Hello and Happy Summer! You are cordially invited to join us for our ARTIST TALK this Saturday for our MAGIC exhibition featuring the artists:
KEVIN PALME | GREG NOBLIN | LARRY JENS ANDERSON | ANDREW CATANESE
MAGIC ARTIST TALK
Saturday, May 19th, 2018
4:00 - 5:00 PM
RSVP HERE
See you on Saturday!
We are surrounded by impermanence. Fleeting moments, shifting perspectives, and change all illuminate the fact that nothing in life is permanent. Daily and seasonal transitions, birth, growth and death all remind us of the inevitability of impermanence. Even the most seemingly eternal landscapes will eventually succumb to time. We are left with memories. Abstract and residual, our memories are a means by which we can honor the past and recall experiences, relationships and parts of our histories.
Oddly enough, painting feels permanent. It is a means of documentation that can be quick or slow, but one that seems durable and in some ways, timeless. An image left on a painted surface is the tangible result of working with a flexible and changing medium until the arrival of an end. It is a path that allows for a memory to be made into something more concrete than an idea.
Towers, walls, and pyramids of ice cubes in various states of melting are, of course, impermanent. These ice structures were designed to fail and simply melt, returning to a prior state. Cast against dark backgrounds and photographed in high contrast light, there is something beautiful about these ice structures. The images feel dramatic and historical. There is also an element of absurdity in the act of committing these images to painting; ice is simply a temporary state of water that is destined to not to last, but a painting of ice seems like it could.
April 27 - June 15, 2018
Opening Reception
Friday, April 27
7:00 - 10:00 PM
free and open to the public
Exhibition runs through June 15
MAGIC : APRIL 27 - JUNE 15 | Kai Lin Art is excited announce our third exhibition of 2018: MAGIC, featuring new artwork from Larry Jens Anderson, Greg Noblin, Kevin Palme and Andrew Catanese. Each of these artists work in a range of mediums from painting and drawing to photographic illustration. The artists of MAGIC draw inspiration from a fantastical world of imagination and inspiration. Featuring refreshing and vibrant imagery, MAGIC is the perfect exhibition to start Spring.
Larry Jens Anderson, a longtime artist of the gallery and lauded Professor of Art at SCAD and the Atlanta College of Art has been an inspiration and mentor for many artists over his multi-decade art career. Anderson takes over our Grey Gallery for MAGIC with an experimental collection of paintings, watercolors, and drawings. Themes and motifs of illusions, alternate realities, death and politics weave through the body of work which explores the magic of illusion from making things appear where there was once emptiness. Much of the work challenges the viewer to consider how the unexplainable can continually occur. Though the subject matter may vary, Anderson’s concept of pulling things out of the void remains the same.
Photographer and photo manipulation wizard Greg Noblin returns to the gallery with a new collection of his trademark panelist works. Drawing inspiration from twilight hours and liminal, the transitory space in Noblin’s images are simple and beautiful. Curious animals and quiet spaces find their way through the night sky and magically transport the viewer to a place of tranquil introspection. Noblin has been working as an artist and photographer since the early 2000’s and recently won International Photographer of the Year.
Based in Asheville North Carolina, painter Kevin Palme brings his larger scale still life to Atlanta for MAGIC. Rendered with incredible technique, the ice cubes of Palme’s oil paintings dance between abstraction and photo realism allowing for considerations of the form and color as well as the life-like, temporary quality in each of the ice cubes. Palme’s cubes are frozen in state of rest but leaping out of the canvas with truly magical effects. The reflected images are visible in the melted foreground and the serene hues shift and change as the viewer moves through each piece.
Andrew Catanese developed a body of work that engages in a process of myth making. The paintings adapt vignettes from Dante’s Inferno and places them in landscapes along the Chattahoochee River. Encounters with coyote and deer in the dark woods and along the liminal space of the river hold intrinsic symbolism akin to formal narratives like those in Dante’s epic poem. The works, through the incorporation of Dante’s writing, critically address archaic moral dogmas whose arbitrary values have never reflected the complexity of the human condition. Catanese imbues these places with myth and magic as a way to discuss how people form a sense of who they are and their moral systems based upon their surroundings. In doing so, the landscapes become important parts of a person’s identity as they learn and construct mythologies.
