Ten years ago Robert Colescott represented the United States at the Venice Biennale. Rarely was there a solo exhibition at the American pavilion and it was even more amazing that this honor was awarded to an African American painter
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent work by renowned granite sculptor Jesús Moroles. The exhibition opens September 27th and continues through December 15th at the Arthur Roger Gallery Project, 730 Tchoupitoulas Street. The gallery will host a special artist preview with Mr. Moroles on Thursday, September 27th from 6-8 pm. A reception will also be held on Saturday, October 6th from 6-8 pm, in conjunction with “Art for Art’s Sake.”
All Things Considered, September 4, 2007 · John T. Scott was born in Gentilly and raised in the Lower Ninth Ward. He used to say he tried to capture the musicality of New Orleans in the colors and rhythms of his sculptures. He died Saturday at the age of 67.
John T. Scott, a New Orleans sculptor whose vibrantly colored kinetic art filtered the spirit of the African diaspora through a modernist lens, died on Saturday in Houston. He was 67 and had fled his home city just before Hurricane Katrina hit two years ago.
Artist and educator John T. Scott, one of New Orleans’ most nationally renowned and respected visual artists, died Saturday morning at Methodist Hospital in Houston. He was 67.
Exhibition Dates: August 4 – September 8, 2007 Opening Reception: Saturday, August 4 from 6–8 pm, in conjunction with White Linen Night Gallery Location: 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA…
Offering a fitting visual elegy to Donald Judd and Agnes Martin, Pard Morrison borrowed from each of their sensibilities to advance the Minimalist esthetic.
As a staging area, a hotel room is hard to beat. With an anonymity so universal it yields a strange familiarity, its seductive blend of utility and fantasy can meet almost any need. The F.B.I. has used hotel rooms for sting operations. Couples rent them for trysts as they’re falling in love, for respite when they split apart. Travelers sleep in them.
