Last fall, Tuscaloosa-based artist Jamey Grimes installed their work Strata VII & VIII, (2015) in our “Pop Start A,” storefront space. The objects and environments that Grimes creates are fueled by encounters with real and imagined natural forces. The artist generates unique forms through the manipulation of synthetic materials, in this case, common corrugated plastic. These forms create experiential environments …
In early February 2020, artist Tia Simone Gardner made a quick trip to Alabama to continue work on her developing book project. Gardner is researching four homes and multiple communities that were inhabited by her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. The artist, mother-collaborator Jackie Gardener, and FAA-licensed drone pilot Jay Whitson walked boundaries and sites in Fairfield and Midfield including Jackie …
Memorial Meditations is a solo exhibition of sculptures and photo-based work by Birmingham-based artist Tony Bingham. Memorial Meditations pulls together objects that span nearly two decades of practice in Birmingham, the Black Belt region, and across the state of Alabama. Works in this exhibition bring together themes the artist has focused on in recent years including communion, convict labor, place, …