Gambit Weekly : Author Archives

Beyond Black and White 08 07 07
Jeffrey Cook's mixed media sculpture — Making of a Melody — poetically alludes to the struggles of the past and the ironies of the present.

Window to the World 07 31 07
Contemporary art curator Dan Cameron will bring more than an international biennial exhibit to town when he opens Prospect1 in October 2008. He also will showcase New Orleans' recovery.

Major Art History 07 31 07

Miami Vibe 07 31 07

The French Connection 07 24 07

Water's Edge 07 17 07

Enduring Durer 07 10 07

Slidell's Renaissance Man 07 03 07

Arresting Developments 06 26 07

Post-Katrina Mold 06 19 07

Earthly Passions 06 12 07

Fatal Beauty 06 05 07

Skin Deep 05 29 07

Forever Young 05 22 07

Animal Magnetism 05 15 07

Drawn From Memory 05 08 07

Paper Trail 05 01 07

Signs of the Times 04 24 07

Lifelines 04 17 07

Forging Ahead 04 10 07

Image Conscious 04 03 07

History's Mysteries 03 27 07

Circle Games 03 20 07

Basqueing in the Glow 03 13 07

Magic Mirror 03 06 07

Belle Epoque 02 27 07

Art Colony 02 27 07

Paint Me Something, Mister 02 20 07

Mardi Graphite 02 13 07

Pattern Recognition 02 06 07

Leaps of Fate 01 30 07

Eye Soars 01 23 07

Memory Laps 01 16 07

It's Carnaval Time 01 09 07

Slouching Towards Berlin 01 02 07

Fresh Start 12 26 06

Flights of Fancy 12 19 06

A Day at the Races 12 05 06

Political Designs 11 21 06

Signs of the Times 11 07 06

No Dead Artists 10 31 06

Deciphering Dunlap 10 31 06

New Whirled Order 10 24 06

The Writing on the Wall 10 17 06

Mental Wealth 10 10 06

The Big Easel 10 03 06

Flood of Images 09 26 06

Love and Chaos 09 19 06

Reproductive Rites 09 12 06

Dixie Cup Runneth Over 09 05 06

Inun-Dated 08 29 06

Storm Shuttered 08 22 06

Fairy Tales of the Reconstruction 08 15 06

Social Fabric 08 08 06

The Big Easy Being Green 08 01 06

Unnatural Divide 07 25 06

Eyes of the Storm 07 18 06

Drowned Art 07 04 06

Body Language 06 27 06

The Secret History 06 20 06

Looking East 06 13 06

Tiny Trinkets and Magical Tapestries 06 06 06

Life Support 05 30 06

Personal Chemistry 05 23 06

Seeing Red 05 16 06

Divining the Deluge 05 09 06

Packing Heat 05 02 06

Limbo Revisited 04 25 06

Dreams Made Real 04 11 06

Beyond the Sea 04 04 06

Digital Extremities 03 28 06

Art is Everywhere 03 21 06

In Your Face 03 14 06

Parallel Realities 03 07 06

Sea Change 02 21 06

Myths and Perils 02 14 06

Apocalyptic Populism 02 07 06

Scratching the Surface 01 31 06

Designs on New Orleans 01 24 06

John Alexander: Recent paintings 01 24 06

Game of Chance 01 17 06

Lost Intentions: Ovary & Oculus: Photographic lightboxes by David Solow 01 17 06

The Art of Charity 01 10 06

Springtime in Moravia: New paintings by Jim Sohr 01 10 06

The Art of the Park 01 03 06

Billy Solitario: Recent paintings 01 03 06

Blank Canvas 12 27 05

The Language of Trees 12 20 05

Refresher Course 12 13 05

David Harouni: Recent Paintings 12 13 05

Who's Who? 12 13 05

James Michalopoulos: Paintings 12 06 05

Of Time and Tide 12 06 05

Making a Comeback 11 29 05

Art Recommended 11 29 05

Abstract Realism: Dancing With Light -- Paintings by Ronna Harris 11 22 05

Restoring the Fragments 11 22 05

Illusion as Reality 11 15 05

The Art of the Storm 11 15 05

Art Therapy 11 08 05

Art Recommended 11 08 05

Glimpses of the Invisible : Paintings by Sallie Ann Glassman
Altered Perceptions II : An Exhibition of Artists With Mental Illness 11 01 05

Making a Splash 08 23 05

Hughie Lee-Smith: An American Artist 08 16 05

Reality Therapy 08 16 05

Robert Warrens: The Pond 08 09 05

Minimal State of Mind 08 09 05

Art's Body Builders 08 02 05
Jonathan Ferrara's American Muscle -- a celebration of lowbrow art -- promises to smear a little grease on White Linen Night.

