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You Look Like The Right Type—Ten Years of Daily Drawings
From the venue:
The premiere solo art exhibition of You Look Like The Right Type, a daily conversation archive from New York City-based artist and Atlanta native Mark Addison Smith, will open at The Bakery on January 3, 2019.
Every day for more than ten years, Smith has redrawn overheard conversation-fragments and posts the drawings on social media—his own version of an analog Tweet. The Bakery Atlanta will celebrate You Look Like The Right Type’s tenth anniversary by showcasing 350 drawings from the archive of more than 5,000.
By capturing and drawing actual words spoken by real people, Smith aspires to make permanent and concrete what would otherwise be merely temporary. When multiple drawings are clustered together, the text-based fragments transcend time, place, age, and gender to become new conversations between people who have never met or exchanged words. And the audience continues the conversation by reading that which was once spoken and making their own associations between text, image, and what’s left unsaid.
The January 3 opening reception from 7-10pm coincides with a book release and signing of We Have Re-Energized Our Twitter Account, a limited-edition artist’s book featuring 100 drawings. On January 5 at 4pm, Smith will give an artist’s talk about the drawing series.
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 3, 7pm–10pm with book signingArtist’s Talk: Saturday, January 5, 4pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, January 31, 7pm–10pm
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday 12pm–4pm and by appointment