Art Relish

In the artist statement for her exhibition ”Deus ex machina,” Martha Whittington says:

“Recalling the moment when machines became gods and workers became machines, deus ex machina is a precisely constructed environment of obscurely comprehensible machines and devices. Dancers as workers react within the installation, performing tasks for reasons and results that can only be implied by the viewer.”

Among the materials included in this exhibition are cotton rope, poplar wood, wool felt, stainless steel, and video. Elements of the installation include custom-made ladders; hand-made victrolas; cotton webbing and stainless tool belts; aprons; a rope hook, cotton twine; 11-pound stainless steel orbs; music; 6 – 7 performers, and more.

Jon Ciliberto, an Atlanta contemporary composer, and Beacon Dance, under the direction of Patton White, have collaborated with Ms. Whittington in composing new music and designing architectural dance moves in response to the installation. Dance performances will be presented during the Opening Reception and during regularly scheduled performances throughout the run of the exhibition.

Admission to the opening reception is free for members and US Military w/ID, $5 for non-members, $1 for students.

Artist Talk: Thursday, August 30, 6:30 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Talk

Through Oct. 6.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
75 Bennett Street, Suite A-2
Atlanta, GA

“POP!” is a four artist solo exhibition featuring SCAD graduates Lucha Rodriguez and Nathan Sharratt in addition to abstract cut-paper artist Jon Arge and Cartoon Network artist Richard Tapp.

“Shamanic Skies: Contemporary Masters from Mongolia” is a traveling exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist and secular art works from three contemporary Mongolian masters: Soyolmaa, Nurmaa, and Bolordra.

For more than two thousand years the Mongols have dominated the center of the Silk Road. Here, under the guidance of the great Khaans like Genghis and Kublai, the ancient traditions of shamanism and Indo-Tibetan Buddhism merged into a profound stream. The vast influence of Mongolia on Euro-Asian civilization is only now being fully appreciated.

Through Sept. 7

Kai Lin Art + Shop
3096 Roswell Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30305