To announce the release of Karine Laval's Poolscapes by Steidl, The Guardian explores the nostalgia and duality of these sun-soaked images. "The best of them, like all the brightest days of summer, seem both real and imagined."
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Karine Laval, Untitled #07, 2002, Copyright © Karine Laval
Cultured Magazine profiles SOCO owner Chandra Johnson and highlights the gallery as a unique art space in the south.
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SOCO Gallery owner Chandra Johnson, photo by Ariana Clare Haridman
Ahead of her solo exhibition opening at Paul Kasmin Gallery, Elliott Puckette sat down with the New York Times to discuss her newest works.
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Image courtesy of New York Times Style Magazine
Interior designer Cathy Austin shines the spotlight on Anne Lemanski's solo exhibition Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit with a one-on-one interview with the artist.
Copyright © Anne Lemanski, courtesy of SOCO Gallery
SOCO artist Robert Lazzarini sits down for a candid, one-on-one interview with Whitelies Magazine to discuss his work, inspiration, and career.
Copyright © Robert Lazzarini, courtesy of Whitelies Magazine
Artist Brad Thomas and his solo exhibition, Hold These Truths, are featured on Cathy Austins's recent Creative Minds interview series. The exhibition will be on view at SOCO Gallery through March 16th.
Brad Thomas in his studio, courtesy of SOCO Gallery
Linda Foard Roberts' artwork and recent publication, Passage, step into the spotlight with a beautifully written review on PDN Photo of the Day.
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Linda Foard Roberts, Severed from the series Grounded
The Daily Princetonian interviews Jeff Whetstone about the short documentary recently commissioned for "Prospect New Orleans," and his nomination as chair of the Public Spaces Working Group for the Campus Iconography Committee.
'The Batture Ritual' is part of "Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp." Courtesy Jeff Whetstone
Mallory Page and Whitewall Magazine discuss the artist's latest exhibition Garden of Ambition, closing this week at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Texas, and the evolution of her work since moving to a new, light-filled studio space.
Mallory Page courtesy of Whitewall Magazine
Green Label interviews Lyle Owerko for Switch It Up, a new series highlighting creatives to follow in music, style, and art. Watch a sneak peek of the interview below.
Garden & Gun interviews SOCO Gallery founder, Chandra Johnson and Southern-born artist, Elliott Puckette in response to her first North Carolina exhibition, Recent Works. Puckette talks about the artwork in Recent Works at SOCO Gallery and credits her first road trip home as the inspiration for one the pieces on display.
Photo by Ariana Clare; SOCO Gallery founder Chandra Johnson (left) and artist Elliott Puckette in front of her painting, Blue Ridge Parkway.
Don't miss Charlotte Magazine's review for Elliott Puckette's Recent Works. The review draws a comparison between Puckette's continuous line and the work of abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollock. The exhibition will be on display until October 27, 2017.
Photo courtesy of Charlotte Magazine.
QC Exclusive highlights Elliott Puckette's Southern upbringing and the impact this has on her work. The artist brings her work to North Carolina for the first time in her upcoming exhibition, Recent Works, at SOCO Gallery. The exhibition will open to the public on Wednesday, September 13th at 6PM.
Image courtesy of Elliott Puckette
Holly Phillips of The English Room features works by one of her favorite artists— the Kentucky-born, New York-based painter Elliott Puckette, in anticipation of her opening reception at SOCO Gallery.
Image courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery. Photo: Diego Flores.
Domino lists SOCO Gallery as one of the top places to visit in Charlotte, NC; among other can't-miss spots in the Queen City.
North Carolina natives Damian Stamer and Stacy Lynn Waddell are named by Business North Carolina as up-and-coming artist to meet. Both artists talk of their Southern roots and how it has influenced their work.
Damian Stamer, South Lowell 118, 2017
Stacy Lynn Waddell, Untitled (Island I), 2012
In a recent post, interior designer Cathy Austin writes of her excitement to view the upcoming Elliott Puckette exhibition at SOCO Gallery.
Elliott Puckette, Untitled, 2017
Image courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery. Photo: Diego Flores
SOCO Gallery joins The Mint Museum, The Bechtler, The Light Factory, The McColl Center, and LaCa Projects in a unprecedented arts collaboration spanning from August 2017 to June 2018. The collaboration involves a lineup of exhibitions across the city titled, In Focus/Enfoque, which will feature the work of more than 50 contemporary photographers from the United States and Mexico.
Alejandro Cartajena, Carpoolers IV, 2011-2012
CharlotteFive interviews Ben Knight, the featured artist for SOCO Gallery's inaugural Meet the Artist series, to discuss the challenge of balancing creativity between his artistic career and at Chef & The Farmer, the nationally recognized restaurant he co-owns with his wife, Vivian Howard.
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Courtesy of Ben Knight
Photographs from Lyle Owerko's Boombox series are now on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville in SYNTHESIZE: Art + Music through September 24, 2017. Owerko will also be hosting a meet and greet at MoCA Jacksonville on August 17, 2017 to discuss the work chosen for the exhibition.
Lyle Owerko, Boombox 12, 2010