Solistalgia: a combination of the root words solacium (comfort) and algia (pain), best defined by its author as "...a form of homesickness one gets when one is still at home." Citing the term and how his generation has nothing to hold onto, young artist Benjamin Jurgensen brings together everyday objects that are highly influenced by pop culture and mass media. In Don't Ready to Die Anymore at Meat Market Gallery, Jurgensen presents a collection of......

Showcasing six artists from across the region, this juried group of solo exhibits at Arlington Arts Center covers a wide range of themes including the paranormal, miniatures, sprawl and inventions. Jeremy Drummond and Jennie A. Fleming both explore sense of place as it relates to how we view our homes in the city as well as in newly constructed housing developments. Drummond highlights intersection street signs with interesting names that make for odd juxtapositions, such......

Exploring the themes of light, innovation and optimism, Into the Light, a juried exhibit now at Honfleur Gallery, brings together a well rounded group of talent that showcases various mediums, including photography, sculpture and installations. Artists Mark Planisek, Marie Cobb, Lynn Silverman, Craig Kraft, Emily Erb, Phil Stein, Joan Belmar, Cathlyn Newell and Kendall Nordin are all showcased. The exhibit is very dynamic as it presents the artists and their different media thoughtfully and uses......

After acquiring her first professional camera in 2006, Hatnim Lee has documented everyday scenes in a visual diary on her blog. Since then, she has found success in both the fine arts and as a commercial photographer, interning with David LaChapelle and having work featured in publications like Teen and DC Modern Luxury. Now at Transformer, a selection of Lee's vivid photographs over the past 2 years are on display. All of Lee's photographs are......

Pushing the envelope with mundane, everyday materials, Dan Steinhilber's show now at G Fine Art is a multidimensional and thought provoking exhibit. Steinhilber incorporates ordinary media to create a cohesive show where the images flow from one to the next and each element incorporates the last, sharing common themes. Packing peanuts, garbage bags and florescent light bulbs are cast in a new light with photography, sculpture, drawing and installation. The walls of the gallery display......

Currently in its 23rd year, the 2008 Corcoran print portfolio show brings a wide range of talent and interpretation on the theme You Won't Believe your Eyes to the walls at Civilian Art Projects (soon to be host of DCist Exposed.) What started as a portfolio exchange to give Corcoran's students a professional experience has grown into a highly competitive program involving current students, faculty, alumna and visiting artists. Participants in the project create a......

Walking around D.C. you sometimes catch posters for shows at the Black Cat or 9:30 Club hung up in random places. They always seem a bit ragged and most often ripped up from the elements or from bored hands. Unfortunately, the street isn't the most forgiving gallery, but silk-screened gig posters do bring art to the masses. Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster brings this medium in from the cold and displays......

The tiny room that makes up Transformer gallery is currently displaying contrasting work by Richard Chartier and Paul Vinet that explores the ideas of absence and presence. The title of the show, Absence Presence, plainly explains the intent of the exhibition. Mostly known for his work in sound and recording, Chartier extends his minimal tendencies to his paintings found in Absence Presence. Chartier uses a process where simple line drawings are erased and then painted......

Abstract art can be tough for some to appreciate. You have to ponder it, think on it and stew on it before you start to comprehend it. You have to look past its surface and try and peer into the artist’s mind to determine his purpose. And you are probably one of two minds: either you love to do this, or you don’t. For those who do, Matthew Langley’s Paintings + Paperworks now at DCAC,......

Violent, bloody and chaotic; these are the images that come to us from Iraq on a daily basis. But in My Baghdad, now at Irvine Contemporary, local photographer Phil Nesmith presents another view of Iraq, one that captures the quiet moments of the every day. His photographs are small vignettes, short snippets of life, printed onto glass. They are pieces of time, capturing a small moment in the motion of a waving flag or birds......

The Washington Printmakers Gallery is now hosting its sixth annual Invitational exhibit titled Multiple Perspectives, showcasing Aline Feldman. The small collection of prints by Feldman, are bright, bold and vibrant. Multiple Perspectives gives a glimpse of her recognizable style and landscapes. Feldman produces rich colors by painting in watercolor on her woodblocks, one of many steps in a very labor intensive process. She utilizes traditional Japanese woodcarving tools to carve out her designs onto large......

Jet packs, hover boards and robot maids. That future has yet to come true. But The New Future, now on view at DCAC, gives us a glimpse into what our next future holds, while reflecting on what didn’t come to pass. Curated by Kristina Bilonick, the exhibit brings together a collection of four artists and their eclectic mix of old and new, pointing out disappointment in what could have been and small wisps of......