Space Mountain 

new paintings
December 9, 2011 – January 21, 2012
opens Friday, December 9 (6-9pm)

From Beta Pictoris:

Birmingham, Alabama based artist Clayton Colvin has developed a practice of painting that is both challenging and seductive. He uses a hybrid of figurative and abstract approaches to create delicate, fantastic, and concrete spaces. The immediate and intimate nature of drawing infuses his linen panels with an hypnotic mix of familiarity and mystery.

The resulting images are skillfully constructed poems, or Burroughs cut-ups, in which the viewer gets pleasantly lost in language.

This exhibition of new paintings — all from 2011 — is titled Space Mountain, and references Colvin’s interest in pictoral space as a subject, and as a model for exploring the structure of experience.

]]> http://www.thebirminghamartcollective.com/2011/12/friday-beta-pictoris-clayton-colvins-space-mountain/feed/ 0 http://www.thebirminghamartcollective.com/2011/10/opening-thursday-night-phantasm/ http://www.thebirminghamartcollective.com/2011/10/opening-thursday-night-phantasm/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:57:53 +0000 The Collective http://www.thebirminghamartcollective.com/?p=1636 Continue reading →]]> Join us Thursday the 27th at dusk for PHANTASM, an art show presented in the dark. Bring a flashlight and a friend and discover dark themed artwork from some of Birmingham’s favorite artists. Costumes are encouraged!

Featuring the darkest artwork of:
Daisy Winfrey
Doug Baulos
Alicia Roden
Paul Cordes Wilm
Jennifer Wallace
Jonathan Purvis
Kara Hall
Sean Pathasema
Byron Sonnier
Merrilee Challis
Olga Mendoza
Veronique Vanblaere
Wes Frazer
Rebecca Davis
Brian Francis
Aaron Lockhart
Sarah Heath
James Edward Williams
Sara Cannon
Bo Hughins
Beth Ragland
and
John Lytle Wilson

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234573536598000

 opening reception Friday, October 28 (6-9pm)

webs, doilies, dots and grids : patterns of comfort

Peter FOX (NY)
Deborah KARPMAN (AL)
Shana ROBBINS (GA)
Susanna STARR (NY)
Matt WYCOFF (NY)

October 28 – December 3, 2011

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148159158615297

MULTI-MEDIA / MULTI-SENSORY PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITION OPENS FRIDAY OCTOBER 28, 2011 (6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.)

Sound collaboration with ALBERTO ROMAN

Shana Robbins is an Atlanta-based artist whose work integrates concepts of “feminine” power, natural and supernatural phenomena, and experimental body movement into a multi-media / multi-sensory exhibition. One-time performance, Snakesandlace, will debut at the show’s opening, Come In—Out of the Darkness, on Friday October 28, 2011 @ 6:00 P.M. This five-hour endurance driven piece incorporates a 17-foot lace installation for which Robbins collaborated with the Shipibo women of the Peruvian Amazon. During her collaboration, Robbins learned the Shipibo women’s unique stitching and patterns that represent communion with healing forces within their handmade works of art. Elements of body movement are also incorporated in the performance in reaction to the sounds, scents, and patterns of her experience with the native people.

In this exhibition, Robbins includes multimedia pieces — from lace, mirrors, sound, crystals, video, sculptural installation, woven and hand-stitched textiles, to photographs and works on paper. Viewers will encounter mannequins dressed in hand-fabricated costumes for characters known as “Tree Ghost” and “Axis Mundi.”
These garments are worn by Robbins in performances—some for the public, others done for the camera and the natural environment—in Iceland, Mexico, New Mexico, and rural Georgia.
“Ronin”, a painting inspired by her experience in the Amazon jungle with the Shipibo people, portrays the spiritual visions of the “Cosmic Anaconda” as it radiates and forms intricate patterns within Shipibo songs and visions. Snakesandlace performance will debut one-time only at the opening on Friday October 28. The installation will remain until the show ends on December 3, 2011.

