Reviews, Catalog Essays & Articles
Listed chronologically
Contemporary Figurative Ceramics
Exhibition press release
"Considering that works in this extraordinary exhibition focus on the human figure, it is no surprise ...
Leslie Fry: ReCreation
Exhibition press release
"Fry's artwork, displayed in the Virginia Thompson Graves Gallery, can be viewed as a response to humankind’s impact on the environment and how this impact changes over the course of time...
Stasis: Motion from Stillness
Exhibition press release
"The artworks in this display are all composed of video but, instead of using video cameras to capture motion in a cinematic way, the artists have used the camera as a still photographer would, motionless and unmoving...
Exhibits feature paintings by O'Connell and Pittman
Exhibition press release
"Domestic interiors is the common theme for two new painting exhibitions at Barton Art Galleries in October. Jennifer O’Connell’s “Familiar Places” exhibition and the “Hobson Pittman: At Home & Work” exhibition...
Ceramic Vessles: Mark Gordon's work opens fall season
Exhibition press release
"A professor of ceramics at Barton College, Mark Gordon fills the Virginia Thompson Graves Gallery with many of his iconic vessels. Forms in the exhibit, placed on individual pedestals and lining the walls, create...
Mechanized sculpture exhibit opens at Barton
Exhibition press release
"Arthur Ganson has been building art machines since 1978. His works are not static non-moving forms, but rather functional sculptural investigations of mechanized design. A former...
Photography exhibitions open Sunday at the Barton Art Galleries
Exhibition press release (featuring Burk Uzzle, Bayard Wooten and the Raines & Cox Studio)
"Early and recent work by acclaimed photographer Burk Uzzle will be in the Virginia Thompson Graves Gallery, and a selection of work from three photographers from eastern North Carolina featuring...
Intimate Strangers
Exhibition press release
"When Thomas was first approached by the Barton Art Galleries to exhibit works from his collection he proposed the idea of an exhibition of portrait photographs. 'The title comes from the fact that I'm living...
Bonnie Christensen
Artist Review
"Bonnie Christensen is an immensely talented visual artist who works in a variety of media. Currently her investigations are concentrated in the area of woodcut printing. Ms. Christensen’s work is...