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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...
February 28 – April 4, 2020 | Burned: Women and Fire
Jan 3, 2020
Burned: Women and Fire Opening reception Friday, February 28, from 5-7 pm. Artists include Judy Chicago, Monica Lundy, Karen Yank, Etsuko Ichikawa, Hung Liu and Lien Truong. Artwork in the exhibition may be viewed here. Fire is one of the most potent symbols in human...
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...
Fausto Fernandez at the Tempe Center for the Arts
Feb 7, 2019
Fausto Fernandez is in an exhibition at the Gallery at the Tempe Center for the Arts. The show ReTrO REACTION runs from Jan 18 through May 11, 2019. According to the website “The word “retro” describes things like clothes, cars and music that reflect styles and...
Carnwath and Liu in Amazing Stories: Recent Acquisitions at the Palmer Museum
Jan 15, 2019
“Amazing Stories: Recent Acquisitions” at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State highlights a large selection of prints by artists whose work relies heavily on representation and storytelling to explore ethnic identity and stereotypes, multicultural...
March 29 – April 22, 2019 | Can’t Lock Me Up
Jan 14, 2019
Can’t Lock Me Up: Women Resist Silence Opening reception Friday, March 29, from 5-7 pm. Artists include Fatemeh Baigmoradi, Ambreen Butt, Judy Chicago, Jenny Holzer, Hung Liu, Monica Lundy, sheri crider, and Lien Truong. Artwork in the exhibition may be viewed here....
2019 Museum News for Holly Roberts
Jan 7, 2019
Holly Roberts is in two museum exhibitions at the start of 2019. The first, “Elemental Construction” at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center, is a group exhibition on the theme of photographic collage. This show runs January 19 through April 7, 2019. The...
SFMOMA Acquires Hung Liu’s Entire “My Secret Freedom” Series
Dec 21, 2018
We are very happy to announce that SFMOMA has acquired Hung Liu’s entire “My Secret Freedom” series. This body of 36 still extant paintings was recently shown at SFMOMA from March through September 2018 in an exhibition curated by Nancy Lim. While...
Two New Museum Exhibitions for Wanxin Zhang
Nov 30, 2018
Wanxin Zhang has two museum exhibitions in November 2018. At Sonoma State University, Wanxin is a part of the “40 by 40: The 40th Anniversary Exhibition.” From the SSU website, the “40 by 40: The 40th Anniversary Exhibition will feature one work each...
Hung Liu at SFMOMA
Nov 28, 2018
Hung Liu was busy at SFMOMA this November. On 8 November 2018 Hung was part of the conversation between curators Philip Tinari and Alexandra Munroe, from the exhibition Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, with fellow artists Xu Tan, and Yang Jiechang, in a...
December 14, 2018 | Holiday Cheers: Cocktails & A Few of Our Favorite Things
Nov 23, 2018
Special Event Friday, December 14, 5-7pm Holiday Cheers: Cocktails & A Few of Our Favorite Things event at Turner Carroll Gallery with tastings and special offerings from Troubled Minds Distilling in celebration of the release of their vodka, gin, and whiskey. Sip...
Press for Scott Greene
Nov 20, 2018
Turner Carroll and Scott Greene garnered great press for his exhibition Environmental (Ex)change that runs through November 2018. Presented alongside the 516 Arts exhibition “Currency: What Do You Value?” that includes a new major painting by Scott...