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Judy Chicago Rainbow AR!
Nov 27, 2020
Pioneering artist Judy Chicago on turning her art to the climate crisis. Her Rainbow AR is the artist’s first foray into augmented reality, recreating her iconic Atmospheres series of pyrotechnic performances in an immersive app. Read the great new article on Judy...
Etsuko Ichikawa Receives 2020 Arts Innovator Award
Aug 19, 2020
We are very proud to announce that Etsuko Ichikawa has received the 2020 Arts Innovator Award. Funded by The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation, the Arts Innovator Award (AIA) comprises two unrestricted awards of $25,000 that recognize Washington state artists of all...
Judy Chicago Print Archive Acquired by Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation
Aug 14, 2020
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation has acquired the print archive of world-renowned artist Judy Chicago, whose art has pushed the boundaries of technology and subject matter for her entire six-decade career. Chicago’s print archive and associated studies and process...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 12: Visual Thinking
May 13, 2020
Pablo Picasso – Guernica Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.-Pablo Picasso Art is important because it’s part of the story we tell about ourselves; it’s our culture....
Art as a Universal Language, Part 11: How Art Transforms Humanity
Apr 14, 2020
Raphaelle Goethals – Currents I Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential…creativity is the power to act.-Ai Weiwei Some of the greatest accomplishments of humanity have emerged from bleak times. The European...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 10: Artists’ Point of View
Apr 9, 2020
Walter Robinson, Souvenir, 1996, polychromed wood, 68 x 18 x 4″ Although isolation is the right response in our current environment, social distancing can have an effect on our mental health. We are wired for human connection, which raises some questions: What...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 9: Art Can Make You Happy
Mar 26, 2020
Judy Chicago, Resolutions, 2000, counted cross-stitch and embroidery on cotton, 37 x 25.5″ As we find refuge in our homes, we realize “home” means much more than physical shelter—it is our place of peace, comfort, and aesthetic sanctuary. We find joy in people...
February 13 – 17, 2020 | Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs Convention Center
Feb 13, 2020
Opening Night Preview Thursday, February 13, 5-9 pm (VIP tickets purchased through Art Palm Springs ticket vendor) Fair open daily February 14-17. Art Palm Springs is the premier art fair in the Southwest presenting post-war and contemporary art. This year’s...
Natalie Christensen Invitee to United Arab Emirates Architecture Delegation
Jan 28, 2020
When Turner Carroll artist, Natalie Christensen, received an official invitation from the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington D.C., to attend the UAE Architectural Delegation, she believed the email was spam. It was nearly overlooked. Christensen,...
Judy Chicago Triumph at Dior in Paris
Jan 22, 2020
The January 20, 2020 Dior couture show took place inside the womblike chamber of Judy Chicago’s enormous Inflatable Mother Goddess. Even better is that the show was held in the garden of the Musée Rodin. An act of temporal comeuppance for the artist whose...
Online Virtual Exhibition | Burned: Women and Fire
Jan 3, 2020
Etsuko Ichikawa: Making a Pyrograph Special Judy Chicago exhibition and event to benefit Through the Flower July 26, 2020 from 2-5 pm at Through the Flower Art Space in Belen, NM Purchase tickets here. Burned: Women and Fire Artists include Judy Chicago, Monica Lundy,...
November 22 – December 14, 2019 | Suzanne Sbarge: Dovetail
Sep 30, 2019
About the work Suzanne says, “Some of the earliest examples of dovetail wood joinery are found in ancient Egyptian burials, places where body and spirit re-aligned and transformed. The hybrid characters in my work are similarly in states of flux, emerging from the...
October 4 – 28, 2019 | Igor Melnikov: Soulscapes
Sep 24, 2019
Igor Melnikov’s art defies easy classification. The Russian-born artist resists labels like Figure Painter or Symbolist, insisting that his depictions of physical objects serve as realistic presentations of ideas, rather than coded iconography. His subdued paintings,...
September 6 – 29, 2019 | Georges Mazilu: Madonnas, Angels, and Candles
Aug 15, 2019
In a mysteriously beautiful marriage of Northern Renaissance style painting and haunting surrealism, Georges Mazilu’s painting explores and reconciles his past—deconstructing how his Romanian childhood has influenced his unique and curious aesthetic and subject...
July 19 – August 9, 2019 | Hung Liu: Catchers
May 9, 2019
The exhibition showcases Liu’s most recent paintings, primarily of children, inspired by Dorothea Lange’s Dust Bowl-era photography. Liu’s paintings depict children growing up during hard times, struggling to safeguard the joy and innocence of childhood....
June 14 – July 10, 2019 | Glitched: Nina Tichava and Shawn Smith
May 1, 2019
Turner Carroll Gallery is pleased to announce Glitched, an exhibition of artworks by California College of the Arts alumni Nina Tichava and Shawn Smith. While Tichava and Smith vary vastly in their medium and creative process, they both explore the intersections of...
May 17 – June 10, 2019 | Fausto Fernandez: Progression Through Colors
Apr 23, 2019
Fausto Fernandez has been crossing literal and metaphorical boundaries his entire life. Fernandez grew up between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. He earned his art degree from University of Texas, El Paso, and his paintings have been exhibited in museums...
Scott Greene in “Currency” at 516 Arts Reviewed in Fabrik Magazine
Feb 19, 2019
Scott Greene is featured in the Fabrik Magazine review of “Currency: What Do You Value” at 516 Arts in Albuquerque. Perfect fodder for Turner Carroll favorite writer Wesley Pulkka, the review moves in gigantic sweeps referencing Toho Studio’s 1961 B-movie...