Skate, Dance and Thrift

Apr 30, 2009

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Ya ain’t gonna sleep a wink this weekend!

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PHILLY

The Moth, the Flame, the Returning Comet, & the Golem: Derek Weisberg and Matt Rebholz @ Space 1026
Fri. May 1, 7-10 PM

Through clay and ink Derek Weisberg and Matt Rebholz reflect on mortality and ethics, both artists pulling from traditional Jewish themes. Rebholz’s works are grotesque tableaux populated by a cast of damaged characters occupying a polluted and uneasy dreamscape – a fairytale in which deranged actors struggle to find their role in a stage play they do not quite understand.These elements conspire to form a series of intimate, allegorical vignettes pregnant with obscenity and metaphor. Within this environment, the Golem serves as a metaphor for humanity adrift in an absurdly dystopian world. The progression of the etchings reflects the artist’s evolving beliefs about contemporary society and the manifestations of consumption, ingestion, greed and expulsion within it.

“When my mother passed away I began to include these feelings as well as themes of death, afterlife, spirituality and the metaphysical into my work. While still philosophically closer to a secular point of view, for my mother’s sake, I want to believe in an afterlife. In traditional Jewish thought, the voyage of the soul is dependent upon the actions of the ones who are living. In my case the actions are carried out through making my art.” – excerpt from Weisberg’s artist statement.

BUFFALO

Alfonso Volo: Thrifting For Beauty @ Hallwalls
Sat. May 2, 8—11 PM

In this solo exhibition of predominantly new work, Alfonso Volo demonstrate the perpetually elastic and exploratory boundaries, and makes great use of the entire gallery space with paintings, drawings, watercolors, found object sculptures, and extremely low-fi animated videos. Volo’s work will range from intimate to gargantuan in an manner that adopts under-utilized devices and tropes as a means to exploring ideas with subtlety and grace. Volo masks the lugubrious undercurrents of the work with whimsy, questioning identity and relationship to environment.

Writing With Light @ CEPA
Sat. May 2, 5:30-8 PM

CEPA Gallery and Just Buffalo Literary Center are proud to present the 2nd Annual Writing With Light Exhibition, featuring work by students in grades 2-6 from Buffalo area schools. Writing With Light is a joint venture between these two organizations, encompassing a series of educational programs including Picturing Poetry, a unique, multi-disciplinary project developed collaboratively to introduce local students to photography and poetry. The exhibition will feature Picturing Poetry projects exploring the themes Create, Respect, and Growth. Bookmaking and other creative projects will also be featured. Free and open to the public.

Resident Exhibition Vol. 2 @ ArtSpace
Fri. May 1, 5-10 PM

Featuring artwork and performance by Artspace Buffalo residents such as Lukia Costello, Timothy Englert, Brian A. Kavanaugh, Alex Park, Hans Gindlesberger, Katie Sallander, Soyeon Jung, Justin Lowe, Katie Sehr and Thomas Stender, and curated by Gerald Mead.

ATLANTA

Sk8 or Die @ Young Blood Gallery
Sat. May 2, 3-9 PM

It’s time again for the bi-annual, spring time SK8 or DIE show featuring over 105 decks by over 105 artists! All boards will be up for auction on Saturday strarting at 3 PM with the bidding ending at 9 PM, price starts at $100 each. After Saturday any boards not sold will be for sale for $100. Thomas from Stratsophere Skateboards will be setting up ramps and other grind worthy fixtures the Foundation during the day on Saturday. Hang out and skate block party style!

CARRBORO

FrequeNC Dance Party @ NightLight
Saturday, May 2, 10 PM

NightLight will be hosting this month’s FrequeNC dance party. Prepared to be schooled on some classic motor city rhythm lessons from $tinkworx – live house/techno, Yugen – live set, Weather Machine – live set, DJ DataHata, DJ Nasty Boots and a freq-party debut by Artery favorite and Charlotte based DJ, Oliver Long.

RICHMOND

Rooted: Primal ground @ Quirk Gallery
Fri. May 1, 6-10 PM

Rita and Erin Root present a collection of drawings, prints, and sculptures of earthly animal creatures. Rita Root and Erin Root, mother and daughter, at different times and different locations, independently conceived and executed these works illustrating a common ground of curiosity, love respect and admiration for animals. Witness a narrative of ordinary life lived by extraordinary creatures.

NASHVILLE

Artist Swap @ Twist Gallery
Sat. May 2, 6-9 PM

Twist presents an exchange of artists, Ann-Marie Manker and Jason R. Butcher, with gallery soul mate, Beep Beep in Atlanta. In this spontaneous artist-exchange exhibit, Jason R. Butcher’s art explores his various personalities with pith and pathos alike, while Ann-Marie Manker’s drawings depict her heroine-subject in a sexualized childhood fantasy where the Koalas are (almost) too cute for comfort.

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