Jesús Moroles: Broken Earth

Exhibition Dates: September 28th – November 20th, 2004 Artist’s Reception: Tuesday, September 28th from 6 – 8 pm Opening Reception: Art for Art’s Sake, Saturday, October 2nd, 6- 9 pm… 

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“David Halliday”, Southern Accents

When David Halliday wanders through a grocery store or farmer’s market, he’s just like any other gourmet shopper on the lookout for a crisp bunch of arugula or a pristine fillet of salmon.

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“Sitting In”, New Orleans Art Review

In a similar way Willie Birch has helped introduce the world to the style and culture of the inner city streets. Birch transformed its often anonymous messages into a visual language of individual commentary and expression acceptable to the art gallery world.

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“High Five,” New Orleans Art Review

All right, so this is not the title of either of the solo October exhibits at Arthur Roger’s two, separate exhibition spaces. Rather, Jesus Moroles” is entitled “Broken Earth” at the Arthur Roger Gallery Project location, and James Drake’s is “City of Tells” at Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia.

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James Surls: In the Meadows and Beyond

James Surls is one of America’s foremost living sculptors and one of the most fascinating creative forces on the international art scene in the last several decades. This volume is the first full-length examination of the art and life of James Surls. In a seminal essay, art historian Mark Thistlethwaite discusses Surls’s personal history, beginning in East Texas and continuing in the Colorado meadows.

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W. Steve Rucker: Think Tank

Exhibition Dates: August 7 – September 18, 2004 Gallery Location: 730 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 Hours: Tuesday  – Saturday 12:00 – 5:00 pm Contact Info: 504.522.1999; arthurrogergallery.com The… 

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“The Art Showman”, Artnet

John Waters loves the art world. His delinquent, satirical vision has inspired generations of artists and outsiders. Next month, the New Museum of Contemporary Art presents “John Waters: Change of Life,” Feb. 7-April. 15, 2004, an exhibition of 80 photographs and other works.

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“Telling Tales in Clay”, The Times-Picayune

From the start, Steve Rucker pushed the limits of ceramics. His first show featured unglazed clay and willow sticks; later he torched large-scale wood and clay sculptures – “site specific burns” – on levees around New Orleans.

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