Meet The Artist

JC Graham's exhibition 'Sound Advice For The Parents of Unruly Children' opens this Friday, December 2, 2011, from 5 to 8 PM.

JC Graham was born in Biggers, Arkansas.  He graduated from Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas and he holds a BFA in Studio Painting.  He is 34 years old and he works for Elvis Presley Enterprises.

Introducing Steve Crowe

Four paintings by Steve Crowe are currently on exhibit in Gallery C

Seeking The Quiet Mind

Copyright Steve Crowe



New In The Gallery

'Formula 1128' by Karl Rice

Copyrighted by the Artist



New In The Gallery

"Formula 1127a" by Karl Rice

Copyrighted by the Artist

Now Available in Gallery C - Art From Argentina



LONELY
Copyright Mariana De Marchi

Painting from Argentina





Now Available in Gallery C



Quaking Tree

Copyright Mary Stubbs





JC Graham's Upcoming Exhibiton

Sound Advice For The Parents of Unruly Children

Artist's Reception:  Friday, December 2, 2011
5 to 8 PM

Free and Open To The Public

What is an 'assemblage'?

Liberty Level
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as·sem·blage   
noun
1. a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
2. the act of assembling; state of being assembled.
3. Fine Arts .
a. a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
b. a work of art produced by this technique. Compare collage, found object, ready-made ( def. 4 ) .
4. Archaeology . the aggregate of artifacts and other remains found on a site, considered as material evidence in support of a theory concerning the culture or cultures inhabiting it.

Come view a collection of cleverly crafted assemblages made from vintage materials  by Memphis artist JC Graham at the artist's reception on December 2, 2011, from 5 to 8 PM.

Vintage Assemblages Coming to FS



Public Opinion
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Memphis artist J.C. Graham will present a new body of work at Gallery Fifty Six in December, 2011. His show is titled ‘Sound Advice For the Parents of Unruly Children”. This exhibition is a continuance upon several themes that have remained predominant in the artist’s work for several years: rigid patriarchal familial structures, religious/spiritual expectations and the artist’s experiences with each during his upbringing in rural Arkansas.

JC Graham has relied heavily upon assemblage constructions for this particular exhibit and has done so because he finds that physical artifacts more fervently manifest an emotional response from the viewer when working in this particular genre -- you might call it the "I remember those" or "so and so had one of those" moments. The elements are reflections upon Graham’s childhood experience and rural farm life experienced therein -- he was primarily cared for by his paternal grandparents and in turn developed a general disassociation with his peer group. Youth, as it turned out, was not as entertaining for him as the aged Southern conflict that was his grandparent's resentful bond to one another.

JC Graham has embellished much of the work with Southern US Homonyms; words and phrases that were his internal dialogue: repeated in pattern and presenting dual meanings to the viewer, some merely colloquial and many referencing southern spirituals. JC’s creations are familiarity fertilized with subtle sociopolitical statements peppered with trite comedic undertones. In physical regards, the artist has remained true to the primitive and gritty perplexities that made up the small rural farm town: worn wood, aged metal, ephemera both religious and secular and graphical elements including numbers and geometric artifice. Each
piece houses what could be interpreted as a criticism and an endorsement of the ideas that plagued JC’s young mind as he tried to create an identity in a world of spiritual illusion and nonbinding religious doctrine that moved about among the characters in his family’s own novella.

Sacred Vessels

Memphis artist Jason Miller will be included in the January 'New Talent: 2012' exhibition. 

He will exhibit a few pieces from his latest work 'Sacred Vessels'. 

 Each photograph is approximately 2 x 3 feet, 3 inches deep.

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'New Talent:  2012" will be to introduce new artists to the Memphis scene.

Lots of Surprises

Artist JC Graham will surprise and amaze you with his creative new work.  His exhibition is called "Good Advice For The Parents of Unruly Children' opens on December 2, 2011.  You
don't want to miss his show!

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JC Graham - Coming in December

JC Graham presents

GOOD ADVICE FOR THE PARENTS OF UNRULY CHILDREN

Art Assemblages

VOLUNTEER by JC Graham
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Artist's Reception - December 2, 2011

5 to 8 PM

Free and Open To The Public

New Work At The Gallery



"Seeking The Quiet Mind" Copyright Steve Crowe

Gallery Fifty Six will present a few works of Steve Crowe in Gallery C during the December exhibiton.
The artist will also be part of the January 2012 show "New Talent:  2012".





Gifts From The Gallery



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Gallery Fifty Six has a wide selection of smaller works of art that will make the perfect gift.  Come by the gallery and browse the racks in our Archive Room.  We have small works by Mariana De Marchi, John Armistead, Madison Sherman, Bradley Wilson, Art Covington and many others. Original art makes a wonderful gift to give for Christmas.



