Coming Up in the (art) World: Tyler Blackwell
Because our new handsome, yet humble intern, Tyler Blackwell, is too busy ranting and raving about how awesome his new internship is, we over here at Johalla Projects would like to take one quick moment to brag about some great news he just received.
One of Tyler’s photographs (find him here and here!) was just selected to be one of the featured holiday cards for the 2012-2013 season at The Art Institute of Chicago! So, a big shout out to our new Social Media Intern, Tyler Blackwell! Like Biggie said, “Get Money.”
-Aimee Quinkert, Assistant Director
JP’s Anna Cerniglia Judging IUN Contest
Hey all, as part of our goal to post more content, we’re excited to share more kind of behind-the-scenes information about different aspects of Johalla Projects.
Our director Anna Cerniglia is working as a juror for the Indiana University Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Art‘s open call for a photography exhibition entitled “Documentary Photography: The Economic Crisis.”
The curator for the show is the immensely talented Jennifer Greenburg, who is also an Assistant Professor of Photography at IUN.
While the show’s deadline for submission is tomorrow, we urge to check back right here for a possible spotlight on those chosen for the exhibition!
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THIS SATURDAY! Chiara No’s WILD THINGS, I THINK I LOVE YOU
Johalla Projects is excited to present Chiara No‘s new work, WILD THINGS, I THINK I LOVE YOU this Saturday at 7PM! Join us!
Chiara No’s practice is to redefine and re-construct materials by stripping them of their original purpose and cultural significance, reducing them to objects qua objects. Through the recalibration of these objects, she intends to illicit pure aesthetic seduction. The objects avoid didacticism and social critique; not out of anti-intellectualism, but rather out of an indifference towards intellect. By presenting streamers and embroideries without origin, context, or function, the work’s intent is to highlight their inherent beauty. They are feral forms, practical items which have escaped their domestic sphere. Wholly superficial and unconcerned with wit or place, they lean instead toward an existential happiness, an emotional zone where the pieces’ essential nothingness is in fact its content. And, grouped together, the pieces play against each other, exhibiting an even stronger, more congenial emptiness that defies both original and new milieu; they emphasize that an accumulation of everything is still nothing.
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Johalla Projects Gets Revamped!
Hey everyone!
We here at Johalla Projects are excited to start 2012 and our new season of programming! As January gets underway, we have decided to revamp our online outlets. These updates include new looks and much more current and relevant content for our website, our blog, our Tumblr, our Twitter, and our Facebook. We want to get YOU involved and provide really cool information and great art for anyone and everyone interested!
Just as a little refresher for you all, look for us on all of the following:
Website: johallaprojects.com
Twitter: @JohallaProjects
Blog: johallaprojects.wordpress.com
Tumblr: johallaprojects.tumblr.com
Facebook:JohallaProjects
Contact: johallaprojects@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you in 2012!
Ryan Duggan at the California Blue Line
This week artist Ryan Duggan will have his piece “Today Is Yours” installed at the California Blue line station. What a great piece to come home to.
