Overwhelmed by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, Texas-based painter David Bates has chronicled the people and places along America’s bucolic Gulf Coast, making portraits of the people dispossessed by the disaster.
Visual art does not emerge from a void. Instead, it is bound by its own history and the temper of its time. In fact, now more then ever, art is riddled with cultural references—cues one must recognize in order to register the full measure of an artist’s intent. Such references can be arcane and idiosyncratic à la Matthew Barney, or retrograde and comical like George Condo.
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present “Black and White,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Bunny Matthews. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger@434, located at 434 Julia Street, August 7 – September 11, 2010. Mr. Matthews will be in attendance at the opening reception hosted by the gallery on Saturday, August 7th, from 6 to 9 pm in conjunction with “White Linen Night.”
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present “Opera Houses,” an exhibition of photographs by David Leventi. The exhibition will be on view at the Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street, August 7 – September 11, 2010. Mr. Leventi will be in attendance at the opening reception hosted by the gallery on Saturday, August 7th, from 6 to 9 pm in conjunction with “White Linen Night.”
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by internationally acclaimed sculptor Lin Emery. The exhibition will be on view at the Arthur Roger Gallery, 432 Julia Street, from August 7 – September 11, 2010. The artist will be in attendance at the opening reception hosted by the gallery on Saturday, August 7th, from 6 to 9 pm in conjunction with “White Linen Night.”
The Dallas-based digital artist has for 20 years been recognizable for his uplifting, vibrantly colorful digital cloudscapes (one of his “thunderhead” clouds was shown earlier this year at the Dallas Museum of Art). But his latest exhibition, on display through July 17 at the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, resonates with a profound sense of loss and melancholy.