While Savannah’s reputation as a creative city has grown steadily over the past decade thanks to the presence of SCAD, the Hostess City is starting to welcome an increasing number […]
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‘Constructs and Inventions’
The retrospective of Erik Desmazières at The Jepson Center for the Arts is a selection of work consisting of twenty-nine prints made since 1974. It is an impressive range […]
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From warrior to artist
If there’s a stereotypical image of military veterans returning home from war, it definitely does not involve driving a beat-up VW bus with bumper stickers on the back proclaiming ‘Not […]
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‘Desert Jewels’
“Desert Jewels:” on view at SCAD’s Pei Ling Chan Gallery gives us a rare glimpse of some of the finest jewelry and photography from Mr. Xavier Guerrand-Hermes’ collection. Organized by […]
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Review: King Tut in Atlanta
The message travels far and wide. “Come see the ‘Tutankhamen: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs’ exhibition in Atlanta.” There’s even a billboard touting the exhibition on Savannah’s Islands’ […]
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‘Odd Bodies’ at S.P.A.C.E.
A contour line around a figure will show no internal details, nothing that is overlapping or hidden inside the overall shape. It is a mystery with few clues. To put […]
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‘From India with Ink’
In 2007 I reviewed an exhibition of wood block prints by students at the Government College of Fine Arts and Crafts in Chennai, India, under the instruction of Marcia Neblett, […]
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Can you TASTE the art?
Everyone calls Savannah an “art town.” But how artistic is it, really? Citing what they see as a serious gap in the local arts community, two local artists have organized […]
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Inside the Geechee soul
PEOPLE WHO believe the Gullah-Geechee culture is dying are wrong.Jim Bacote, who with his wife, Pat, founded the Geechee Kunda, a cultural center and museum in Riceboro, laughs at the […]
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Moon River man
EVEN AFTER winning four Oscars, songwriter Johnny Mercer never forgot his roots in Savannah. Memories of the sultry South followed Mercer throughout his lifetime, and inspired hits such as Moon […]
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PULSE pushes the boundaries of new media
OVER THE past two decades, Hollywood has churned out two separate horror films titled Pulse, and both of their plots centered around technology run amok. In one, a computer hacker […]
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‘Gihon Fractured’
CHRIS KIENKE is a Foundations professor at Savannah College of Art and Design. Aside from teaching, Kienke is a internationally accepted artist producing a wide variety of works. He has […]