Jana Harper: It’s Sunday, August 6th and You Can’t Make Love to Concrete opened last night at COOP Gallery here in Nashville. This three person exhibition was curated by Jennifer Baker and includes works by Marie Bannerot McInerney, Catalina Ouyang, and Bret Schneider, with a title inspired by Audre Lorde’s poem Making Love to Concrete. This morning I am having coffee with Jennifer and Marie. Jen, I’m curious to hear you talk about how your experience as an ar...
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OZ Arts supports the creation, development and presentation of significant performing and visual art works by leading artists whose contribution influences the advancement of their field. Gallery Visit, OZ Arts featuring Brandon Donahue, August 2017 Gallery Visit, OZ Arts featuring Brandon Donahue, August 2017 The Ozgener family have been Nashville residents since 1968, and are internationally recognized for innovation in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Having built one of the world’s foremost cigar companies—in spite of the puzzlement of so many in th...
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My work explores the visual culture of cartography, occult imagery, game boards, geographical souvenirs, and other structures of information that is altered to examine the relationship of identity, space, and place. The disruption of these visual systems reveals a thin boundary between the known and unknown, between knowledge and superstition. Nick DeFord, Studio Visit, August 2017 Nick DeFord, Studio Visit, August 2017 The repetitive hand-mechanical process used in stitching, layering, piercing or accumulation gives the work an added inference of compulsivity, craft,...
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