Visual Arts

A trip back in time

Two very different, yet equally intriguing artists will be showcased at the opening of a new show at Iocovozzi Fine Art on Friday, March 19.

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New Kids on the Block

Since January, an ambitious group of young artists has created a new kind of space for art in Savannah. Part gallery, part studio, their goal is open up the art community through the spirit of collaboration. Fittingly, the new space is called the Co–Laboratory.

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Talkin' 'bout a Revolution (Road Show)

Like so many people who were tired of their nine to five jobs, Emily Pilloton dreamed of doing bigger things, of impacting the world in a positive way. Unlike most people, she did something about it, leaving behind a job to found Project H, a non–profit design group dedicated to re–focusing design away from materials and toward solutions for real world problems.

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Don't mess with Texas

DJ Stout knows a thing or two about design. After spending more than a dozen years as art director for Texas Monthly, including overseeing a handful of national award winning spreads, he landed as a partner with renowned design firm Pentagram and hasn’t looked back since.

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The luck of the draw

The Savannah College of Art and Design hosts two unique comics–related events this month.  The first, “Storyteller’s Weekend,” happens this weekend and features renowned comic artists Howard Chaykin and Klaus Janson.

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Instant nostalgia

This Friday, at an event called Desoto Strut, a group of local artists led by Rachel Raab and Matt Hebermehl will try to recapture the energy that at one time defined First Fridays in the Starland District, once a major part of Savannah's art scene.

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Fashion Geek

For the last several years, Diana Eng has stood at the crossroads of fashion and technology, working on items seemingly pulled from science–fiction novels — a hoodie that knows when you’re excited, a purse that takes pictures of all the places you’ve been, and a stylish ensemble that changes shape at your command.

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Man of letters

While it's nice to think that the written word still means something, chances are it's the ‘how,' as much as the ‘what' that matters these days. As co-founder of House Industries, Andy Cruz knows a thing or two about the ‘how' of writing - not because of his technical mastery of the English language, but because his company is one of the country's premier creators of fonts. Over the last few years, Cruz and the ...

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The cutting edge of creativity

From solar powered robots to art that knows when you’re looking at it, get ready for a look into the future. Next week, the Telfair’s arts and technology festival, known as Pulse, kicks off an 11-day showcase of installations, workshops, lectures and performances from a scintillating mix of artists, geeks and scientists presenting programming that you won’t need an advanced degree to enjoy. You won’t need a lot of money either, because all of the ...

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Documentarian, artist, or both?

Photographer P.H. Polk spent nearly forty years as the official photographer for the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, after becoming the school's first photography student in 1917. Over the course of his career, Polk captured images that explored the diversity of the African American experience in the South during one of its most significant and turbulent periods, from the late 1920s up until the time of his death in 1985.

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His land is R.Land

R.Land may not be a household name, but for more than two decades, his work has blurred the lines between cartoons and fine art, and hidden serious messages behind hilarious street art campaigns.

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Collective energy

With the opening of its new show, Nuances: Shades of Difference, at the Indigo Sky Gallery, the Creative Force Collective, an affiliation of over a dozen local artists, is setting out to challenge the perception of the arts in Savannah.

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Sound, mind and bodies

As part of SCAD’s inaugural deFINE Arts Festival, which kicks off this week, artist Nick Cave – not the goth–toned musician of Bad Seeds fame – will be in town for a unique performance on Saturday night involving his soundsuits - elaborate ceremonial costumes composed of found objects.

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Telfair Art Fair is this weekend

There are, of course, many reasons to visit Savannah, from the fair weather, to the living history, to the fact that Robert Redford is in town making a movie.

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Bottles & Cans & Bananas & Velvet

To enhance the atmosphere at the opening reception for the SCAD Museum’s Warhol Trio exhibition, a group of local musicians will perform the 1967 album The Velvet Underground and Nico in its entirety.

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