with children swimming. The artist’s skill is highlighted through her ability to capture delicate moments of semi-abstraction when human figures seem warped by the properties of water. Splash provides an interesting and introspective opportunity to view these exceptional works on paper.
Anne Davey received her BA from Stanford and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 2003 she earned her MFA at Johnson State College and the Vermont Studio Center where she developed her interest in depicting aquatic compositions. She was selected by UrbanArt Commission to produce a permanent art installation at the Ed Rice Community. Her exhibitions include Forum Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Paint Creek Center for the Arts in MI, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery in VT, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, TN, and Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, TN. Anne is currently living and working in Memphis where she is represented by Perry Nicole Fine Arts.
Gallery 314, located in the historic South Main Arts District, is available through the generosity of the owner, Kevin McLellan. If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Emily Jenkins via email at jenek@rhodes.edu.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Center for Outreach and Development of the Arts at Rhodes College.
Jpg information: “Adavey.jpg” is At the Pool from Splash: Anne Davey, Works on Paper 2001-2009. Image courtesy of the artist.