Michael O'Sullivan reviews Art-O-Matic

O'Sullivan once more demonstrates that he has a finger on the pulse of the DC art scene and does so well in this review of Artomatic in today's Washington Post.

O'Sullivan touches a chord that had escaped me, in answering the question to of why so many artists of all talents and aspirations do this show:

"Or maybe, just maybe, you did it because, for just this once, there wasn't anyone telling you that you couldn't."

Bravo O'Sullivan!

Thinking About Art's Top 10 Artomatic List

JT over at Thinking About Art finally delivers his Top 10 Art-O-Matic list; he also makes a good point about most photography at the show.

B.J. Anderson
Richard Dana
Christopher Edmunds
Thomas Edwards
Linda Hesh
Syl Mathis
Allison B. Miner
Tim Tate
Kelly Towles
Rob Vander Zee

You read it here first

Glenn Dixon, the talented and opinionated writer who co-shared the "Galleries" column in the Washington Post (with Jessica Dawson) has quit because of an undisclosed dispute with the paper.

Canal Square Georgetown Openings Tonight

Tonight is the third Friday of the month, which means two things:

(a) It is the opening for the new shows of the five Canal Square Galleries in Georgetown. The galleries (Alla Rogers, Fraser, Parish, MOCA and Anne C. Fisher) will have their new shows and openings from 6-9PM. The openings are catered by the Sea Catch Restaurant and are free and open to the public.

(b) It will either rain, snow or one of those manhole covers will blow up in one of the nearby streets and the streets will be closed (this has happened three times in the last 18 months: each time on an opening night!)

See you there tonight!

And then tomorrow, join members of the "Girlz Club" at Artomatic for a tribute to Ana Mendieta.

"Girlz Club" members will make a silueta of pine cones and then paint leaves with a mixture of their blood and paint.

The tribute will on on Saturday, November 20th at Sunset on the grounds of Art-O-Matic. Follow the signs to the NW corner between the two big maple trees.

Artists to Meet on Monday

Marsha Stein's art project is getting a lot of attention and is being filmed for a potential "reality TV" series about art.

The next meeting for interested artists is at Fraser Gallery Bethesda on Monday, November 22 at 7pm.

Interested artists should contact Marsha Stein at Marshasart@aol.com.

New Gallery in Town

Galleryconnect is the new gallery space at 2103 O Street, NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The gallery is currently showing "First Exposure," which is an exhibition curated by Lana Lyons, Director of the Studio Gallery.

The exhibition features Chandi Kelley and Rob Saccardi in their gallery debut. The show goes through December 19, 2004.

Jeffry Cudlin reviews Dan Flavin in the current issue of the City Paper, and Lou Jacobson dismisses Chan Chao's new (but really his old) work at Numark.