All 3 (three !!) of our spring exhibitions (& a new Call & Response question) next week. All shows will be on view through April 14. We will host a reception for the art/artists on April 6 from 6-8pm. Our spring student show will open April 21 (details to come on the opening reception). Info on the three exhibitions below:
Weelaunee
Art installation by Shana Robbins
This work supports and highlights different voicings and presences in the endangered Atlanta Weelaunee Forest, from the animals and plants to the forest defenders, members of the community, environmental activists, and so many others. Each of the images in the textile painting is a portrait of a particular person, creature, or element of the forest. Robbins incorporates site-specific materials, such as water, soil, fallen plant life, rocks, and rubble from Weelaunee (Intrenchment Creek Park).
The Floating World
Japanese Prints and Textiles from the Permanent Collection
The Dalton Gallery is exhibiting Agnes Scott's collection of Japanese "ukiyo-e" or "floating world" woodblock prints. Fashioned during the 18th- and 19th-centuries, these artworks capture the quintessentially modern experience of a world that is bursting with sensation and always changing. Featuring over thirty works on paper and a twelve-foot silk textile, the show offers a view of Japanese culture during a period when global markets were expanding and social hierarchies were becoming more porous. Donated by Margaret R. Law '25, artists include Hiroshige, Utamara, and Hokusai among others.
Eso Tilin
Hannah Adair, Laura Bejarano, and Parisa Ott
Eso Tilin Projects is an experimental 12:1 scale project space/curatorial practice founded in 2021 by Noah Reyes & Sergio Suarez. It aims to embrace the work of emerging artists, by providing a space for young practices to unfold, expand and perhaps diverge according to the artist's needs.
Eso Tilin was born out of joviality, puro desmadre, and references to a viral video which ascended and transplanted our reality. It was a cold December morning working a gig decorating some luxurious, blasé, mansion for Christmas in the heart of Atlanta when the sky opened up, and a ray of light shined upon both founders, bestowing them with the audacity to turn pop internet culture/workplace colloquialism into this experimental project space. Eso Tilin acts as a nomadic curatorial endeavor that aims to recreate that sensation of encouragement and playfulness. This project is a joint effort between Noah & Sergio to give emerging artists like themselves more opportunities, funding, and a space to push their work in surprising directions.
Eso Tilin is a recipient of the 2022 Nexus Fund/Andy Warhol Foundation Regranting Program for a series of upcoming exhibitions highlighting emerging Atlanta artists.