Robbins has exhibited her work or performed at Las Vegas Contemporary Arts Center; Monkey Town, Brooklyn; Mobius, Boston; BECA gallery in New Orleans; Rowan University Gallery, New Jersey; and Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta. Robbins exhibited her solo performance/exhibition, Supernatural Conductor, in 2010 at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and will be included in the forthcoming Biennial publication (book) entitled Noplaceness: Art in a Post-Urban Landscape in 2011.

show goes from Friday Oct 28th at 6:00pm - December 3 at 9:00pm

beta pictoris gallery

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125844540852199
al.com write up: http://blog.al.com/mhuebner/2011/10/cultures_healing_rituals_to_me.html

black and white write up: http://www.bwcitypaper.com/Articles-i-2011-10-13-243978.113121-At-the-Galleries.html#123

Rojo Birmingham
2921 Highland Avenue
Birmingham, AL

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exhibiting artists include:

Sara Graden Armstrong, Catherine Cabaniss, Jean Cecil, Amy Crews, Elizabeth Farr, Tia-Simone Gardner, Barbara Hirschowitz, Emily Johnson, Angela Karen, Hunter Prewett, Leah Thornton

21st street studios
109 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard
Birmingham, Alabama

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Don’t miss Birmingham’s own artwalk!!! Support your local artists!

Ten years ago, a small group of artists, residents and businesses in the Historic Loft District came together with a good idea – to showcase local art in a way that encouraged people to experience downtown Birmingham in a new and exciting way. With the support of a few visionary investors, Artwalk was born. The first year featured less than 60 artists in a handful of locations. A decade later, Artwalk has grown into a popular destination street festival showcasing more than 120 artists throughout a vibrant neighborhood of residential, retail and entertainment establishments.

Artwalk, scheduled for Friday September 9, 5-10 p and Saturday, September 10, from noon-6 pm. and will showcase regional artists in the unique setting of Birmingham’s downtown loft district, using the architecturally rich environment of area businesses to attract visitors to a one-of-a-kind festival. What began as a modest art tour through the emerging loft district has become a highly anticipated, must-see annual event drawing more than 15,000 people downtown and showcasing more than 170 artists and performers. Area businesses host the artists, offering a fresh, exciting way for the public to experience art— and Birmingham.

The mission of Artwalk is to

• To promote Birmingham’s regional artists with an emphasis on introducing emerging artists; and
• To promote Birmingham’s downtown loft district as a viable economic and residential neighborhood.

The family friendly event is FREE to the public and will feature 3 entertainment areas, a KidZone on Saturday, multiple opportunities for food & drinks and more than 100 artist displays all within 9 city blocks. Wander the loft district on Morris, 1st & 2nd Avenues North between 22nd and 25th Streets to take it all in. Be sure to visit our new pedestrian avenue on Morris with our Main Stage and more than 20 artists on the sidewalks.

Visit www.birminghamartwalk.org for more info.

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“pulp” , works on paper / works with paper
July 29 – September 30, 2011
opening Friday, July 29 @ 6.00 pm
(live music performance by opéra sextronique!!!)

beta pictoris gallery

with works by :
larry jens anderson
john bankston
doug baulos
jarrod beck
shana berger and
nathan purath
cecilia biagini
jürgen böheimer
sara cannon
johnny coley
bethany joy collins
clayton colvin
justin cooper
n. dash
john fields
jonathan gann
monique given
deborah grant
valerie green
jonathan hicks
pregrine honig
bonard hughins
deborah karpman
claire lewis evans
aaron lockhart
srdjan loncar
tameka norris
amy pleasant
rashid qandil
babs reingold
shana robbins
joel ross
suzanne sawyer
ellen siebers
kol solthon
vasile troian
matt wycoff
and
john waters

facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187442747941585

An exhibition of small scale three dimensional work.

featuring:
Megan Kimber – megankimber.com
Byron Sonnier – byronsonnier.org
Bo Hughins – bbonardd.tumblr.com
Kara Cassidy Hall – karacassidy.wordpress.com

Boutwell Studios

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242485039097867

Intriguing!!! Facebook Event:

Friday, June 24 · 5:00pm – 8:00pm

From the private collections of Mmmlles. Merrillee Challiss, Megan Kimber, Andrea Paschal, Jennifer Wallace & Daisy Winfrey

Being an Exhibit of artifacts, writings and art concerning the Enfants Violents, a previously undiscovered society of Wild Children living unsupervised by any Living Adult.

Boutwell Studios
2917 Central Avenue
Homewood, AL