It’s strange to start blogging about art in the summer, when the art world tends to go to sleep. I understand why commercial galleries power down, but I’ve never fully accepted this phenomenon as it applies to nonprofit and alternative spaces. It’s not as if we’re all spending the season at the beach house.
What I’d really love to see in Charlotte are projects that could happen only in the summer — exhibitions that are suited to the muggy, buggy South; work that is not necessarily marketable; strange work in strange spaces. I once participated in such a project in Atlanta. Joey Orr, a curator who was inspired by a similar effort in San Antonio, established Shedspace, which ran for five blissful, sweaty years. Every Saturday in August, he would open a new, one-night-only show in a garage or storage shed in a transitional neighborhood. I was one of the earlier (and more conventional) artists. As the project continued, Joey found that it was best suited to installation and performance-oriented work. It was incredible: essentially a back yard party, replete with artists, neighbors, kids and dogs, but the focal point was an exhibition of often challenging work.
BACK IN THE SADDLE. Joie Lassiter Gallery is arguably Charlotte’s most adventuresome commercial gallery (and also a Point8 favorite, because it hosted some of our earliest gatherings). After six months of quietly working on a backlog of curatorial projects out of a transitional space on the edge of Uptown, Lassiter has reopened her gallery, which is now at 1430 South Mint St., Suite #105, just down the street from the previous Southend location. Lassiter has hinted at some surprises and new developments, but we’ll have to wait until after Labor Day to find out exactly what they are. Right now, the gallery is open by appointment only.
This article appears in Aug 18-25, 2009.
The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography & Film has 2 of our favorite exhibits in the summer–our Annual Members’ Show and the Annuale, a juried show that highlights the latest happenings in photography worldwide. Both shows opened in June and will be up until early September.
On the Film front, the summer brings our annual outdoor screenings (this year was “Some Like It Hot”) and other new independents including last weeks screening of “Angelica’s Dreams” to an audience of over 110.
If you need art in the summer–or anytime, come to The Light Factory. We never take an art break at any time of the year.
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