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KAI LIN ART is an award winning contemporary gallery based in Atlanta’s booming West Midtown Arts District founded in 2008 by Yu-Kai Lin. The mission of the gallery is to cultivate creativity, connection, and conversation through art. Dedicated to promoting emerging and established artists in the Southeast and beyond, the gallery maintains an accelerated program with new exhibitions every six to eight weeks. Kai Lin Art is free and open to public Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
Thanks to everyone for coming to our opening for Fresh 2! We had a blast hosting everyone as well as the 22 artists that are a part of the show. We would like to invite you to our:
FRESH 2 :: ARTIST MIX + MINGLE
Saturday, April 7th
4:00 - 6:00pm
FRESH 2 features :
atlTVhead, Lee Arnett , Inkyeong Baek, Lauren Betty, Andrew Catanese, Will Eskridge, Mike Germon, Phil Harris, Lisa Hart, Chris Hobe, Michelle Martin, Dustin Lee Massey, Art McNaughton, Landon Perkins, Stephen Philms, Carmen Rice, Chris Skeene, Freda Sue, Jesse Watts, Art Werger, Jay Wiggins (Evereman), and Kevin Palme
Enjoy the photos and see you Saturday!
If you are interested in any of the works from the show,
please connect with us info@kailinart.com or 404 408 4248!
We are pleased to announce our gallery has now partnered with The Piedmont House in Midtown Atlanta for a rotating exhibition of art curated from Kai Lin Art with new exhibitions each season. The exhibit is featured in the main lobby space of the luxury residence.
Piedmont House is a new 198 penthouse-inspired residence located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia at 205 12th Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309
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Gregory Noblin was one of the winners of the International Photographer of the Year with his image “Whimsical Photo Surrealism”. The image won first place in the category “Fine Art: Photo Manipulation”. Gregory is an exceptionally talented artist with works that send viewers off to far away lands to dream a little. His winning photograph touches the surface of how deep each individual image from his collection is. Today Gregory shares his story, interesting tips and a pool of useful thoughts about the creative process.
I grew up in a small city in North Central Ohio. I often played with toys as a child and invented worlds for those toys to exist. As I progressed through school, I became involved in band and played music throughout high school. I went to college for music, however, a position opened up for me to work for General Motors. I dropped out of college and went to “work”.
I always wanted to do something creative with my life and I’ve always been drawn to those activities that require some creative thinking, such as cooking, music, photography, etc. I eventually transferred to a GM assembly plant in Atlanta, Georgia. After a couple of years there, General Motors offered buyouts to quit. I took that opportunity to fully embrace being creative, I used that money to go back to school to get a BFA.
Shortly before attaining my BFA in photography, I realized I wanted to do something more than commercial work. I had also fallen in love with Photoshop. I wasn’t very good, however, I realized the potential the software allowed me. I understood I could utilize the photography skills I had gained to photograph things in ways that would allow me to create those worlds I had dreamed up as a child. I found a creative process that could allow me to create the impossible.
Once I had graduated college I sent artist submissions to every gallery in Atlanta. Several replied, all but two were rejections. The work I created for my graduation show was too large for one gallery, however the other asked me to bring two pieces for them to review. Upon seeing the two pieces I was in the next show. Luck. There’s a quote by someone I cannot remember, but it says, “Luck is where opportunity and preparation meet.” That’s what began my career.