Lin Emery: New Work 08 02 05

Artful Intrigues 08 02 05

Jim Sohr: One Man Exhibition 07 26 05

Valley of the Dolls 07 26 05

Ron Bechet: New Work 07 19 05

Mondo Exotica 07 19 05

Southern Journeys : Group Exhibition 07 12 05

Twisted Critters 07 12 05

Elemore Morgan Jr.: Recent Work 07 05 05

Mutants and Mysteries 07 05 05

In the Land of Shadows 06 28 05

Vidal Blankenstein 06 28 05

The Sight of Silence 06 21 05

Jordan Ivanov: Equinox 06 21 05

Carol Robinson's 25th Anniversary Exhibition of Gallery Artists 06 14 05

Celebrating the Senses 06 07 05

Debbie Fleming Caffery: Polly and The Sugarcane Landscape 06 07 05

Circular Logic 05 31 05

James Lalande: Approximate Art 05 31 05

Thrashing : 1980s Skateboard Art 05 24 05

Ashes and Origins 05 24 05

Spirit of Place: Art of Acadiana 05 17 05

Altared States 05 17 05

Toulouse-Lautrec and His Circle 05 10 05

Time and Place 05 10 05

Art Recommended 05 03 05

Rites of Trespass 04 26 05

From Myths to Mutants 04 19 05

The Last Wave 04 12 05

Wild at Heart 04 05 05

Striking a Chord 03 29 05

Beauties and Beasts 03 22 05

Feminine Personae 03 15 05

Cadavre Exquis 03 08 05

The Spirit Realm 03 01 05

One Hand Clapping 02 22 05

Cajuns for All Occasions 02 15 05

Objets Trouves 02 08 05

Sacred and Profane Madness 02 01 05

Femmes Fatales 01 25 05

In Deep 01 18 05

The Art of Craft 01 11 05

Jesus Was Her Airplane 01 04 05

Sleeper Cells 12 28 04

By the Book 12 21 04

Due Process 12 14 04

Time and Color 12 07 04

Time Meets Space 11 30 04

Women and Beasts 11 23 04

Strange Science 11 16 04

Found and Lost 11 09 04

Ida in Perspective 11 02 04

Intentional Invention 10 26 04

Sculptural Roots 10 19 04

Designing Women 10 12 04

Filling in the Blanks 10 05 04

The Fragile Journey 09 28 04
Artist Raine Bedsole, whose work is on display to help kick off Art for Arts' Sake, is fixated on boats and women. That's where the ordinary side of her work ends.

Electric Eclectic Inevitable 09 28 04

Beyond Fashion 09 21 04

Vision Revisited 09 14 04

Nine Lives 09 07 04
No Dead Artists exhibition celebrates nearly a decade among the living.

Social Studies 09 07 04

Poles Apart 08 31 04

Spectral Signs, Suggestive Symbols 08 24 04

Born to Run 08 17 04

Time and Flesh 08 10 04

Other Voices, Other Media 08 03 04

Sense of Place 07 27 04

Defying Gravitas 07 20 04

Seeing the Light 07 13 04

Jolley Times 07 06 04

What's the Big Idea? 06 29 04

A Touch of Glass 06 22 04

Glass and Gravitas 06 15 04

Ms. Herb Doctor Is In 06 08 04

Past as Present 06 01 04

Silent Conversations 05 25 04

Up East, Down Home 05 18 04

Taking Flight 05 11 04

A Sixties State of Mind 05 04 04

From Jest to Fest 04 27 04

Vulcan Revisited 04 20 04

Inner and Outer Light 04 13 04

Global Crossings 04 06 04

Tin Men and Others 03 30 04

Cuba Lost and Found 03 23 04

Worlds Within Worlds 03 16 04

Hearts and Minds 03 09 04

All About Eve 03 02 04

Rare Bird, Indeed 02 24 04
The CAC's BirdSpace is that exhibit of a different feather -- where postmodernism celebrates nature.

Martyrs and Vamps 02 24 04

Holding Pattern 02 17 04

Original Spin 02 10 04

The Beat Goes On 02 03 04

"Beauty" vs. "Prettiness" 01 27 04

American Gothic 01 20 04

A Digital Curiosity Cabinet 01 13 04

The Color of Memory 01 06 04

Beginnings and Endings 12 30 03

Romancing the Concept 12 23 03

War and Illusion 12 16 03

Ballistic Self-Expression 12 09 03

Immortal Beloved 12 02 03

Just Folks 11 25 03

Valley of the Shadow 11 18 03

Worldly and Otherworldly 11 11 03

Ragged Glory 11 04 03

State of Mind 10 28 03

Ancestral Memories 10 20 03

Fetishes, Miracles and History 10 14 03

Alchemical Alphabets 10 07 03

Image Conscious 09 30 03
Josephine Sacabo just might be the best New Orleans photographer you've never heard about.

Street Life Revisited 09 30 03

Glyphs, Grids and Smoke 09 23 03

The Lighter Side of Vice 09 16 03

Signs, Ciphers and Glyphs 09 09 03

Alive And Kicking 09 02 03
No Dead Artists exhibition doesn't just feature artists with a pulse; it also features lesser-known artists who just might be ready for prime time.

The Reality of Unreality 09 02 03

Harlots, Pin-ups and Bible Stories 08 26 03

Soul of the South 08 19 03
The Ogden experience excels in its ability to showcase the often unnoticed and under-recognized world of Southern art.

