Coming Soon!



Coming November 8, 9, and 10

Something to look forward to:  Gallery Fifty Six's Contemporary Crafts Exhibition.
Artists' reception - Nov. 8, 2012  5 to 7 PM
Refreshments will be Served
You are invited, and bring a friend.

Ceramics by Bryan Blankenship

Ceramics by Lisa Hudson

Leather books and journals by Gwen English


BE SURE TO ATTEND THE ARTISTS' RECEPTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2012



One Week Left...

Come and see Madison Sherman's exhibition - Local Ingredients.
We are open tomorrow, Saturday, from 11 a to 4 p.



Madison Sherman's Slide Show

LOCAL INGREDIENTS

paintings by Madison Sherman

NOW AT GALLERY FIFTY SIX

click the link below to see the slide show

http://photopeach.com/album/14dbehh

Coming in October



Joyce Garner at GPAC

Our Louisville artist Joyce Garner currently has an exhibiton of her work at the Germantown Performing Arts Center.  If you get the chance, be sure you go and see her wonderful exhibition.  Below is a link to a video/slide show of her exhibition.

http://youtu.be/E0LcyrbCUJ0



Always Something New At Gallery Fifty Six

Come explore the art teasures at Gallery Fifty Six



Friday Night - Art Night @ The Palladio Group

Be sure to attend the three art receptions tomorrow. 

1.  Market Central - 5 to 7 PM

2. Palladio - 5 to 7 PM

3. Gallery Fifty Six - 5 to 8 PM

 

 

So Much To See....

Friday night is the night for art in Cooper-Young.  The Palladio Group will present three artist receptions on the same night.  Gallery Fifty Six will host the new work by Jeannine Paul and Mary Bowman in their exhibition titled "Different Directions" from 5 to 8 PM.  Market Central is the place to see the paintings of 5 Memphis artists from 5 to 7 PM.  The Palladio will present the silk paintings of Rollin Kocis.  All three events are within walking distance.  Park your car and then enjoy three art events.

Coming This Friday

Different Directions

Paintngs by Mary Bowman and Jeannine Paul
Artists' Reception 5 to 8 PM

- also on Friday -

Market Central
paintngs by 5 Memphis artists

5 to 7 PM

Palladio
Silk Scarves and Wall Hangings
by

Rollin Kocsis

5 to 7 PM



Last Week To See Carol DeForest

Don't miss this opportunity to see the exhibition of work by
CAROL DEFOREST

Exhibition ends on Saturday, September 1, 2012



Seeking Fine Art Craft Artists

FINE ART CRAFT EVENT AND OPEN HOUSE

We are looking for craft artists to show and sell their works at Gallery Fifty Six's first annual Open House and Fine Art Craft Event. The event will be in conjunction with the Open House at Palladio and Market Central. The three- day event will be Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 from 5 to 7 PM (reception), Friday, Nov. 9th, from 10 AM to 5 PM, and Saturday, Nov. 10th from 10 AM to 5 PM. We would like all artists to meet guests on Thursday evening at the reception, and Friday or Saturday, if convenient

Interested craft artists should submit 3 to 5 images of their works to rollin@galleryfiftysix.com. Only original, quality, fine art crafts will be considered. We are looking for jewelry, fibers, leather, hand-made books, unique wearables, wood, small sculptures, etc.

Artist will be notified of acceptance by September 15, 2012. Take advantage of this great opportuity to show and sell your work. If you have questions, call Rollin at the gallery, 901-276-1251 (Wed. - Sat., noon to 4 PM)
(we do not need any more potters at this time)

















Joyce Garner Coming to GPAC

Joyce Garner, Gallery Fifty Six artist from Louisville, will have an exhibition of her work in
September at the Germantown Performing Arts Center. 

More detailed information will be available soon.



'Momma Said", copyright Joyce Garner





Carol DeForest

Now Is The Time To See The Work Of
Carol DeForest



Andrew James Williams

The ceramic sculpture of Andrew James Williams now on
exhibit in Gallery C.

Paul Clarke - The Wanderer

Paul Clarke - The Wanderer

Photographer of the Delta

Gallery Fifty Six has a large collection of original, signed prints by Paul Clarke, available for purchase.



Carol DeForest Exhibition

Currently Showing in the Main Gallery

See Carol DeForest's Exhibition 'Down To The Wire' at Gallery Fifty Six

Show runs until Sept. 1, 2012



An Interview with Mariana De Marchi

Between ‘writer’ and futurism the city that distorts.

The argentine artist Mariana De Marchi from Buenos Aires.
Saturday 4th, August 2012 by Antonio Nazzaro Zambon.