I had work on hand and a gallery needed one more artist to fill a show at the last minute. I also got some sales from that show, and because of that the gallery offered me representation. This happened in 2010 and I’ve been with that gallery, Kai Lin Art, ever since. Over the past 7-8 years, sales have been up and down but gradually increasing, yet it’s been a struggle. I’d say one of the most difficult hurdles, well it’s like this:
I initially came out of school with 15 pieces of work. My illustrative images had been printed and I mounted them to wood panel and put encaustic wax on them. They looked great, however I didn’t know what I was really doing. Having some issues with the wax, them being incredibly fragile, and me also not being any good at making wood panels, I decided to ditch that idea and went strictly with self printed giclées.
Eventually I found myself unhappy with the size and still loved the idea of larger pieces with a physical texture. This began a journey of getting better with making wood panels and finding the appropriate materials, such as gel medium. This process was loaded with failure and frustration. At times I’d have to make a whole new piece because of not completely understanding the process I was trying to implement or create. It was also during these times when sales would lag and I would immediately question if I should continue. Somehow I stuck with it.
I kind of fell out of love with photography and in love with Photoshop in college. I also feel that being in school at the time when the DLSR revolution was occurring really aided in the workflow process. It took a while, but I eventually came to understand it’s not so much the tools you use, but the image, message, or story being told.
People use cameras to document some moment in time, the reality of an event or location. I dispute this concept entirely. Even people on vacation alter this reality to get a better photograph. They move family members around a monument to get better lighting, tell the grumpy person to smile just for the camera. These little things are changing the reality of that moment. This makes me question the reality of any photograph. Are we really capturing reality, or our perception of that reality? Or are we completely changing reality to suit our desires, in this case, a more pleasing vacation photograph?
My style was a departure from that. My goal quickly became to take photographs and exploit the concepts of not being reality made from real things I photographed. When combined with my desires to create worlds or situations that can not exist I discovered I was able to create fantastic scenes.
I am also fanatical about texture. Textures are a visual and tactile expression of nostalgia to me. They create a history of sorts, whether real or imagined. Because of this calling back to childhood memories of imagination, I include heavy use of textures in my work, both in the digital image as well as the physical panel pieces. I am constantly photographing and building a catalog of textures to use in my images.
My aim is to, hopefully, achieve images that look distinctively not like photographs but are completely made up from photographs all while holding a vintage and nostalgia quality to them. I want them to appear as though they are found bits from a lost story book.
This is an interesting question. I certainly do have favorites and I like some for different reasons. By title I prefer “The View Is Wonderful”, “War of The Roses” “Misbehavin’” and “Mr. Penguin Goes On Holiday” and “Set Sail”.
I’ve noticed my images fall into three categories. First, there’s this overarching narrative of overcoming something and finding freedom or seeking freedom on an individual level. I believe we all share this desire to find freedom and happiness on the individual level, however we also recognize those things may require others to attain and other times are not completely up to us to decide what that freedom looks like. Sometimes it’s deceptive and not entirely free as we think. This reaches back to that perception of the reality idea.
The second is more tongue-in-cheek and either ironic, such as in Bear Dance where a balloon bear dances with pins, or humorous like in Harvest where a Cow in a UFO is abducting hay bales.
The third category are the images that are usually devoid of animals. These are, I think, more about playing with the more surreal and often have a hint of Art Deco influence.
For image capture I use a Nikon D610 with a 24mm-85mm lens. When I’m photographing the elements such as pillow stuffing for clouds, or toys and other small objects, I shoot them in a more traditional studio way, like one would for catalog work using strobe lighting on a table with the object surrounded by white mat boards / fill cards. The idea is to get the lighting as flat as possible so I can add the shadowing later in Photoshop. My strobes are 500w/s with softboxes and a wireless setup.
I use Photoshop and Bridge, I do not use Lightroom at all. My image library sits in an Atikio Thunder 4 bay box attached to a 5K iMac. The thunder box allows me to hot swap hard drives for backup purposes. I have two 4TB 7200rpm mass storage drives and everything else is Samsung 850 EVO solid state drives. Also, and most importantly, I use a Wacom Intuos 4.
Easy question, Maggie Taylor is by far my biggest influence. Her use of nostalgic and vintage sensibilities were unquestionably influential. Also, her use of the square format, something I’ve recently departed from, influenced me a great deal. I was interested in the challenge of building compositions in a square constraint.
