"I feel like we have one of those John and Paul relationships — he's Paul, I'm John," BORN says. "I was more kind of out there, like a little experimental, crazy, and he was more solid and down to earth. I feel like we complement each other well, like I can be jealous, super-proud, motivated, inspired by the same person. I think that's healthy to have those kinds of relationships as an artist because it's very hard to have a clear perspective when you're looking at your own work. It's funny how I'll be sitting back thinking, 'Man ... he's doing things, he's making moves, his stuff is so fresh!' And then I talk to him and he's saying the same thing about feeling stale, and then you realize that, OK, we're both doing things, we're both growing."

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Jason Butcher shows movie madness at As in a Mirror, Dimly

Artist's gessoed wood drawings full of intricate twists and turns

KNOCK ON WOOD: “Insert Erection Joke Here” by Jason Butcher

 

Jason Butcher presents the drawings of As in a Mirror, Dimly, his current Beep Beep Gallery show, as snapshots from the set of a hypothetical movie, even down to the lighting and soundboards painstakingly drawn into nearly every scene. The works are rich, velvety, and extraordinarily detailed — all done with an architect's mechanical pencil on gessoed wood. In some of the works, Butcher has applied the white base coat more lightly, which preserves the texture of the wood grain and, once colored over with graphite, gives the look of a gray and white plaid. Many of the drawings seem plucked from movie trailers, alluding to impending scenes of graphic violence or sex before cutting to the aftermath. But as the viewer moves through the gallery it becomes apparent that the narrative is more concerned with the actors behind the scenes rather than the characters in the movie.

 

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Beep Beep Gallery is very proud to announce that BORN is this years Emerging Artist Award recipient.  We've been working with BORN since 2006 and it's been a real pleasure to show his artwork and watch him develop as an artist. CONGRATS!

The Forward Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2012-2013 Emerging Artist Award. The recipient is Born. His work will be featured in spring of 2013 at the Swan Coach House Gallery. The finalists included in the exhibition are S. Andre Keichian, Kevin Byrd, Romy Maloon, and John-Paul Floyd.

This annual award, which is celebrating its fourteenth year, is presented to a talented Atlanta artist who has had no major solo show and is not connected with a commercial gallery. The artist is selected by a panel of individuals that are active participants in the arts community and are recognized as experts in their field.  The award grants not only monetary support for the artist but also provides a venue for a solo exhibition at the Swan Coach House Gallery.

If you missed any of BORN's exhibits at Beep Beep, here's some links to past shows below:

2006 | "Works on Paper" w/ Hense
2008 | "Relief"
2009 | "Pure/Surrender" w/ Michi Meko
2011 | "Accidental"

Kofke and Chambers’s The Ends Suggests That Change is in the Air

Written By Casey Lynch on April 4, 2012 in Reviews

Jason Kofke and Chris Chambers, 1984 Pontiac Fiero SE, 2012, four-cylinder Iron Duke engine, manual transmission, appropriated rail-road ties, 10,000-pound lashing straps. Photo courtesy the artists.

Kofke and Chambers’s The Ends Suggests That Change is in the Air Written By Casey Lynch on April 4, 2012 in Reviews Jason Kofke and Chris Chambers, 1984 Pontiac Fiero SE, 2012, four-cylinder Iron Duke engine, manual transmission, appropriated rail-road ties, 10,000-pound lashing straps. Photo courtesy the artists. Before entering The Ends, Beep Beep Gallery’s two-person show featuring works by Jason Kofke and Chris Chambers, I could see a black Pontiac Fiero (circa 1984) through the front window, foreshadowing what I would instantly notice upon entering the space: the smell. At first, I thought the scent was of motor oil—it certainly was not “new-car” fragrance—then I realized what it was: the stench of nostalgia. On the surface, the show comes off as a walk down memory lane, a conversation between two artists recreating shared childhood memories by trading on the media and imagery of their glory days; on a deeper level, the show extends a critical view of the world today, and a premonition of things to come.

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