The Middle of Nowhere - Various Artists
Lump
505 S Blount St
Lump is very pleased to present The Middle of Nowhere an exhibition curated by TeamLump’s Jerstin Crosby. Lump will host an opening reception Friday, June 5th from 7 – 10pm during the First Friday Gallery Walk located in downtown Raleigh. The exhibition will run from June 5 – 27, 2009 and is on view Saturdays from noon - 5pm.
Where is the Middle of Nowhere? Who lives there? What happens? This common verbal expression is often used to describe places far away from urban drama, although the over-development and overcrowding of urban areas in many ways creates more isolation; not to mention social networks which bring us together by design, but instead expand our remoteness. We use the idiom, ‘it came out of nowhere’ to describe incidents, acts of spontaneity, natural disasters, surprises, the unexpected or the unexplainable. The Middle of Nowhere will approach this figure of speech from a variety of media and will map out the visual geography and hypothetical demographics for a “No Place”.
This exhibition will include work by artists based in North Carolina, Chicago, San Francisco, Charlottesville, and Berlin working in a range of media including drawing, photography, prints, paintings, video, and radio. A video by Thad Kellstadt will also be broadcast on the Raleigh Television Network (RTN 10) and The Peoples Channel as part of Jerstin’s ongoing community access project, Acid Rain Production. Please visit www.acidrainproduction.com for more information.
Participating Artists:
Sonia Jimenez Alvarez
Torreya Cummings
Bill Fick
Orvokki Halme
Sabrina Jung
Thad Kellstadt
Anne Lass
Lydia Moyer
Patricia Neligan
Bill Thelen
For further information contact Bill Thelen at 919-821-9999 or email lumpgallery@gmail.com
The Middle of Nowhere
curated by Jerstin Crosby
June 5 – 27, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, June 5th, 7 - 10 pm
Lump
505 South Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-821-9999
www.lumpgallery.com www.lumpdocket.blogspot.com
Gallery hours: Saturdays noon to 5pm or by appointment during the week.
***Lump will be closed during the months of July and August, but Team Lump will be traveling to London to install DIY Rapture at Cell Project Space. The exhibition will open July 4th and run until August 2nd. Please visit www.cell.org.uk for more information.
