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savannah / scad museum
“The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell” revisted by Contemporary African Artists. We had very well perceived the exhibition poster from The Museum of Modern Art MMK in Frankfurt. It was still hanging there as we started our travel to Canada on the 20th of july 2014. In the weeks and months before our departure however, there was no time even thinking about cultural events. We had to prepair our vehicle and terminate all our personal and business stuff in Frankfurt.
Arrived in November in Savannah, we visited the SCAD Museum of Art – attracted by the great architecture of the building, consisting of an old train depot from 1853 combined with concrete and glass to a modern museum architecture in 2011. And we couldn’t believe it as the same exhibition poster welcomed us, which we had perceived in Frankfurt! Until the 25th of January to be seen in Savannah. Highly recommended! As indeed the whole city including some french restaurants like „Papillote“ at 218 W Broughton Street.
A tip for our RV colleagues: Two nights at the visitor center´s very central parking lot could be purchased for just $ 12. And don’t be confused by the signs that indicate the place must be cleared by 6 pm. © B.G.
barbara fisher / asheville
Actually the “12 Bones” guided us to West Ashville. A cult saloon with cult spareribs. But in West Ashville there is also plenty of Cult-Ur. In the brightly painted old industrial brick houses many artists, craftworkers, and those who care about the touristic knickknack have sttles. In one of those studio houses many exemplary pieces of art from all residents greeted us from the walls. The works that were outstanding for us were all paintings by Barbara Fisher. And they moved us literally into her studio. © B.G.
dana ellyn & matt sesow
it was great having seen them both in washington d.c. and i´m looking forward to a reunion and co-working. by the way, it is not surprising seeing both on the same picture: they are married to each other. © n.g.
Dana Ellyn
American artist Dana Ellyn paints current issues with absolute irony: the defense of the heresy of being a childless woman, the hypocrisy of religion, the bold fantasy caused by drunkenness and most recently the culture of food. Many of her animal-themed paintings strike a chord, creatively posing the question: why do we love some animals and eat others?
Ellyn has most recently had a solo exhibit in Barcelona Spain and has an upcoming solo exhibit in Gold Coast Australia. Her work is gaining international notoriety in the vegan community.
Matt Sesow
Matt Sesow began creating art in 1993 as a reaction to being hit by an airplane that amputated his dominant hand when he was a child. For the past 20 years, Sesow has used a variety of little icons in his paintings to help tell the story of his trauma and lifetime successes. Icons such as bunnies, birds, teacups, and teeth surrounded by bright red lips all help to tell the ongoing stories from the mind and experiences of Matt Sesow. Sesow has exhibited in galleries around the world and is part of the inventory of several outsider and naive art collectors.
THE EMOTION © by Matt Sesow
When people try to describe my paintings, they oftentimes use words like ‘raw’, ‘angry’, ‘energetic’, or ‘expressive’. OK, but here’s what they really are: ‘A failure’. I don’t feel that any painting I’ve done has ever been successful. I’ve just started, and I’m not good enough to tackle what I want to express yet. I have a secret list of paintings that I will attempt when I feel I’m ready. For now, I take the bus down to the National Gallery of Art, or the Hishhorn museum here in Washington, DC to see my heroes like DeKooning, Bacon, VanGogh, the very old Dutch and German religious work, Pollock, or occasionally Basquiat is in town… that’s who I want to hang with. I will be as good as or better than they are someday…. but it’s too early for that. Give me a few more years please.