Other main influences are Rene Magritte, Robert ParkeHarrison, and Mark Ryden.
Oh my, YES. All the time. I think this is the natural state of any artist. There are only a few sure fire ways I’ve found to get out of a rut or block. Number one for me is to look at work. This is such an important thing. It’s when I look at other people’s work that I get more ideas than when I’m sitting in neutral. Something happens in the brain when we visually or audibly consume the creations of others. The work doesn’t necessarily need to be in the same direction but it triggers my creative neurons. I’ll also listen to music in the same genre of the image I’m trying to create. This sets up a soundscape for me to invent new situations or story vignettes in my mind. The third thing is to create work, even if it’s bad. Getting in there and just making stuff makes things happen. Waiting for inspiration will create long droughts of ruts and blocks.
Throughout my life I’ve had many struggles. Some were near catastrophic others minor setbacks. If there’s anything I’ve learned in this life it’s that I am not unique and feel we all share common experiences through the course of our journey. I also believe we all have a base set of common desires. These are the topics I like to delve into with my pictures. I also typically use animals as an allegory of the human desire or experience and attempt to present these vignetted stories in such a way where the viewer has as much to decide what it all means as I do.
I’ve completed an image top to bottom in as little as four hours. Other times I have to take a break from looking at what I’m working on and come back to it. Some images have taken several days to complete or get where I’m happy with it. The quickest images to complete are the ones that just hit me in my mind. Every now and then I suddenly, and usually out of nowhere, get this mental image of a complete scene. Then it’s just a matter of gathering all the elements, photographing them, and putting it together.
First and foremost it has to have central idea, location or subject that stands out. There needs to be an eye grabbing component to the picture. Secondly there needs to be a strong sense of design, and the elements implemented in the design must have purpose. After the eye grabbing thing, I feel a successful image should follow the golden rules of composition; rule of thirds, steelyard, high or low horizon, triangles to guide the eye through the image. There also needs to be something inquisitive about it, maybe a why or a where type of question about it. Just something a bit out of the ordinary to maintain interest and to keep the viewer looking.
Why do you create?
One of the most difficult things to teach or learn – vision.
Everything else can be outsourced or hired to perform. But without vision to see compelling concepts, the work will struggle to be convincing.
I don’t do nearly enough promotion as I should. I utilize the typical fare of a Facebook Page and Instagram, although my posts are sporadic. I have a website as well. Other than those things my gallery representation takes care of all the other things.
The experience was good, straight forward, and not complicated. I am excited about the win and it has already opened several opportunities. The scale and quality of the work submitted is stellar and I’m honored to have even been considered.
I don’t enter into many competitions as I often forget to do so. I’d urge everyone to enter as many and as often as possible.
We are pleased to announce that Tiny Doors ATL has collaborated with our artist Blockhead to create the Tiny Beltline made up of a Blockhead! The newest piece is showing at our FRESH 2 exhibit featuring over 22 artists. We are honored to be exhibiting this piece that is now on view and available @kailinart
For more info or if you're interested in collecting the piece, connect with us at 404 408 4248 or info@kailinart.com
FRESH 2 :: ARTIST MIX + MINGLE
Saturday, April 7th
4:00 - 6:00pm
If you are interested in any of the works from the show,
please connect with us info@kailinart.com or 404 408 4248!
FRESH 2 features :
atlTVhead, Lee Arnett , Inkyeong Baek, Lauren Betty, Andrew Catanese, Will Eskridge, Mike Germon, Phil Harris, Lisa Hart, Chris Hobe, Michelle Martin, Dustin Lee Massey, Art McNaughton, Landon Perkins, Stephen Philms, Carmen Rice, Chris Skeene, Freda Sue, Jesse Watts, Art Werger, Jay Wiggins (Evereman),
and Kevin Palme
These artists have been selected by Kai Lin Art as fresh and unique voices in Atlanta and follows up 2017’s FRESH exhibition as an opportunity for Kai Lin Art to show selected works from some of the many incredible artists we have developed relationships with over the past 10 years. FRESH 2 is a cross-section all of the diverse and dynamic artistic styles and perspectives in the city.
