work reflects her personal observations of natural and human built environments and she explores themes of transformation, repetition, continuity, and randomness through abstraction.
#yaseminkackardemirel
Alex Ebstein
Andrés Janacua
gets a nod from Hyperallergic s most recent 10 art shows to see in LA (December 2024 edition). The P’Urhépecha artist’s woven works navigate between craft and fine art, tradition and fashion. Working predominantly with toquillo, or plastic lanyard material, Janacua weaves patterns that recall Minimalism and geometric abstraction, as well as Indigenous designs and art forms.
#andrésjanacua
Rose Salane
Carlos Nunez reviews the invisible data and material preservation found in Rose Salane’s Fission or, Eclipse at The Athenaeum at the University of Georgia for Burnaway.
#rosesalane
Jean Follett
Jean Follett (June 5, 1917 – July 6, 1990) was an American painter and one of the innovators of assemblage art in the United States. She was a member of the New York abstract art movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
#jeanfollett
Space
Space is on my mind because the artist run organization Tiger Strikes Asteroid (I’m a member of the Greenville group) is christening a brand new amazing gallery space in Greenville, SC tonight with the opening of Creature After Me, curated by fellow TSA member and Rattlesnake Press editor Leah Smolin. Also, there is a new space- Satelite– opening tonight (12/6) in Raleigh. I and many, many other Triangle locals have small works in their inaugural exhibit, Begin Transmission. I hope you’ll come out if you’re in either city!
One of the reasons I’m involved with TSA is to create space. Space is literally the most precious commodity for urban artists. Personally- I think to have space, as an artist, you have to make space. It’s one of the reasons I use this blog (and my IG feed once a month) to promote other artists. I just passed 1,700 posts about other artists this week. Wow. ICYW- I feel like this strategy is working since I’m looking forward to a number of opportunities that have come my way.
Space is going to be important over the next four years in the US. Whether that’s mutual aid networks, support groups or just personal efforts at self care, those of us who find ourselves watching what will no doubt be a major shift in the relationship of the federal government to the citizens of our country with sadness and frustration will, I hope, discover and create meaningful community. I hope you can find some yourself- I’ve never asked for feedback or thoughts before and if the spirit moves drop a comment below to share with all or send me a note whether to uplift or hold me accountable, I’m here for it (Sterling at sterlingbowen dot com). Also, speaking of space- I’ll leave you with below courtesy of Nikita Gill.
Shawn Hall
Shawn, who shows with Cole Pratt along with Joey, has lived and worked in New Orleans since January 1997. She holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Mount Royal School, where she was a Patricia Harris Fellow, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an AS in Science from Delta College in MI.
#shawnhall
Rosanna Bruno
Francine Tint
Mary Sully
Jill at Hyperallergic (in addition to Joan) calls our attention to an exhibition at The Met celebrates the work of this self-taught artist, indigenous artist who neither exhibited nor profited from her work during her lifetime.
#marysully
Joan Potter Loveless
Julie at Hyperallergic reviews Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students (2023), by Michael Beggs and Julie J. Thomson. Many of these weavers were also covered in the Women of Bauhaus exhibit I saw and blogged about several years ago. Fiber arts are having a good year in 2024 as Julie points out. Other than a nice pic of a piece by Joan she is not the topic, you can look here and (literally) here at the Asheville Art Museum, one of NC’s many fine institutions.
#joanpotterloveless
Painting After Art is Dead 