Arts Agenda: Queering Sight/Sound and More
We start this week's Arts Agenda with some news from the Hirshhorn. Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes tells us that the Hirshhorn has a new director, noting that:
The Hirshhorn held no press conference introducing their new director. The Corcoran, however, just held a presser to announce that they don't have a director!
Anyhow, back to the latest listings ... Kick off summer by visiting some of the new exhibits around D.C. this week. Keep reading for our picks -- and let us know what you'll be going to see.
>> This Saturday is the fifth annual installment of "Queering Sound," a sound and spoken word event, at Warehouse Next Door. Presented by Triangle Artists Group, D.C.'s GLBT arts group, the event features digital arts and spoken word performances at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Admission to each performance is $5 and available at the door.
"Queering Sight," the associated exhibit of installation artwork, photography, painting, drawing, mixed media work and 'found sound' maps created by the group opens Friday with a reception from 7-10 p.m. The gay, lesbian and bisexual artists represented in the exhibit explore the theme of "What does it mean to be queer in the world?" A woodcut by Frederick Nunley, a member of the Triange Artist Group, is shown at right.
>> Elsewhere this week, "The Magic of Fabric" opens today at Creative Partners Gallery in Bethesda. The exhibit features textile art by Leela Cherian, a quilter from Bangalore, India.
>> New at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring this Wednesday is "Contemporary Codex: Ceramics and the Book." The exhibit showcases sculptural book objects by eight artists, including Lenny Goldenberg of Denmark and Kimiyo Mishima of Japan.
>> Thursday features "Patchwork," Art Enable's annual celebration of "Outsider Art Inside the Beltway." The free event includes food, music, and a silent auction and raffle of artwork and other items to support artists with developmental and mental disabilities. It's 6-9 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill (Third and A streets).
>> Friday marks the next installment of the Dupont Circle area openings, with receptions from 6-8 p.m. Irvine Contemporary Art presents work by two Brooklyn-based artists, John Copeland and Nicola Lopez, and Kathleen Ewing Gallery features photography Rajesh Nair and Stuart Brafman. Rajesh Nair, who has focused his attention on the architecture and landscapes of Bhutan, will be signing copies of Parallel Dimensions, his most recent book, from 6-8 p.m. His "Trulli" is shown at left.
>> Also in Dupont Circle, JET Artworks features paintings by 24-year-old Chicago-based artist Jorin Bossen in his first solo exhibit. Bossen chanllenges the notion of an icon by depicting people in detached moments of silent thought. He also adds technical interest by leaving the under-painting showing through, enabling the viewer to simultaneously experience the paintings on several levels. One of his "icons" is shown at right.
>> On Sunday, The Athenaeum -- Old Town Alexandria's only Greek Revival building -- opens "Destinations: Imagined and Real," an exhibition of new paintings by Ann McDowell. The reception is 2-4 p.m.