Block Gallery Current & Upcoming Exhibitions

Current Exhibition

Imprint | April 12 - May 21, 2012

Block Gallery | Paintings by Susan Brabeau | Photography by Ron Flory | Here and Now -There and Then: handmade textile books in the 2nd floor cases, guest-curated by Janine LeBlanc with artists Peggy Clover, Susan Oliver Fennell, Christine Hager-Braun, Linda Lowe and Georgia Springer

Block2 | Music for Teacups by David Colagiovanni and Melissa Haviland

Imprint explores the intrinsic bond between time, place and the indelible mark of the past upon the present. Susan Brabeau, Ron Flory, and the accompanying display, Here and Now - There and Then of textile books, examine how the present becomes our history and how this metamorphosis shapes our future.

Image: Susan Brabeau, And the Blue Ribbon Goes To

Artist Talk with Susan Brabeau At Block Gallery on May 17

Imprint press release

Imprint gallery guide

Upcoming Exhibitions

Presence | June 7 - July 16, 2012
Opening reception at Block Gallery: Thursday, June 7, 5-7pm
Lydia Anne McCarthy | Mia Yoon at Block Gallery
Systemic by Kia Mercedes Carscallen at Block2

The works featured in Presence use scale, physical space, color and focus to respond to interactions and boundaries between subject and viewer. Lydia Anne McCarthy's large-scale portraits take advantage of her handmade camera's ability to alter focus, color and dynamic range, shrouding the subject in mystery. Unlike the standard portrait, where the intent is to bring forth the core personality of the sitter, McCarthy focuses instead on the qualities that she believes her subject to possess. Mia Yoon's mixed media works, consisting primarily of papier-mâché dots arranged in a grid-like manner, use color and scale to alter the viewer's perception of the surrounding atmosphere and space. Throughout Yoon's work is a strong sense of order, which provides a foundation for the work's energetic colors.

At Block2, Kia Mercedes Carscallen's video, Systemic, depicts a face covered in a heavy, mud-like substance. As the video progresses, this substance fractures to more clearly reveal the eyes and mouth. This unknown person's labor to move beneath the mask asks for viewers to self-reflect and to also consider their demarcation between self and other.

Image: Lydia Anne McCarthy, Meg

4 x 24 | August 2 - September 17, 2012
Opening reception at Block Gallery: Thursday, August 2, 5-7pm
Photography by Nathan Wellman, Adam Hajnos, Julian Thomas and Gerri Fernandez, guest curated by Georges Le Chevallier at Block Gallery
Between by Seoun Som at Block2

Curio | October 4 -November 13, 2012
Opening reception at Block Gallery: Thursday, October 4, 5-7pm
Chance Murray | Christina Preher | Ellie Reinhold | Lucartha Kohler at Block Gallery
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Marc Russo at Block2

National Arts Program | December 6, 2012 - January 16, 2013
Opening reception at Block Gallery: Thursday, December 6, 5-7pm
Showcasing artwork by City of Raleigh and Wake County employees and their families at Block Gallery
Umbraphile by Travis Donovan at Block2

For more info: 919-996-3610 or hannah.costner@raleighnc.gov

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