An interview with the argentine artist Mariana De Marchi: The pursuit of assembling the artistic language of the street with the Academy. In her works, the graffiti on the walls are made to shout.

Mariana answers quickly, ‘I portray a reality of the world around me, halfway between the personal and social.’

You see half of her face because her long bang hides the other half. She was born during the years of a dictatorship.
I find her between a website and the telephone wire. In her works, there are clear references to the writer's culture and classical elements, besides the use of her own face as a model explored by scratches. Basically, it’s a distorted city with the life that it contains. The futuristic influence is inevitable for those who paint the city. The graffiti on the walls seem to come out of the head of her characters, transformed into a scream.

Behind the curtain of hair is a smile that seems an oversight: "I have chosen to divide my life in a simple way, to working as a teacher in public schools’ -she explains, while playing with her fingers and looking – ‘and working at my art studio in San Isidro. With my art I seek and I draw my dialogue." Legs crossed, hands -while they move- betray the Italian origin or the Argentine living.

‘I have made some expositions, in the Palais de Glace, in the National Museum of Taiwan, in the Museum of Fine Arts “Benito Quinquela Martín, in the Drawing and Print Museum “Guaman Poma” (Concepción de Uruguay), but generally I’m not involved with the art galleries. The influence of the past still hangs in the artistic world. So I am free to paint with a non-accommodative and unscholarly aesthetic." Mariana has big, curious eyes like many of her characters, brought unfairly near to caricature while they represent a metropolitan life that distorts.

"I have used my face as much as a practical matter, for a lack of other models, yet it lets me see me and my way of seeing'', when she smiles her face gets tense, you can see the character in her eyes. "Maybe that's why my characters blend with their surroundings, even when I use color."

"I am bound to Italy not only by my Italian origins, -second generation- but also for some of their writers like Pavese and Eco. I like to hear readings from the books, and they help me think, removing the mental solitude.” Her face becomes child-like. “Sooner or later, I will have to learn Italian." If the aesthetic is metropolitan, the thought and the reflection are deep and it is an existential and social search for an exit that retains the look in her works.

"Teaching at the public schools have thrown me into violence, marginality, and teenage pregnancy. These things are hard for me. Also with the Menem presidency, art education has been reduced.” She sits down in a chair and looks out from the window.

The characters in Marina De Marci’s work seem imprisoned by the city in which they share the subtle gray designs or the bright colors of the paintings that glow at first sight and then merge into a single deforming light. The symbols used in her series: red moons and fishes indicate a temporary escape, as the possibility of something that can break the daily absurdity of the city. She rises from the chair, leaves the phone and sits back, turns away the bangs and greets me. The phone is left on the table.

Gallery Fifty Six has a large collection of drawings, paintings, and prints by Mariana De Marchi.

Slide Show of Carol DeForest and Andrew James Williams

The artists' reception this past Friday evening for Carol DeForest and Andrew James Williams was a total success.  Thanks to all the guests who came out to support our two artists. 

Click the link below to see a slide show of the event:

http://www.youtu.be/aST5urx0NnY

Get Ready For Friday's Show

Carold DeForest and Andrew James Williams will present an exhibition of three dimensional art this Friday, August 3, 2012.  Come and meet the artists at the artists' reception from 5 until 8 PM.



Wire sculpture by Carol DeForest



Fired clay by Andrew James Williams

Only 3 Days Left

You do not want to miss the current exhibition by John Armistead and Janet Beaver.  Same subject - different approach:  landscape painting.  The exhibition closes on Saturday. 

and in Gallery C....

Andrew Williams

Growth Of The Line

Coming In August

DOWN TO THE WIRE

Carol DeForest

You Have To See This Show....

John Armistead

Janet Weed Beaver

See The Slide Show: Armistead-Beaver Exhibition

Click the link below to see a slide show with music of the John Armistead and Janet Weed Beaver Exhibition

currently on display at Gallery Fifty Six

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAicF2W-VqA

A Cool Experience For A Hot Memphis Night

Come to the 'coolest' place in town tomorrow,

 Friday, July 6, 2012

 

Artists' Reception from 5 to 8 PM

Free and Open To The Public

Janet Weed Beaver

John Armistead

PARK ACROSS THE STREET AT LEE PRUITT INTERIOR OR
AT MARKET CENTRAL, WEST OF THE GALLERY ON COX

Welcome, Joyce Garner

Gallery Fifty Six would like to welcome Joyce Garner as one of the gallery artists.

Joyce Garner, a native of northern Kentucky, is perhaps best-known for her colorful paintings of Lexington and Louisville street scenes and of the celebrated sports of racing and basketball.  Garner's more introspective subjects are revelations of the 'private life'.  Through such themes as solitude, sensuality, sexuality, aging, death, and a female/male relationship, Garner imparts in her works significant issues of the human psyche and condition.

