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The Goods: Weekend News (12.30.11)

Sarasota Visual Art’s round up of exhibitions and events for Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 through Sunday, January 1, 2012.

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Sarasota Visual Art wishes you a safe and happy New Year! Thank you for all your support, we’ll see you next year!


Interview with Ann Albritton
Interview conducted by Jen Nugent

On a dark and rainy late afternoon, Ann Albritton met me for coffee at a small downtown café. Dr. Albritton is an art historian who is currently teaching at Ringling College of Art and Design who focuses in modern and contemporary art. She is my former instructor and one of my academic heroes. Continue Reading…


Exhibitions

Paperwork: Allyn Gallup Contemporary Arthttp://bit.ly/sRiffP
Closes December 31 – Presenting an exhibit featuring photo etchings by Stefan Batista, mixed-media works by Leslie Fry, hand-colored engravings from Ke Francis, and drawings by Tanja Softic.

"Lists Loose," plant stains and residue, collage on paper by Leslie Fry

BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOWS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF BERENICE ABBOTT AND LARRY SILVER
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Closes January 1 – The work of Berenice Abbott and Larry Silver, Between Shadows and Lights focuses on the remarkably similar career and aesthetic choices of these 20th century photographic pioneers. Separated by a generation, each turned her/his camera on the complexity of burgeoning American metropolises.


Featured Artist: Andrew Brehm
If I speak at length about this subject I begin to sound like a high school wrestling coach who has taken to whipping passersby with his “angry towel”. I’ll try to keep it brief. Continue Reading …

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