Lost Civilizations and Found Objects 08 19 03

Psychic Fairytales 08 12 03

Otherworldly Operas 08 05 03

Well Suited 07 29 03
Artist and gallery owner George Schmidt was white linen before White Linen Night was cool.

Skin Deep 07 29 03

The Consolation of Discomfort 07 22 03

Memories and Insights 07 15 03

The Shadow Side of Life 07 08 03

Postcards From a Dream State 07 01 03

Myths, Dreams, Memories 06 24 03

Order and Chaos 06 17 03

Genesis, Genetics and Luck 06 10 03

Dreaming the Impossible 06 03 03

Travels in Dream Time 05 27 03

Last Tango in Arcadia 05 20 03

Buying Into Louisiana 05 13 03

Horror Vacui 05 06 03

Altared States 04 29 03

Attraction of Opposites 04 22 03

Deconstructing Louisiana 04 15 03

Under the Evolutionary Ladder 04 08 03

The Other Side 04 01 03

Collage of Arts and Sciences 03 25 03

Terror and Eros 03 18 03

Different Drums 03 11 03

Between and Betwixt 03 04 03

Mystery and its Opposite 02 25 03

Superheroes and Little Folk 02 18 03

Prophets and Losses 02 11 03

Outside and Inside 02 04 03

Innocence, Decadence and Douglas Bourgeois 01 28 03

Time, Space and Vacuum Cleaners 01 21 03

Au Naturel 01 14 03

The City as Art 01 07 03

Growing Pains 12 31 02

Remembering Stan Rice 12 21 02
When Stan Rice died earlier this month, New Orleans lost an original -- if inscrutable -- poet and painter.

Dream Logic 12 21 02

Celestial Navigation 12 17 02

Worlds Within Worlds 12 10 02

Ghosts, Inmates and Others 12 03 02

Shifts in Time 11 26 02

Gravity and Levity 11 19 02

Animal Dreams 11 12 02

To Hell and Back 11 05 02

The Art of Controversy 10 29 02

Modern Antiques 10 22 02

Girl Talk 10 15 02

No Place Like Home 10 08 02

The Sight and Sound of Music 10 01 02
Interpretations of Hendrix and other rocky icons highlight this year's Art for Art's Sake.

Hewing the Straight and Narrow 10 01 02

Second Skins 09 24 02

Between the Lines 09 17 02

Outside the Box 09 10 02

Going Japanese 09 03 02

Best of New Orleans® 08 27 02

Passive and Active 08 27 02

Rocky in Retrospect 08 20 02

Face to Face 08 13 02

Present as Past 08 06 02

Snapshots in Time

07 30 02
During the lean years of the 1930s, New Deal photographers were mandated to document the nation's suffering. Their Louisiana pictures told another story.

Photos to Go 07 30 02

Strictly Formal 07 23 02

Black, White and Grey 07 16 02

Way Down Yonder 07 09 02

Hollywood Babylon 07 02 02

Little Men and Others 06 25 02

Simply Complex 06 18 02

Day and Night 06 11 02

Summoning the Spirits 06 04 02

Innocence and Decadence 05 28 02

Poles Apart 05 21 02

Secret Messages 05 14 02

Digital Dexterity 05 07 02

Seeing Red 04 30 02

Otherworldly Objects 04 23 02

Boomers in the Buff 04 16 02

The Game of the Gods 04 09 02

Among the Living 04 02 02
Predictably unpredictable, No Dead Artists gives a peek into the city's emerging arts bohemia.

Stitches in Time 04 02 02

Of Irony and Rust 03 26 02

Color, Time and Space 03 19 02

Darkness and Light 03 12 02

Luminous Bodies, Earthly Remains 03 05 02

Love and Death 02 26 02

Universal Truths 02 19 02

Looking for America 02 12 02

Hearts and Floggers 02 05 02

Material Evidence 01 29 02

Laconic Landscapes 01 22 02

Puzzle Palace 01 15 02

Big and Little 01 08 02

Life in War Time 01 01 02

Terra Firma 12 25 01

Going With the Flow 12 18 01

Shadow Dancing 12 11 01

The Look and the Gaze 12 04 01

Scottish Treasures and Water Nymphs 11 27 01

Unconventional Invention 11 20 01
Author S. Frederick Starr captures a writer's love affair with a city in Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn.

Ancestral Offerings 11 20 01

Gothic Intimacies 11 13 01

The Art of Collecting 11 06 01

Different Environments 10 30 01

Mind Games 10 23 01

Identifying Signs 10 16 01

Deja Vu 10 09 01

The Innocents of Silence 10 02 01
It's the little things that inspire German-born artist Sibylle Peretti as her exhibit, Silent Children, opens for 'Art for Art's Sake.'

Making Sense of Vik Muniz 10 02 01

Body Art 09 25 01

Beastly Beatitudes 09 18 01

A History of Dreams 09 11 01

Black, White & Striped 09 04 01

Just Folks 08 28 01

Lost and Found 08 21 01

Geometry and Memory 08 14 01

Lower Magazine Street Globalism 08 07 01

Open and Shut 07 31 01

The Mad Potter's Revenge 07 24 01

Wide Load at the Crossroads 07 17 01