Weekend Arts Agenda: ‘Triage’ January 24 2014

• Courtesy C4
• Robert Sherer, “Still Life Arrangements”

C4 Atlanta’s show Triage (juried by Stuart Shapiro, Louise Shaw, and CL’s Wyatt Williams) tackles “broad issues of health and wellness, exploring its presence or absence.” That theme emerged from Arts Health Day 2013, a collaboration between C4, WonderRoot, and Alternate ROOTS. The show is “all-media” and the list of 14 artists isn’t narrow, promising some interesting combinations of theme, interpretation, and presentation. Noticeable themes include “artists overcoming illness despite great odds, lack of access to health care, and mental illness,” says C4 Executive Director Jessyca Holland. “At first glance, some of the themes may seem dark, but capturing a struggle with a health issue in a work of art is how these artists not only heal, but also how they get our attention.” An opening reception takes place Fri., Jan. 24, from 7-9 p.m. at the Fuse Arts Center.

The rest of the agenda, after the jump.

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FRIDAY

• Courtesy whitespace
• Tommy Taylor, “Nexus 15,” 41.5x31.5 in., Black Gesso, India ink on museum board

Tommy Taylor’s Senga is a new collaboration between Whitespace, his artistic home, and the Ponce City Market. Senga is also the Japanese word for line drawing - thus, Taylor’s works are full of lines and the shades of white and black they divide. (I’m partial to those pieces that feel almost impossible, like a Rorschach meets Gutai.) Opens with a reception from 7-10 p.m.

• Courtesy the artist
• Macey Ley, “Lies We Tell Ourselves,” 2013, oil and mixed media on canvas, 60 x96 in.

Part two of Why Things Fall (subtitled: “Same artists! Different art!”) opens with a reception from 6-9 p.m. at Further Art. The exhibition continues its exploration into elemental themes: gravity, humanness, and the intersection of both in each work. Featured artists include Whitney Harrell, Macey Ley, Jeffry Loy, Cassidy Russell, and Ziyi Zhang. As Ley told me upon the opening of part one back in November, “‘Why things fall’ isn’t really a question. It’s more a declaration that when things do fall, we have an opportunity to see what we couldn’t before.”

SATURDAY

• Courtesy the High
• A view of the installation.

African Mask/Masquerade: More Than Meets the Eye, opening at the High, features 17 works of art the museum has gathered as gifts or purchases - 15 are permanent and two are loans. One will be shown in full costume. But the masks exhibition isn’t just exhibitionist - it’s performative, and the pieces will be accompanied by photos and a video. The High’s self-described highlights here include a Nigerian water spirit headdress and a funereal Kanaga mask from Mali.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

The Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is launching its first annual Callanwolde Arts Festival, a two-day indoor event featuring demonstrations, dance performances, food trucks, and the like. Also featuring almost 90 artists (86, to be exact), including, but not limited to, painters, photographers, metalworkers, and glass artists. Organized by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces. Sat., Jan. 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $5/person.