Come Join Us On Dec 1st for Our Last Show

a Community-driven
photography show at
Young Blood Gallery

The goal of #weloveatl is to bring the citizens of Atlanta together to tell simple & authentic photographic stories of their love for the city and the people that inhabit it.

 The four curators of the show  Tim Moxley, Keith Weiver, Aaron Coury and Brandon Barr have been going through thousands of entries to print the very best ones! The photos will be in the gallery for the month of December with the opening on 12/01/2012 from 7-10pm. Half of the proceeds from print sales will benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

 

#weloveatl / we-love-atl.com

 

Contribute to our Day of the Dead altar!

 

Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico on November 1st and 2nd. It’s a time to remember deceased loved ones and honor them. Day of the Dead is a festive occasion, a time to celebrate, much like a family reunion. Making an altar can be a way for you to honor the life of someone who was important to you, or remember your ancestors. There are no hard and fast rules about how the altar should be made.

We want to create a really special altar for the show. Please help us by bringing tokens and mementos for the altar, something that is meaningful to you and your loved one who has passed: flowers, photos, fruit, bread, tobacco, candles, incense…whatever you’d like!

Enjoy the sounds of Grinder Nova!
The exhibit opens 
November 3 at 7 p.m. 
and will remain on display until November 25.  
Costumes are encouraged!
Bethany Marchman

“Conejo Loco”

Margaret Mroczek

“I Am Providence”

Sanithna Phansavanh

“Eternal Return”

Sherry Matthews

“Our Lady of Time Travel”

Ann-Marie Manker

“The Last Canary”

Eric White

“Gill-Man”

 

 

Sponsored by

Bone Garden Cantina

and

Sister Louisa’s Church of the Living Room and Ping Pong Emporium

The 15 Year Anniversary Retrospective

The 15 Year Anniversary

“The Lotus Eaters” Steven Dixey & Margaret Mroczek


“The Lotus Eaters”  Septmber 8th-30th

 

 

 

“Heart” by Margaret Mroczek

 

“Dancers” by Margaret Mroczek

 

“The Glory of Man” by Steven Dixey

 

“Tower of Babel” by Steven Dixey

 


In Greek mythology Odysseus and the crew of his ship are blown off course and land on an island off the coast of North Africa inhabited by the Lotophages (Lotus Eaters.) The Lotophages feed Odysseus’ crew the narcotic fruit of the lotus plant which causes them to forget their troubles and sleep in peaceful apathy. Odysseus, realizing the peril his crew and mission are in, is barely able to free his men and escape the island.

“Scoutabout” Allyson Cummings ENDS Saturday September 1st

SCOUT ABOUT | ALLYSON CUMMINGS

Allyson was born and raised in Kingsport, Tennessee. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1998. A semester studying painting and printmaking in Cortona, Italy in 2000 solidified her decision to pursue a career in the Illustration and Graphic Design industry. In 2002 she completed a degree in Graphic Design at The Creative Circus in Atlanta, Georgia. After 5 years of working in the commercial design world she decided to shift her focus on painting and raising her children. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and two sons.

 

Opening night of “Sea Change”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmFY3c6ciCo&feature=youtu.be

Saturday July 7th, 2012 Young Blood held their monthly opening for two artists, Sarah McCallum and Kent Knowles, for their show called, “Sea Change”.

Marcus Riggs is our Marketing/ Pubic Relations interns here at the gallery who produced video footage of this months opening exhibit.  He wanted the footage to have an ocean feel to reflect the theme of the show.

With the help of his friend and classmate of Georgia State University, Romaine Phillips, they were able to collaborate to put this project together and bring the opening show to you!

July Show-”Sea Change” paintings by Kent Knowles and Sarah McCallum

Young Blood Gallery Presents

“Sea Change”  paintings by Kent Knowles and Sarah McCallum

July 7-29

Opening Reception July 7th,  7-10 PM

 

 

 

Kent Knowles was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 5, 1975. The son of an Air Force Chaplain, he grew up traveling around the world, exhibiting an interest in art at an early age. While attending high school in Europe, Kent was introduced to the large-scale figurative paintings of the Old Masters. His current work reflects an interest in the technical aspects of traditional painting as well as the expressive qualities of figure, pattern and design in contemporary art. In addition to working as a visual artist, Kent is a screenwriter, filmmaker and author of the children’s book Lucius and the Storm (Red Cygnet Press, 2007).

Sarah McCallum studied studio art at the University of Georgia where she earned her BFA in painting in 2003. After completing her masters in art education, she taught elementary school art in Gwinnett County before following her dreams of becoming a full time studio artist. She lives and works in Athens, GA with her husband and son. Her large-scale paintings and smaller drawings often feature frenetic swarms of unusual sea creatures, anthropomorphic hairstyles, and fantastical flora and fauna. The horror vacui of these densely packed compositions contain a multitude of certain dynamics and interactions between a host of bizarre characters. Amidst the flotsam and jetsam of bright and sometimes garish colors, universal archetypes and symbols are revealed.

Postured Relationships

Young Blood Gallery Presents

“Postured Relationships”

June 2-30

Opening Reception June 2nd,  7-10 PM

 

Young Blood Gallery is proud to present “Postured Relationships”. Andrea Fremiotti’s black and white photography depicts people in everyday situations, but reduced to silhouettes so that they become anonymous design elements. Though he made his subjects colorless and “blank”, their postures and relationships to the others make them lively, relatable characters whose emotions and personalities refuse to be stomped out. The diversity of the locations and masking of ethnicities unifies the subjects and helps the viewers to see themselves in each scenario. The images spark reflection on our public actions that we think of as ephemeral. Could our own kiss on a park or fight on the beach have been captured and preserved by a lens?

 

 

 

Fremiotti is a commercial photographer and digital artist based in Atlanta.

He owns Burn Photo, a digital services shop in Brooklyn.

He snapped these images over a year between work days in Mexico, Italy, England, France, and Spain.

The manipulated silhouettes are a natural bridge between the technical and artisitc extremes of his profession.