November 4- November 29, 2008

Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia

Opening Reception, First Friday, November 7th 6:00pm-8:30pm

Please join the Bridgette Mayer Gallery, as we are pleased to announce the solo show of Scottish painter, Dana Hargrove title Divide and Consider.

Hargrove’s new collection of work stems from a recent summer residency in South Africa. During her time there, Hargrove discovered the still present consequences of colonization, imperialism, and segregation. In her installations one can recognize the use of European and African motifs to address the idea of globalization through both popular culture and militaristic means. Ever present in Hargrove’s work, is her investigation between culture and nature, in Divide and Consider, she calls on the viewer to look into the two with her through various types of imagery.

Aside from her residencies and travels, Dana Hargrove is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, and has various site specific installations in the United States and abroad.

Divide and Consider will run from November 4- November 29, 2008, with an opening reception, First Friday, November 7th from 6:00- 8:30p.m.

“Many of the works in this exhibition reference African/European motifs and strike a personal resonance for me. By isolating visual cues from within my experienced landscapes, such as local security fences and gates throughout Cape Town, I am able to signify the emotional and intellectual barriers or walls that are often consciously or subconsciously enhanced by our physical surroundings.” - Dana Hargrove 

November 4- November 29, 2008

Opening Reception with the artist: Friday, November 7th from 6:00- 8:30pm 

Philadelphia, PA - The Bridgette Mayer Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by Scottish artist Dana Hargrove titled “Divide and Consider.” The show will run from November 4- November 29, 2008 with an opening reception on First Friday, November 7th, 6:00-8:30pm.  Last summer Dana Hargrove travelled to South Africa and Tanzania to complete a residency at Greatmore Studios. Her new body of work explores her ongoing interest in globalization and militaristic issues, while discussing the colonization of South Africa.   Anna Brzyski, professor from the University of Kentucky writes, “Dana Hargrove’s works fit comfortably within this broadly international tendency, though her intelligent use of richly decorative forms does not stem from an impulse to follow the prevalent fashion. She does not use ornament for ornament’s sake. The evocative sensuality of color, details, and patterns that appear in the pieces such as “The Empire’s New Clothes,” “Broekie,” or “Spikes” is deceptive. The visual playfulness of these works has a definite edge. It evokes the specter of the colonial and apartheid past that haunts South Africa’s present.” 

To see more images from Divide and Consider please click on the link below. 

Dana Hargrove- Divide and Consider

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APR. 29-JUN. 2 (closed May 26; May 27, 28, 29, and Jun. 2, 8-4; May 30, 8-11)Re: Group Dana Hargrove and 10 Other 2001-2003 Graduates of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC)

May 1 Reception 5-7 pm

Department of Art faculty Eileen Macdonald hosts an eleven-member group show, all alums of SIUC and of various nationalities (American, Canadian, Chinese, Laotian, Scottish, and Vietnamese), who reside within the U.S.: Barb Bondy, Todd Frahm, Mike Geno, Dana Hargrove, Jarrod Houghton, Eileen Macdonald, Graham McDougal, Lara Nguyen, Sisavanh Phouthavong, Jon Swindler. and Xiaohong Zhang. Image: Jon Swindler.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE    CONTACT: Kat Quast 

         kat.quast@gmail.com 

         407-739-6362 

BAY TWO 

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 

Orlando’s Newest Art Venue 

Grand Opening Party  

$7.00 at the door 

Pelloni Development, KaKarmo, LLC and Lot1433 is proud to announce Orlando’s 

newest gallery! BAY TWO at the MILLS PARK SALES CENTER will be bringing you the 

very best in local art, music, film and more.  

Our maiden show here at BAY TWO will present a talented gathering of local artists, 

accompanied by the music of Ron Irizarry and accentuated by an excellent selection of 

the best wines from Italy.  

Future events at BAY TWO will continue to showcase local culture as we bring you an 

eclectic mix of art that is sure to explore the pertinent environmental and social issues. 

