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2019-09-07 SONYA YONG JAMES Loud Magic whitespace
whitespace presents a solo exhibition by Sonya Yong James entitled, Loud Magic, at whitespace gallery opening on Friday, September 6 from 7 to 10 pm.
"The exhibit is about the history of place and time and myself inside of it. The work is imagined in a dream state divided between two worlds in which I can locate myself comfortably in neither. Herein are the spaces between beauty and terror and my questions of past and recent loss. These are poems and songs of farewell to the departed and a celebration of second chances, mine and the ones that are gone. In the objects, are ghosts of a past life and shadows of what might have been." - Sonya Yong James
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sonya Yong James (b. Knoxville, Tennessee) lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. She received a BFA in Printmaking from Georgia State University in 2000 where she focused on etching and sculpture. James has exhibited nationally and internationally for the past twenty years and has been the recipient of several grants, awards, and residencies.
Her work is held in numerous corporate and private collections and has been exhibited in galleries and museums locally such as MOCA GA, Atlanta Contemporary, The Hudgens Center for the Arts, The Albany Museum of Art, and the Zuckerman Museum of Art. She is currently a member of the Studio Artists Program at Atlanta Contemporary and is represented by whitespace Gallery.
Red Carpet Luxury Dresses shot at Whitespace in Edinburgh. Featuring Kay, Nicole and Yaz. Makeup by Jonne Carmichael and Sophie Crompton
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Overall, lots of whitespace means this design provides sufficient contrast, as it renders down to a simple black and white template.
However, you couldn't pick that the left hand nav actually has different colour navigation material to the main leading article. Then again, are you meant to ? (Probably, since it is styled differently in colour to convey a different value or meaning). Semantics involves colour and typeface usage as much as it involves structure (to borrow from Joe Clark)
2019-02-15 Suellen Parker | Sandra Lee Phipps | V Elizabeth Turk Against the Tide whitespace
Against the Tide, a group exhibition of photography by Atlanta artists Suellen Parker, Sandra Lee Phipps, and V. Elizabeth Turk opens with a
reception on Friday, February 15 from 7-10 pm.
Swimming against the tide can be futile and exhausting; it is never easy–but surviving its rigors is exhilarating. Anyone who succeeds at it
emerges stronger–more confident and worthy of serious respect. Artists take up this challenge daily.
The three women whose work is in this exhibition have survived, and thrived, in a profession, and in a culture whose rules are skewed against
curiosity, exploration and assertive eloquence. In this work of Suellen Parker, Sandra Lee Phipps and V. Elizabeth Turk, photography is a
common thread–and the Declarative Voice is the shared language. Each explores a unique tangent of her political, or personal, or interior
life. These revelations are gifts of nuance and sharp clarity-–drawn from the life and work of three women who have mastered the poetic side
of alchemy.
My very first oil pastel drawing this year. Though there are several mistakes/areas that need improvements, I thought I had made a decent attempt. Curved lines and excessive whitespace produce a very dreamy, near abstract design
FEEDBACK (Mr. Pullen):
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>Try using more heavily textured paper with different colours
1. IMAGINE AND GENERATE
"What if I were to make paintings for my summative project? What if I could use an easier, cleaner, alternative medium to paint that can still produce similar artistic effects and sweeping masterpieces? What if I were to try oil pastel again? I did relatively well with pastel back in F2, as I recall…"
This was, in its essence, the thought process that led me to use oil pastel for my ISP. I was quite excited at the idea, as I really did enjoy using pastel in F2 art. To be completely honest, I had other thoughts too:
"What if I’m actually really good at using pastel? I’m sure it can’t be THAT hard…"
I wanted to be a master of a specific medium, and become an expert in my own personal style. I could see myself making pastel drawings in the summer, while relaxing alone in the Muskoka forests. I never expected to feel a sense of completion by the end of my ISP. From the beginning, I knew that use of oil pastels would be a long-term endeavour, and that choosing oil pastels would allow me to explore an art medium I knew I would enjoy and continue with after the project. As it stands, I’m almost certain I’ll once again be focusing on oil pastel during my ISP next year. Thus, the works I’ve made since starting have all been experimentation, in a way. For each painting, I’ve tried to either modify my style, work with a new type of paper, or both.
Research into different types of pastel yielded several results. The thicker, oilier pastels recommended and the chalky pastels I found in the art room were certainly possibilities, but I decided to use normal, everyday oil pastels, as they were already plentiful in the art room and seemed to fit my artistic goals better.
By this point, medium and design were the two main factors that drove my planning. I was dead set on oil pastel, and I had a vague notion of using a style similar to the Group of Seven. I wanted to glorify nature, placing its most beautiful aspects on pedestal for all to see; It was only later that I discovered that this wasn’t necessarily the Group’s ideology and motivation behind painting, but nevertheless I continued to follow my own chosen theme. I wanted to make my drawings vibrant and beautiful, to the point that they became almost artificial (as I’m disappointed to say). There’s no hint of relationship between nature and humanity in my work, but only the glorification and exaggeration of nature. I briefly considered using more surreal techniques only vaguely reminiscent of the Group to produce a more hazy, dreamlike theme, and this can partially be seen in Trial 1, but ultimately decided against it in further installments.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone who turned out last night to see Don and Carol sail off into the sunset - and also for the huge effort everyone put into the truly amazing range of fancy-dress costumes!
2019-02-15 Suellen Parker | Sandra Lee Phipps | V Elizabeth Turk Against the Tide whitespace
Against the Tide, a group exhibition of photography by Atlanta artists Suellen Parker, Sandra Lee Phipps, and V. Elizabeth Turk opens with a
reception on Friday, February 15 from 7-10 pm.
Swimming against the tide can be futile and exhausting; it is never easy–but surviving its rigors is exhilarating. Anyone who succeeds at it
emerges stronger–more confident and worthy of serious respect. Artists take up this challenge daily.
The three women whose work is in this exhibition have survived, and thrived, in a profession, and in a culture whose rules are skewed against
curiosity, exploration and assertive eloquence. In this work of Suellen Parker, Sandra Lee Phipps and V. Elizabeth Turk, photography is a
common thread–and the Declarative Voice is the shared language. Each explores a unique tangent of her political, or personal, or interior
life. These revelations are gifts of nuance and sharp clarity-–drawn from the life and work of three women who have mastered the poetic side
of alchemy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone who turned out last night to see Don and Carol sail off into the sunset - and also for the huge effort everyone put into the truly amazing range of fancy-dress costumes!
CreativeMornings/Edinburgh First Birthday Party at Whitespace. Photos by Jon Davey www.jondaveyphotography.co.uk