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November 15, 2022 by Dawn Hunter



701 CCA PRIZE FINALISTS EXHIBITION





The new exhibition currently on view at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art does not disappoint! Three amazing artists and finalists for this year's prize have their work on display through January 15, 2023. Visiting the exhibition is a rewarding experience, and inspiration is guaranteed by the artistic innovation of Kate Hooray Osmond, Jordan Sheridan, and Brittany Watkins.


701 Whaley Street, 2nd Floor, Columbia, SC, United States | (803) 779-4571 | info@701cca.org


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Kate Hooray Osmond, Photo by Shannon Staley >



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Brittany Watkins, Photo by Dawn Hunter >



Brittany Watkins, photo by Shannon Staley >



Brittany Watkins, Photo by Shannon Staley >



Jordan Sheridan, photo by Dawn Hunter >



Jordan Sheridan, Photo by Darcy Phelps >



Jordan Sheridan, photo by Dawn Hunter >



Kate Hooray Osmond >



Jordan Sheridan, photo by Shannon Staley>



Brittany Watkins, Photo by Shannon Staley >



Kate Hooray Osmond, Photo by Dawn Hunter >



Brittany Watkins, Photo by Shannon Staley >



Jordan Sheridan, Photo by Shannon Staley >



Kate Hooray Osmond, photo by Shannon Staley >





ART BY KRIGGA



DOGON KRIGGA'S powerful show,
OMPHALOS, CONVERGING OF ANTIQUE FUTURES,
is on view at the SUMTER COUNTY GALLERY OF ART
SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 28, 2022.




EXHIBITION STATEMENT by DOGON KRIGGA


The Omphalos is a demarcation of center. In the ancient world, the Omphalos was a stone that represented the navel of the planet. Here, the Omphalos represents the convergence of two points of time, and of perspective. It is here that I share two collections of works that offer my perspectives of the past and the future. My intention is to close the gap between those points and celebrate the timeless beauty of Black thought and Black form in this ever­present now. We see so many images of Black people under duress, especially in art. So much of Black history is the chronicling of suffering. I'm trying to get back to a place where Blackness isn't under attack but is thriving. Our gifts and abilities and how we interact with each other are acts of rebellion and revolution. We are masters of this domain but living in a reality where that can be forgotten, so we address this with Afrofuturism to remind us. I'm attempting to liberate people mentally by reminding them who they are outside of what society tells them they are. Life can be serious but we have to step back, laugh and marvel at how intricate yet how simple the universe can be.

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Dogon Krigga's website
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Photo essay and exhibition summary by Dawn Hunter



Dogon Krigga is a powerful artist and healer who uses their skills and knowledge from over a decade of experience in graphic design and Afrofuturism, as well as other African diasporic traditions, to illuminate the spiritual paths and possibilities for all who receive their creations.


Dogon Krigga expresses magick with the use of pixel and paper. Dogon incorporates divine mysteries, transcribed over time throughout their ancestors’ experiences to connect Black people to the future and the past. They immortalize modern and ancient traditions, wisdom, and theory into majestic and whimsical digital and mixed media collages that venerate those that came before, those that will come, and those that exist outside of time. By blending old and new techniques, they create art that is both timeless and visionary.





WALKING with the ANCESTORS



TYRONE GETER AT THE TRAX VISUAL ART CENTER
JUNE 3 - AUGUST 27, 2022
(EXHIBITION EXTENDED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2022)



Exhibition curator: Harriet Green


Exhibition Statement by Tyrone Geter:


“My mother once told me, sometimes she felt like she ‘didn’t have no life.’ That statement, made with so much honesty, conviction, and passion, yet free of even a hint of self-pity has throughout my career been one of the guiding principles of not only how I live my life, and relate to other people, but has also profoundly influenced the philosophy of my art. In the early nineteen hundreds when she grew up, life was a struggle. Survival was day-to-day and filled with the perils of discrimination, poverty, illiteracy and a host of other dangers inherited from a lifetime of being poor, black and undereducated. Yet she survived and passed her legacy of love, compassion, hope and a sense of ‘doing the right thing’ onto her children. My work finds its foundation in her legacy. It refers to the trials of youth and the struggles of the aged. It seeks to speak to, and for those, with no voice. My work embodies compassion, hope, justice, and perseverance— concepts I learned from my mother.”


www.tyronegeter.com
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Photo essay summary by Dawn Hunter



Portrait of Tyron Geter, left with his Artwork, TRAX Visual Art Center



One of the most potent exhibitions in South Carolina during the past six months was Tyrone Geter's exhibition at ArtFields' TRAX Visual Art Center in Lake City. The show displayed powerfully layered mixed media drawings that fused stunning draftsmanship, torn paper, and found objects into visual statements that are beautiful objects to experience in and of themselves. Geter's artwork operates on multiple levels. Some aspects of the works are biographical however, many of the images also interrogate the unequal dynamics of race, gender, and economic structures within the contemporary culture of the United States.