Dear Friends and Collectors,
We are so pleased with the outpouring of support and love this past Friday for the opening of our second exhibit of 2018: FRESH 2 featuring the art of
We hope you will join us for our
ARTIST MIX + MINGLE
Saturday, April 7th
4:00 - 6:00pm
The exhibition will run through April 20. If you are interested in any of the works from the show, please connect with us!
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018
7:00 - 10:00 PM
free and open to the public
exhibiting through April 20, 2018
FRESH 2 March 9th - April 20th, 2018 | Kai Lin Art is pleased to announce our second exhibition of 2018: FRESH 2. This exhibition is a curated group show of twenty artists working in a range of styles and mediums.
FRESH 2 features the work of Kai Lin Artists : atlTVhead, Lee Arnett , Inkyeong Baek, Lauren Betty, Andrew Catanese, Will Eskridge, Mike Germon, Phil Harris, Lisa Hart, Chris Hobe, Michelle Martin, Dustin Lee Massey, Art McNaughton, Landon Perkins, Stephen Philms, Carmen Rice, Chris Skeene, Freda Sue, Jesse Watts, Art Werger, Jay Wiggins (Evereman), and Kevin Palme.
These artists have been selected by Kai Lin Art as fresh and unique voices in Atlanta and follows up 2017’s FRESH exhibition as an opportunity for Kai Lin Art to show selected works from some of the many incredible artists we have developed relationships with over the past 10 years. FRESH 2 is a cross-section all of the diverse and dynamic artistic styles and perspectives in the city.
KAI LIN ART is an award winning contemporary gallery based in Atlanta’s booming West Midtown Arts District founded in 2008 by Yu-Kai Lin. The mission of the gallery is to cultivate creativity, connection, and conversation through art. Dedicated to promoting emerging and established artists in the Southeast and beyond, the gallery maintains an accelerated program with new exhibitions every six to eight weeks. Kai Lin Art is free and open to public Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
Yu-Kai Lin, Living Creatively Through Art and Music
Yu-Kai Lin founded the contemporary art gallery Kai Lin Art in 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. The gallery has been recognized by regional, national, and international publications for being on the forefront of art in America. Yu-Kai has collaborated with artists, architects, designers, and art consultants to curate exhibitions and build collections for major cultural and corporate institutions including the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Hawks, Coca Cola, Whole Foods Market, Turner Broadcasting System as well as supporting a growing network of nonprofits and start-ups.
Yu-Kai is a professional pianist, with a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Emory University. He performs frequently across the city and has an established private piano studio for children and adults. Yu-Kai has been honored by numerous organizations including being named 40 Under 40 by Atlanta Business Chronicle, one of Georgia’s Most Creative Atlantans by Common Creativ, and Emory University’s Alumni of the Year.
To see Yu-Kai Lin's talk "Living Creatively through Art and Music", reserve your seat for TEDxEmory 2018: Solve for X today! tinyurl.com/SolveforXtix
Dear Collectors, Friends, and Patrons,
Happy Valentines Week! We wanted to share with you the latest photo gallery of our CONVERGENCE exhibition which will run through March 2nd. CONVERGENCE features the art of:
Joe Camoosa | Jason Kofke | Lucha Rodriguez | Ashley L. Schick
Please contact us at the gallery if you have any interest in the artwork from our exhibition. We will be hosting our EVENING HOURS this Thursday, February 15th with extended hours from 6 - 8 pm.
Convergence January 19th - March 2nd | Kai Lin Art is excited to begin 2018 with an incredible exhibition of 4 artists. Convergence brings together Joe Camoosa, Jason Kofke, Ashley L. Schick, and Lucha Rodriguez for explorations in abstraction and inspiration. An undercurrent of place in time and location guide viewers through the works as they situate themselves in the abstract and austere beauty. Follow Kai Lin Art through 2018 as we celebrate 10 years of making art happen in Atlanta with seven shows this year including a special anniversary exhibition featuring many of our longtime artists.
