“The Ends” is a collaborative exhibition of new work by Jason Kofke and Chris Chambers, at Beep Beep Gallery in Atlanta through April 28, 2012. Kofke talks about the show and its intention to “decipher potential teleological ends of the modern past.”

Also, there’s a car in the gallery.

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Mike Germon talks about his exhibition, “Bootstrap Paradox.” The show runs March 3-31, 2012 at Beep Beep Gallery in Atlanta.

About the show: “Scientific theories about time travel and their literary interpretations provide the narrative framework for the pieces in Mike Germon’s newest collection of work. The inevitable paradoxes therein are mirrored in both form and content in collages combining chronologically disparate source material.”

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North Korean artist Song Byeok gives a lecture at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia on Feb. 21, 2012. Translation by Emory student Se Hwan Youn.

The lecture was sponsored by the Emory Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures, the Center for Ethics, and the Department of Visual Arts.

A question and answer session followed Byeok’s lecture, translated by Emory professor Sun-Chul Kim.

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Many thanks to Sara Keith for helping out by running the second camera.

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Here’s something fun. Two hours at the 2012 Art Papers Auction at Mason Murer on Feb. 11, in 45 seconds.

I should’ve put this up on Monday, Creative Loafing and I apparently had the same idea. Great minds. And here I thought I was being clever. You win this round CL.

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Last fall, Arnika Dawkins opened her eponymous gallery in southwest Atlanta, “devoted to presenting fine art from both emerging and established photographers, specializing in images by African Americans and of African Americans.”

We talked about her about her mission, motivation, and some of the artists she represents, including Builder Levy, Allen Cooley, Marlene Hawthrone Thomas, and Titus Heagins.

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I don’t normally get out to high school art shows, but then I got a press release about Pace Academy’s painting exhibition “A Brush with Fame.” This show promised work from 50 students at 12 different Atlanta schools and was judged by Lisa Hooten from the High Museum, so I figured I’d have a look.

Winners received gifts from BINDERS, which sponsored the exhibition and also donates five percent of each dollar spent by school supporters to its partner schools, more than $20,000 since the program’s inception.

I spoke with show organizer Donice Bloodworth, a member of the Pace Visual Arts faculty, and Christine Chang, whose piece was named Best in Show. It’s great to see these schools pushing their students and emphasizing the value of art. I wish that I’d had this much self-awareness and confidence in my own work as a teenager. There is some real talent here, especially in the students’ experiments with materials and process.

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Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery held its annual “Show and Tell” on Jan. 22, where artists present proposals for exhibitions and performance events at the gallery to a panel of jurors. I spoke with Robby and Edi from Eyedrum about the event, and a few of the artists about their experience.

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Here’s a (very) quick glance at the opening reception for Benita Carr’s “Morning Sun” at Whitespace last night. The show runs through Feb. 18. Allison Rentz also did a performance.

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“Scott Ingram: Nail Polish Work” is at Emily Amy Gallery in Atlanta Dec. 9, 2011-Jan. 28, 2012. Scott and I talked about the work, its origins, and what he’d like viewers to take away from seeing it. An opening reception takes place at the gallery on Friday from 7-10 p.m.

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White Columns Director and Chief Curator Matthew Higgs gave a talk on Nov. 9 at SCAD Atlanta as part of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center’s Contemporary Talks lecture series.

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