Art Notes
Musicians, Art and Archives
originally published October 11, 2006
Musick Fest: Flicker Theatre & Bar will be the site of an art auction for the Musick Fest benefit on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The Musick Fest benefit has been organized by Rebecca Hood and Kimberly Morgan to raise money to help pay medical bills for local musician Wendy Musick (of Southern Bitch and The Everlovin’ Bands) and to “heighten awareness of the ongoing problems in our national healthcare system.” Many artists have donated artwork to be auctioned. There are mosaics by Krysia Haag, photos by Jason Thrasher and Edwina Arey, ceramic dolls by Rosemary Mendicino, and paintings by Jeff Owens and Vernon Thornsberry, among others. Josh Jordan has contributed a functional sculpture. The starting bids on the work at Flicker range from $2 for a ceramic scrub brush by Amanda Jane Crouse to $1500 for an alternate cover design for an album by the Drive-By Truckers. Also included in the exhibit and auction is work by Mitchell Atkinson, Watson Atkinson, Chris Bilheimer, Don Chambers, Sofia DeCastro, Wes Freed, Chris Hubbard, Georgette Kidby, Jack Logan, Njambi Mwaura, Adam Smith, Lisa Hargon-Smith, Beth Steele, Jimmy "Capman" Straehla, Cary Whitley, Gretchen Wood and more. Many of these artists have been showing around town for years, with much-loved art. This auction offers collectors a chance to get quality work, potentially at bargain prices, and support a cause as well. The exhibit is currently on view at Flicker, located at the west end of Washington Street downtown, and online at www.myspace.com/musickfest.
Also at Flicker: Hurry to see Lou Kregel’s rugs at Flicker Theatre & Bar before the show comes down on Oct. 10. If you can't see the exhibit before it closes at Flicker, you can still catch a glimpse of the rugs at the Georgia Museum of Art gift store. The Flicker show is the first time Kregel has displayed her rugs in a gallery-type setting, although she has been making them for quite some time. Visit www.loukregel.com to see more of her work. Flicker's next exhibit will feature drawings by Jill Carnes through the end of November. An opening is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. Carnes' work has been used for album covers, shop displays and Flagpole cartoons. For this show, she has created single-medium drawings out of either Crayola crayons or Prismacolor markers, as well as paintings on canvas.
Archives of Aguar: The Circle Gallery will be displaying the archives of the late Charlie Aguar, a local planner and designer who was instrumental in many projects, including the Oconee River Greenway System, Sandy Creek Nature Center and The Georgia Heritage Trust. Aguar was also involved in national projects, such as the site for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO. The exhibit, titled “Archives in Action: Charlie Aguar Inspires Planning in Landscape Architecture,” is part of a celebration of Georgia Archives Week, from Oct. 7 through Oct. 15. Aguar’s archives, which are held at the UGA School of Environment and Design, are on display through Oct. 31. There will be an opening reception on Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Circle Gallery, a component of the School of Environment and Design, is located on the ground floor of Caldwell Hall, Room G14, on the UGA campus. Visit www.sed.uga.edu/gallery for more information.
The World of Kindamo: Brian Kindamo is displaying paintings at Transmetropolitan on Clayton Street. The show, titled "Falling on Deaf Ears: If God Could See Us Now," will be up through the month of October. Kindamo’s paintings are fanciful, with creative characters residing in a surreal landscape reminiscent of a Ren and Stimpy cartoon. His varied paint surfaces include wood panel, canvas, tin and an old framed thrift store painting (which Kindamo calls found art). The found art piece transforms a Bob Ross-style image of a cabin on the edge of a lake, with mountains in the background, into a bizarre scene, depicting a burning house and a giant cartoonish head peering over the mountains. Kindamo uses Latin for some of his titles, “Caecus” and “Concero Ex Nusquam” for example.
“Orior” is an image of two creatures conversing; one has bees coming out of his mouth. The bees are in a blue stream (talking a blue streak) and the yellow and black stripes of the petite bee bodies and the delicate lines for wings make a wonderful contrast to the solidity of the blue background. This creature has light shining from his third eye. Kindamo uses this “third eye” imagery repeatedly because of its ties to Masonic and alchemical notions, which he finds intriguing. He says the symbol is “found in many cultures” and usually represents enlightenment, a higher level of consciousness, or is generally associated with Eastern deities. A painting titled “Something Bigger Than You” depicts an egg and a chicken whose head has exploded into worms. Kindamo moved to Athens in 1998, and played music with the band Hunter-Gatherer. He now lives in Crawford, and is a member of local band Comanche. See more of what makes Brian tick at www.deaddreamnation.com.
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