Darcy and I spent a Saturday afternoon with Tyrone Geter's artwork at the TRAX Visual Art Center. It was Darcy's first time seeing his work in real life, and it was an honor to see the show through her eyes. She experienced a genuine, profound emotional satisfaction from the artwork, and she was taken by the power of the work and was so excited and thrilled to be at the exhibition.





Adrian Rhodes at 701 Contemporary Art Center
How to Untie a Tight Knot on view through September 1, 2022


July 13, 2022, by Dawn Hunter



Adrian Rhodes The 701 CCA Prize 2020 winner was awared a six-week residency to the 701 CCA. During that time, she completed her solo exhibition How to Untie a Tight Knot. She is trained as a printmaker, and she works primarily in mixed media and has become widely known as an installation artist. She received her BFA and MFA degrees from Rock Hill’s Winthrop University. She has exhibited extensively throughout the Carolinas and is a top emerging artist on the national and international scene – an artist to watch! From 701 CCA’s exhibition statement: “Adrian Rhodes’ work is about relationships, and the complexity of closeness- the desire to separate from your past and return to it in the same breath. For Rhodes, print becomes a method for creating structure. This framework, indulging a desire for order, creates space for disruption. Using prints as modular components allows the work to inherit visual information across a body of work. She is interested in how this repetition of imagery and motif reflects recurring thought patterns and an unwillingness to move on.”




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The Jasper Project Presents Ginny Merett at Sound Bites, Historic Downtown, Columbia, SC on view throughout the month of July, 2022


July 13, 2022, by Dawn Hunter




Exhibition Instagram Reel

The Jasper Project presents: Ginny Merett



Ginny Merett is an artist and art educator who has been active in the Columbia art scene during the past three decades. Her signature style is graphic, bold collages that appear quirky and lighthearted at first glance however the work resonates on a deeper, psychological level regarding culture, gender and racial identity, and societal expectations. She is currently The Jasper Project's Artist-in-Residence, and her compelling work can be viewed at Sound Bites, located at 1425 Sumter St Columbia, SC 29201 in downtown historic Columbia. Her work will continue to be on view through the end of July, 2022.


From The Jasper Project’s Statement: "Ginny’s collage pieces have been shown at Stormwater Studio, ArtFields, Koger Center for the Arts, the Jasper Project, USC School of Visual Art and Design’s McMaster Gallery, SC State Library, and other local venues like Trustus Theater, She Festival, Cottontown Art Crawl and Melrose Art in the Yard. Her work is published in the Jasper Project’s Jasper Magazine, Spring 2019 edition and in Sheltered: SC Artists Respond During the 2020 Pandemic and in Bullets and Band-Aids Volume 3. She gives back to the community by visiting and sharing her work with various area schools and donating art to local charities."


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[NON] FICTION
Artwork by Margaret Curtis on View at the
Florence County Art Museum until July 3, 2022.


Photo Essay by Dawn Hunter, June 2, 2022.




Curator's Exhibition Statement: "The paintings of North Carolina-based artist Margaret Curtis have been called “curious collages of surreal symbolism.” Her images are visually rich and psychologically complex – the result of a challenging lifelong personal and artistic journey. For the past 30 years, Curtis’ art has examined family, politics, and power through a feminist lens. Before returning to the South, Curtis taught and exhibited in New York. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections and has been featured in Harper’s, Art in America, Art Forum, Modern Painters, and The New York Times. This exhibition is on view in the Special Exhibits Gallery from February 8 through July 3, 2022."


Margaret Curtis is one of the United State's most important living artists. Her work is unique, innovative, and gripping. She is represented by the Tracy Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC. Not only is she a storyteller with imagery, but the physicality of her oil paintings makes compelling visceral connections to the content of her work. Curtis's artwork is critically acclaimed and nationally recognized. Recently she has been honored with a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship. The Joan Mitchell Fellowship is a prestigious award, and artists are selected through a rigorous nomination process. Artists are awarded $60,000. And the funding is disbursed over four years. Margaret has used her grant to build on and expand her studio. Please click on the images below to generate a slide show of Margaret's work.

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Margaret Curtis Website
Tracey Morgan Gallery

The Healer's Wife,IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



The Healer's Wife Detail, IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



Exhibition Reception, photo by Dawn Hunter>



I Wandered the Mesas of My Mother's Bones, IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



Portrait of My Anxiety Detail, IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



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Portrait of My Anxiety, IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



Blazing World, IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



Detail of Painting from [Non] Fiction, photo by Dawn Hunter >



Family of Four, IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY
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[NON] Fiction Exhibition, Photo by Dawn Hunter >



pink Stripe,IMAGE COURTESY OF MARGARET CURTIS AND THE TRACEY MORGAN GALLERY>



Family of Four Detail, photo by Dawn Hunter >



Margaret Curtis's newly Expanded Studio, North Carolina, courtesy of the artist>



Margaret Curtis's Studio. North Carolina, courtesy of the artist >



Sketchbook page, image Courtesy of Margaret Curtis and the Tracey Morgan Gallery >



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