Congratulations Jan Hankins

JACK by Jan Hankins

MONEY BARONEY by Jan Hankins



Three Days Remain To See Larry Edwards Exhibition

Larry Edwards

A FREAKY WORLD

Now Showing!



Click This Link To See Photos of the Gallery

Gallery Fifty Six
photos from
June 2012

click this link:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150965864709780.438690.139374159779&type=3&l=def2b475a8

 

 



Larry Edward's Freaky World

Come and view the exciting, unusual, and highly creative work of Larry Edwards.

There Is Still Time To See The Edwards' Exhibition

'A FREAKY WORLD'

Paintings by Larry Edwards

Gallery Hours:

Wed. - Fri. noon to 4 PM
Sat. 11 AM to 4 PM

901-276-1251



Coming In July

Two Landscape Painters:

Janet Weed Beaver and John Armistead

Congratulatons, Evan!

Congratulations To Evan Lebaroff



An Exhibition To See

Creative, unusual, different, edgy.......Larry Edwards at Gallery Fifty Six

Congratulations Jan Hankins



Slide Show of Larry Edwards Reception

Click the link to see the slide show for Larry Edwards reception at Gallery Fifty Six

http://youtu.be/VVj5bHNtllE

Artist Reception for Larry Edwards Friday!

YOU ARE INVITED TO MEET THE ARTIST!

at Gallery Fifty Six

Larry Edwards:  A Freaky World

Artist's Reception
Friday, June 1, 2012
5 to 8 PM

2256 Central Ave., Memphis, TN  38104



Black Birds Attacking a Still Life Table
copyright Larry Edwards





Meet The Artists

Gallery Fifty Six is currently exhibiting a two-person show for the month of May, 2012. Memphis artist Emery Franklin and Louisville artist Joyce Garner  share the main gallery for an exciting show of their work.


Emery Franklin is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis. He has been featured on WKNO’s Tennessee Crossroads television series, the National Civil Rights Museum and the Vesta Home Show in the past few years. Recently one of his paintings was used for advertising the Memphis Africa in April festival. He has recently published a book that he illustrated with his paintings titled Crossroads: From Sagging To Success, which is available from Amazon.com. Mr. Franklin is represented by Gallery Fifty Six, and various other galleries in the United States. Emery’s work exemplifies the rich heritage of African-Americans, juxtaposed with references to today’s popular culture.

Joyce Garner is a native Kentuckian. Her earliest influences were American pop culture (television, comics, and coloring books), fairy tales, children’s novels and Appalachian craft traditions. Joyce describes her work as ‘A world of my own making.’ Garner has had 14 solo exhibitions since 1991. In 2011, Joyce opened ‘Garner Narrative Contemporary Fine Art’ in the center of Louisville’s gallery district with Angie Reed Garner as gallery director. She continues to paint in the space and allows visitors access to her creative process.

The exhibition runs until May 28, 2012.  Hours are Wed. through Fri. from noon until 4 PM and Sat. from 11 AM to 4 PM.  Call 901-276-1251

A Great Exhibition To See

Landscapes, narratives, bright colors, patterns, trees, fountains,

mountains, animals, people, stars, plants and more.....

Joyce Garner

Emery Franklin

Open Saturday from 11 AM to 4 PM



Coming in June

Get Ready For Some Surprises In June

LARRY EDWARDS:

A Freaky World

Lobster Chair

copyright Larry Edwards - all rights reserved

Now on Exhibit

Now on exhibit at Gallery Fifty Six
Two Southern Painters:  Joyce Garner and Emery Franklin

Joyce Garner

Emery Franklin

Two Southern Painters

Currently Showing at Gallery Fifty Six

EMERY FRANKLIN AND JOYCE GARNER

Open Saturdays 11 am to 4 PM



Slide Show of Franklin-Garner Exhibition

Two Southern Painters
Emery Franklin and Joyce Garner
Gallery Fifty Six

May 4 - 26, 2012

See The Slide Show
click the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r87FZBjueVk

 

 

Get Ready To Say 'WOW'

Friday, May 4, 2012
5 to 8 PM
2256 Central Ave. (across from Central Bar-B-Q)

Gallery Fifty Six is ready for the artists' reception and opening of our May exhibition:  Paintings by Emery Franklin and Joyce Garner. Come and see Emery's soothing landscapes and Joyce's GIGANTIC, colorful , narrative paintings.

ALSO!

Ceramic artist Alexendra Pearson delivered six exciting new pieces for our display cubes.
Her new vessels are based on corsets!

Alexandra's pieces are altered hand-thrown bowls.