JOHN T. SCOTT was far more than an infinitely creative mind – he was educator, mentor and guiding spirit to New Orleans’s artistic community. Two-thousand-five was a pivotal year for Scott. Works from every stage of his career appeared in a major retrospective, Circle Dance: The Art of John T. Scott, which opened in May of that year at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
The Arthur Roger Gallery is presenting an exhibition of recent paintings by contemporary Louisiana landscape painter Elemore Morgan Jr. The acrylic on masonite works were painted in Southeast Louisiana, New York City and New Orleans. The exhibition will be open between Saturday, May 3 and May 28th.
Shimmering reflections of the sunlit street muddled with vaguely discernable, shadowy art forms in the amorphous space of the large plate glass windows of the gallery.
The new landscape paintings by Elemore Morgan, Jr., hung quietly on the brightly lit white walls of the gallery on opening night.
THE LARGE MIXED media works of Radcliffe Bailey and the constructions, carvings, and castings of James Surls would seem at first viewing to be distinctly different. Bailey’s works command the attention of the viewer and allow no respite except to move on to the next one. Surls’ conceits invite close attention without being overwhelming. Yet, despite the many differences that one could list, the works of these two artists are both more and less than what may seem to be at first glance.