 Image of painting by Cory Oberndorfer, courtesy Gallery at Flashpoint |
The holiday break is over, so just about everyone in the art world is taking advantage of the first non-brutally-hungover weekend of the year to open a new show. Before we start, we’d like to congratulate the locally based but becoming ever more world famous glass artist Tim Tate on the unveiling of his large-scale piece commissioned for the New Orleans AIDS Memorial. We should also note that Zenith Gallery, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008, is closing its venue on 7th Street NW next month. The gallery owners are staying in the business, though, curating shows and managing art projects around town.
Penn Quarter
>> Get a sneak preview at our 2009 Exposed venue by checking out Flashpoint this Friday. Cory Orbendorfer’s ubiquitous graphic art derby girls are painted right on the walls. The sugar-coated neo-pop art comes with DJ Anish spinning tunes and, we’re told, an abundance of junk food and candy. 6 to 10 p.m.
>> Civilian Art Projects opens two exhibits on Friday, 7 to 10 p.m. Carole Wagner Greenwood shows off her mixed media sculptures in Ghosts and Circumstance, while Dame Darcy hangs sequential prints from his new graphic novel, Gasoline. Signed copies of Gasoline will be available; free music performance at 9 p.m.
>> Downstairs from Civilian, Touchstone opens their semi-annual My Space on 7th exhibit; a first-come, first-served show featuring 88 local artists and wine from the Washington Wine Academy.
>> Long time local abstract artist Michael Gross gets his own large exhibition at the PEPCO Edison Gallery, 702 8th Street NW, opening Friday, 7 to 9 p.m. Co-curated by Helen Frederick of Pyramid Atlantic and William Christenberry, with whom Gross studied at the Corcoran and who compares his painting style to Arshile Gorky.
>> At Carroll Square Gallery they’re exploring the meeting point of art and architecture with a group show, including one of our favorite up and comers, Courtney Jordan.
Dupont
Dupont is also pretending last weekend never happened, with most galleries doing First Friday this weekend, including:
>> Hillyer opens two shows. Judy Stone’s Spirit exhibit calculates that East + West = Meditation + Guns. In the other room, Tools for Change: Selections from the Hechinger Collection includes 18 pieces that bring the tools of artistic creation to the forefront. DJ Doublestuff will provide tunes, with food from The Curious Grape and Well Dunn Catering. $5 suggested donation. 6 to 9 p.m.
