Whitespace after dark

CRITIC’S PICK: “In the hours after dark, I can see what is mine to paint,” writes figurative painter Sussana Coffey about her latest show in the 1893 carriage house known as Whitespace. “As night falls, places, persons, things that seem familiar, ordinary or well-known, take on different appearances. These are simple, after-sunset mysteries.” Coffey’s motifs are self-portraiture, landscape, still life and illustration of classical literature.
The second exhibition this month, titled Knock Twice, features the etchings and paintings of multi-disciplinary artist Kole Nichols, accompanied by a “transient and surreal” musical score by artist Terrence Wimberly. Nichols’ work “explores physical architectural thresholds as metaphorical representations of a psychological and emotional journey of transition.” To find out what that actually means, you’ll have to visit the show.
Next up is a more rudimentary offering, Blank and Cold Coffee Corner by In Kyoung Chun, showing rather charmingly the artist’s daily retreat and everyday activities occurring within it. Born in Seoul, Chun’s work includes sculpture that has been displayed publicly at the Peachtree Center Plaza in downtown Atlanta, the campus of Emory University, the Industrial City Plaza of Brooklyn and Atlanta’s Goat Farm Arts Center. — Kevin C. Madigan
Free entry. Whitespace Gallery, 814 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta 30307. 404-688-1892 whitespace814.com