The paintings and photographs in SUMMER STORIES are complete short stories or moments within longer narratives. Based on the idea of summer reading, each work is accompanied by a book recommendation from a Nashville art professional - curator, writer, designer, architect, collector.
ALICIA HENRY
ASHLEY DOGGETT
BILL KILLEBREW
Showing works from David Lusk Gallery, Red Arrow Gallery, and Zeitgeist, 13 artists’ photographs, paintings, drawings, and collages fill the gallery as a reimagining of this often-dreaded school assignment.
CAROLINE ALLISON
CARROLL CLOAR
DANNY LYON
Each of the works and their literary counterparts share equal parts nostalgia and joy: summer is a season approached with trepidation, as its magic may have fled as we age. We find, however, as with any beautiful painting or good book, its power for possibility and opportunity intact.
HUGER FOOTE
LIBBY JOHNSON
MARCUS MADDOX
The works directly inform the book recommendations, and the recommenders share the inspirations behind their selection. The selected works engage themes of heat, serenity, and contentment. Stifling heat is palpable for the men on a Texas prison farm. A rusty station wagon shaded beneath trees has been pulled out from the carport to make room for something new. Party favors, a slumped over doll, and a blown-out candle are the remnants of another birthday gone by.
MARY SIMS
MAYSEY CRADDOCK
TED FAIERS
TIM CROWDER
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