Evening Hours Thursday, February 15th, 6 - 8 PM
Volume Performance Thursday, March 1st, 7 - 9 PM
Hello and Happy February! You are cordially invited to join us for our ARTIST TALK this Saturday for our CONVERGENCE exhibition featuring the artists:
Joe Camoosa | Jason Kofke | Lucha Rodriguez | Ashley L. Schick
CONVERGENCE ARTIST TALK
Saturday, February 10th, 2018
4:00 - 5:00 PM
RSVP HERE
See you on Saturday!
Kofke’s convergence of images examines the recent history of progress. Where humans celebrate their achievements: science and technology, progress and power, observation and the control of destiny. Both women and men contribute to technological progress; these advancements provide positive and negative outcomes. Kofke creates drawings, prints and paintings that reference historical events which, be they good or bad, portend inevitable change.
Kofke is a recipient of a 2011 Artadia Grant and a 2009 Idea Capital Grant. He has been awarded residencies at ARCUS Project in Moriya, Japan, The Arctic Circle and Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Artprint residence in Barcelona, Spain, Long Stories Project in Perm, Russia, Living Walls Conference in Atlanta, USA, the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China, and the Elizabeth Foundation in New York City. Kofke’s work has been exhibited at the A4 Center for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia, the Telfair Museum, Savannah, USA, the Brest Museum in Jacksonville, Fl, Jack the Pelican Gallery in Brooklyn, NYC, FLUX projects in Atlanta, USA, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery in Atlanta, USA, The Elizabeth Foundation in NYC, Fuse Gallery, NYC, USA, The Gallery of China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China, Arthouse Gallery in Brooklyn, NYC, Artspace Gallery in Richmond, USA, and RED Gallery in Savannah, USA. He earned his BFA in 2005 and MFA in 2008 from Savannah College of Art and Design. Kofke’s studio is based in Atlanta, USA, but he travels frequently in overseas residency programs and arts projects.
Convergence January 19th - March 2nd | Kai Lin Art is excited to begin 2018 with an incredible exhibition of 4 artists. Convergence brings together Joe Camoosa, Jason Kofke, Ashley L. Schick, and Lucha Rodriguez for explorations in abstraction and inspiration. An undercurrent of place in time and location guide viewers through the works as they situate themselves in the abstract and austere beauty. Follow Kai Lin Art through 2018 as we celebrate 10 years of making art happen in Atlanta with seven shows this year including a special anniversary exhibition featuring many of our longtime artists.
Joe Camoosa returns to Kai Lin Art with a selection of large and detailed oil paintings that overlap translucent fields of color with interwoven geometric shapes and lines. At times sculptural and endless, Camoosa’s works are abstract and formal, influenced by shifts in perception - the momentary in-between space conjured by viewing what may appear to be an aerial landscape, map, or fragment of a building…the alternation between recognition and abstraction – of being someplace and nowhere at the same time.
Jason Kofke explores the concept of sudden change through historically inspired moments where humanity is connected. These carefully rendered images of scientists, technology, and astronauts in space suits suggests that human ambition and innovation can be both ascendant and ominous. Kofke imbues each piece with nostalgia and these works explore memories of a bygone era as catalysts for human connection and innovation. Working through the timeline of history and employing the techniques of centuries old printmaking processes, Kofke’s work has the feeling of timelessness and permanence.
Ashley L. Schick makes works on paper and artists’ books. The daughter of a biology teacher and an electrical engineer, her work mixes the biological and the industrial. Schick has an MFA in Printmaking and is a Visual Arts faculty member at the Lovett School. The Sea and Sky series of collagraphs and watercolors in Convergence recall the ever-changing rocky landscape around Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, in northwest Ireland. The majority of the prints in this series were created at the studios of the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland. Each print is a monoprint, meaning it has a unique color combination and may include multiple full-strength and ghost impressions.
