John Hartman’s painted cities are the ones parents tell their wide-eyed children about, the astounding metropolises formed by almighty rivers and buildings that ignore gravity as they make their way to the moon. They’re Oz or Xanadu’s pleasure dome.
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of mixed media works by Radcliffe Bailey, including recently completed slave ship sculptures. The exhibition will be on view at the Arthur Roger Gallery at 432 Julia Street from March 1st – 29th, 2008. Mr. Bailey will be in attendance at the opening reception hosted by the gallery on Saturday, March 1st, from 6 to 8 pm.
It’s been said that beautiful photographs of destruction and human suffering make us uneasy, partly because of the difficulty most of us have reconciling beauty and misery.