Pseudonyms Revealed

The Pseudonym Exhibition is about to come to a close. Below are the real names of the artists who participated in the show:

Forrest Henry is Chuck Johnson

Carroll Sellers is Mike Coulson

John Doe is Madison Sherman

Juan Rhodes is Paul Clarke
William David is John Armistead
Jennie McGregor is Jeanne Seagle

Vladimir Klozovich is Bryan Blankenship

Anonymous Cliche is Eli Gold

Gros Glasern Gabel is Jan Hankins
Evelyn Skinker is Carol De Forest

Rouge Dottier is John Sadowski

Les Selin is Niles Wallace

The exhibition will close on Friday, November 25th, 2011

You still have time to see it on Saturday, November 18;

Wednesday, November 23; and Friday, November 25, 2011

New Talent: 2012

Gallery Fifty Six is proud to announce the participants in the upcoming 'New Talent:  2012' exhibition that will show during the month of January, 2012.

  Included in this exhibition of 'new talent' will be:

Candace Canerdy

Curt Crocker

Steve Crowe

Evan Lebaroff

John Hood-Taylor

Virginia Jenkins

Ross McLean

Meredith Olinger

Jason Miller

Alexandria Pearson

Hans Videll

Andrew Williams



Coming In December - JC Graham

JC Graham's "History Lesson"
Artist's reception December 2, 2011



Artist in the Pseudonym Exhibition

Thanks to all the artists who participated in the Pseudonym Exhibition, currently showing at Gallery Fifty Six.
Twelve local artists agreed to create a work of art that is different from what they normally do and signed it with a pseudonym..  The local artists are Madison Sherman, John Sadowski, Carol DeForest, Bryan Blankenship, Mike Coulson, Niles Wallace, Eli Gold, Chuck Johnson, Paul Clarke, Jeanne Seagle, John Armistead, and Jan Hankins.  This show runs until November 25th, 2011.  See if you can match the pseudonym with the real artist and win a free luch for two at the Cafe Palladio.

Coming To The Gallery In December

Drawings in soft pastel and colored pencil by Argentine artist  Mariana De Marchi.

Coming In December!

Argentine artist Mariana De Marchi sent Gallery Fifty Six over 25 new works of art that will be

available for sale beginning December 2, 2011. 

 



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Free Gift from Gallery Fifty Six

Just a reminder that Gallery Fifty Six will be giving away a free lithograph as part of the Palladio Group's Christmas Open House events on November 11th and 12th.  The print is numbered and signed by Rollin Kocsis, the artist.  All you have to do is come to the gallery and ask for your print.  One per person, while they last.

Images from 'Pseudonyms'

You will be pleasantly surprised at the high quality of art in the Pseudonym Exhibiton at Gallery Fifty Six

Created by 'Juan Rhodes'

Created by 'Vladimar Klozovitch'

Created by 'Anonymous Cliche'

See The Video of the Pseudonym Exhibition

Click the link below to see a YouTube video of the Pseudonym Exhibition:

http://youtu.be/j_CNUEc6S6U

Just A Reminder...

Just a reminder that  "An Adventure In Art" and "The Pseudonym Exhibition" will open with an artists' reception tomorrow, Friday, November 4, 2011 from 5 to 8 PM.  Twelve artists will present their art in Gallery A and B under different names, in the Pseudonym Exhibiton.  Included in this exhibition are oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, welded metal sculptures, wood and found object constructions, plaster sculpture, colored pencil drawings, and wall sculptures made from Great Stuff.

The drawings and paintings of  Billy Price Carroll are being shown in Gallery C in her exhibition 'An Adventure In Art'.  Mrs. Carroll was a well known and loved Memphis artist who had over 50 one-person exhibitions throughtout the United States and abroad.  There is also a collection of sketches by her that are shrink-wrapped and available for purchase.

Also in Gallery C is the work of J.C. Graham, John Sosh, Paul Clarke, John Armistead, Niles Wallace, Bridget Russell, Eli Gold, Jeannine Paul, Richard Hendrickson, Madison Sherman, Emery Franklin, Bryan Blankenship, Jan Hankins, Nancy White, Forrest Henry, and our new artist from Louisville, Kentucky, Joyce Garner.

Come and have a piece of cake as Rollin Kocsis celebrates his first year as director of Gallery Fifty Six.

New Painting by John Armistead

Gallery Fifty Six has recently acquired a new oil on canvas by John Armisted.  This painting is titled 'A Haven of Rest' and it is 30" X 40".  It is available for purchase.

Copyright John Armistead

Looking Ahead To December

Memphis artist J.C. Graham is putting the finishing touches on his exhibition for December.  "Sound Advice For The Parents of Unruly Children" will be a very interesting show that we eagerly await. Here is a sneak-peak of his work:

Copyright J.C. Graham

Do You REALLY Know These Artists"



Can you figure out 'who did what' in the upcoming Pseudonym Exhibition at Gallery Fifty Six?  The artists participating are Carol De Forest, Chuck Johnson, Madison Shermon, Niles Wallace, John Sadowski, Mike Coulson, John Armistead, Bryan Blankenship, Jeanne Seagle, Paul Clarke, Jan Hankins, and Eli Gold.  See if you can match the artist with the art, and win a free lunch at the Cafe Palladio.