Lucha Rodriguez was born in Caracas, Venezuela and lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Her artwork mimics intricate patterns found in the inner workings of the human body while exploring ideas of abstraction, replication and separation. Although Rodriguez is most recognized for her site-specific paper installations, she has explored a variety of media including copper, textiles, paint, plexiglass and sound. Her series of 10 Knife drawings on view in Convergence pair texture and flatness in pink, monochromatic, minimal compositions.
Opening Friday, January 19th, 7 - 10 PM
Artist Talk Saturday, February 10th, 4 - 5 PM
Evening Hours Thursday, February 15th, 6 - 8 PM
Volume Performance Thursday, March 1st, 7 - 9 PM
KAI LIN ART is an award winning contemporary/modern art gallery based in Atlanta’s booming West Midtown Arts District founded in 2008 by Yu-Kai Lin. The mission of the gallery is cultivating creativity, connection, and conversation through art. Dedicated to promoting emerging and established artists in the Southeast and beyond, the gallery maintains an accelerated program with new exhibitions every six to eight weeks. Kai Lin Art is free and open to public Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment.
This is the last week to see the art of REVERENCE @kailinart feat. Jeremy Brown, Lee Arnett, Patrick Heagney, Wyatt Graff, Blockhead!
Jeremy Brown | Patrick Heagney | Lee Arnett | Wyatt Graff | Blockhead
We hope you'll come visit the gallery to see our exhibition before it closes this Friday, January 12th. If you are interested in purchasing any of the works and for availability, please contact us at the gallery.
Moving to Atlanta from Alabama in 2010, Lee Arnett has freelanced as a graphic designer, started a clothing brand and completed several murals around town for restaurants, businesses and neighborhoods. Lee considers art ”without a doubt my truest passion in life.” His paintings combine canvas, cardboard, figurative and abstract. Arnett plays with the relationship between words and symbols in his paintings. Instilling a sense of self, he reminds the viewer that the human behavior relies on one’s emotion and relationship with others.
Patrick Heagney is an Atlanta-based professional photographer. He received his BFA in Photography from The Savannah College of Art and Design. His work has been featured in numerous publications including Architectural Digest, Atlanta Magazine, Southern Accents, and Veranda. His ongoing Chimera series manipulates light and time around the camera to produce gestural figurative renderings of natural human movements and relationships. The movement conveys the choreography of the subject but also the viewer. Faces, arms or backdrops can sometimes be recognized in the images, as to hint at the process of creation.
Wyatt Graff explores Modernism in a Post-Modern age. With an eye cast on the traditional concerns of both painting and sculpture, Graff creates object-based environments, influenced by Modernist principles. These principles brought forward in time, focus on the relationship between wall, paint, and support to create a Post-Modern fusion of sculpture and painting. This merger activates materials and recognizes spatial relationships. The end result is not painting or sculpture, but rather a new way of investigating both disciplines.
Chris Skeene, or Blockhead, uses his blockhead sculptures to bring variety to the repetition of a singular form. Often borrowing themes or influences from art history and pop culture the sculptures come in a variety of characters and icons. Skeene regularly collaborates with various Atlanta artists as the form allows for infinite possibilities unveiled by the imagination of others. Reverence will feature original Blockheads and collaborations with Lela Brunet, Joe King, Donna Howell, Monica Alexander, Andrew Catanese, Lindsay Ryden, Hannah Pearman, Matt Field and AtlTvHead.
Hello and Happy New Year! We are excited to share with you 2018 marks our 10 year anniversary of making art happen. Thank you to everyone who has helped supported our growth throughout the last decade, we couldn't have done it without your patronage!
We will be hosting an ARTIST TALK this coming Saturday for our latest exhibition REVERENCE featuring the art of:
Jeremy Brown | Patrick Heagney | Lee Arnett | Wyatt Graff | Blockhead
REVERENCE ARTIST TALK
Saturday, January 6th, 2018
4:00 - 5:00 PM
RSVP HERE
We hope you'll join us for our first event of many for the new year. See you at the gallery!
Dear Friends, Artists, and Collectors,
Thank you for another incredible year celebrating art and creativity! This year we produced nine exhibitions with over 60 artists, won Creative Loafing's Best Gallery of Atlanta, launched a new website, commissioned a series by Larry Anderson for the Atlanta Hawks, hosted over 50 corporate, social and non-profit events, and joined the Atlanta Gallery Collective at Ponce City Market.
We are truly thankful to everyone who has helped support the gallery and our mission to bring art from our home to yours. We would not be here without your continued support, loyalty and commitment. Here’s to an art filled 2018 which marks our 10 year anniversary of making art happen in the Southeast and beyond!
KAI LIN ART HOLIDAY HOURS
December 22 - January 2 : by appointment
Be sure to have a look at our online store of Larry Anderson's drawings and prints for that last minute holiday surprise.
In continuation of our holiday season partnership with Ponce City Market and the Atlanta Gallery Collective, Kai Lin Art is happy to announce a very special artist talk with Lela Brunet, Jason Kofke, Greg Noblin, Jeremy Brown and Patrick Heagney. The artists will be speaking about their work and practice at the Atlanta Gallery Collective inside Ponce City Market on December 21st from 6pm to 7pm. We are excited about all of the positive feedback we have received since the AGC exhibition has been open to the public and we are even more excited to be bringing some of our greatest artists from Kai Lin to PCM.
KAI LIN ARTist Talk @PCM
Thursday, Dec 21st, 2017
6 - 7 PM at Ponce City Market
Lela Brunet is an Atlanta based artist who works in a variety of mediums such as graphite, acrylic, marker, gold leaf and coffee. She often depicts the female figure with a nod to art history and contemporary themes.
Jason Kofke is a world traveled printmaker who calls Atlanta home. His work draws inspiration from historical documents and images to show technology and moments from the past as artifacts for the future.
Greg Noblin creates fantastic allegorical imagery that blends the distinction of painting and photography. Making use of photography and digital collage, the artist brings to life the audiences most imaginative inner spaces in to the real, tactile world.
Jeremy Brown creates art as a way of expressing himself and appreciating the world around us. Part of Brown’s aesthetic is derived from the complex, layered, out of the box nature found in street art and everyday life.
Patrick Heagney is an Atlanta-based professional photographer. His ongoing Chimera series manipulates light and time around the camera to produce gestural figurative renderings of natural human movements and relationships.
Ten of Atlanta's Contemporary Art Galleries have joined together to curate one beautiful space inside Ponce City Market's Boiler Room on the second floor above Williams Sonoma next to The Mercury. Our collaboration with Ponce City Market's Atlanta Gallery Collective which has been now extended through March 31st, 2018.
Atlanta Gallery Collective @PCM
675 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
KAI LIN ART is a contemporary art gallery cultivating creativity, connection, and conversation through art. Founded in 2008 by Yu-Kai Lin, our gallery is dedicated to promoting emerging and established artists in the Southeast and beyond. The gallery maintains an accelerated exhibition program with new exhibits every six to eight weeks.
We are pleased to offer these 40 original works on paper by renown Atlanta-based artist Larry Jens Anderson in our Kai Lin Art Shop.
Larry’s first passion is drawing and he uses play and experimentation to express recognizable images and sometimes non-objective compositions. Larry brought from his studio a range of artworks, most of which have never exhibited. The works on paper below range from acrylic paintings to classical pencil drawings:
For over thirty years, Larry has been a professor of art in Atlanta and most recently at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Larry’s work has exhibited in over 11 countries, collected by many major corporate collections as well as The Museum of Modern Art, MOCA GA, The High Museum, the Mint Museum of Charlotte, and the Wichita Art Museum. Much of his work has dealt with gender, sexual identity, human rights, politics, religion, and mortality often referencing his family history.