About Pelloni Development 

James Pelloni founded Pelloni Development Corporation in 1981. Since that time the family 

owned and operated company has completed a variety of retail, office and mixed-use 

developments. The company has 23 employees. Recent completed developments include Park 

Place and The Shoppes at Oakmonte, both located near company headquarters in Heathrow, 

Florida. In addition to Mills Park, the company is currently developing The Village at Hunter’s 

Creek, a 30 acre, 350,000 square foot mixed use development.  

About KaKarmo 

KaKarmo seeks to present an expansive view of the world that starts in our community. Through 

projects that enliven us with open and powerful expression, KaKarmo will provide a springboard 

for the ideas that shape our society. KaKarmo is the brain child of Kat Quast who has been 

working in the Central Florida entertainment and non profit world since 1998. Ms. Quast was 

General Manager of Enzian Theater and The Florida Film Festival for over 10 years.   

About Lot 1433 

Lot1433 was founded in 1991 by Andrew White. It mainly specialized in creative services 

pertaining to film, television and fine art. As the years passed, lot1433 grew to include residential 

and commercial design. What is it about? It’s about the idea, the process, and the finished 

product. It’s about the merging of idea and purpose and material. Most of all, it’s about the 

passion, the relation, the inspiration, and the vision. 

Proceeds go to venue support. 

We are pleased to announce that the Bridgette Mayer Gallery will be participating in the 2008 Red Dot Fair New York! Exhibiting at the show are gallery artists: Elyce Abrams, Allen Bentley, Charles Burwell, Clark Gibson, Dana Hargrove, Tim McFarlane, Rebecca Rutstein and Ivan Stojakovic.

“Red Dot’s roster includes young dealers exhibiting for the first time, as well as more established dealers turned off by the pressures of other art fairs. This is why Red Dot is of special interest to art lovers and savvy art collectors wishing to get beyond what is currently popular to see what is percolating in areas as yet undiscovered by the mainstream.” (http://www.reddotfair.com/NY2008/reddotfair.htm)

Please join us from March 27- March 30, 2008 in room 310 at the Park South Hotel, (122 E. 28th Street between Park and Lexington) to view new works by some of your favorite artists.

Sincerely,

Bridgette Mayer
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FAIR HOURS

Thursday, March 27, 11am - 8pm
Friday, March 28, 11am - 8pm
Saturday, March 29, 11am - 8pm
Sunday, March 30, 11am - 7pm

Thursday night opening reception, 7pm - 9pm
Benefiting GMHC, ($75. donation). Benefit tickets may be purchased at the event, or in advance. Please call the gallery for ticket information (215-413-8893).

GENERAL ADMISSION

Tickets may be purchased at the door, general admission is $12.

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Click on link below to visit the official Red Dot- New York site

Red Dot New York

Bridgette Mayer Gallery Group Show “Black & White” in Philadelphia and “FOOD: From Hunger to Plenty” at the Towson ARTS Collective, Towson.

Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Gallery Artist Group Show “Black & White”
November 27 - December 22, 2007. Opening Reception: December 7th 6:00-8:30 p.m.

“We’ll get there” ink on paper

I will be exhibiting this piece above and I also designed the postcard for the show.

“FOOD: From Hunger to Plenty” is the third juried exhibit at the Towson ARTS Collective. Twenty-one artists were chosen by the jurors,
Karl Connolly and Susan Waters-Eller. From December 6 – Feb. 2, the
exhibit will be open 5-8pm on Thursdays and Fridays, 1-5pm on
Saturdays, and also by appointment. The reception is from 5-8pm on
Thursday, December 6.
The following artists are included in this exhibit: Riselle Abrams,
Mike Apichella, David Beaudouin, Rebecca Bridges, Edna Emmet, Ann
Everton, Elizabeth Graeber, Armeta Gray, Dana Hargrove, Betsey
Heuisler, Sydney Hopkins, Julia Kim Smith, Matt Klos, Emily Greene
Liddle, Cheryl Milligan, Matthew Mosher, Thao Nguyen, Ruth Pettus,
Louise Roth, Rebecca Rothey, and Ann Zaiman.

View images of food from everywhere – and see how you feel about the
various issues surrounding food. From wholesome food to junk food,
fields of grain, symbolic/spiritual food, food for thought … imagery may be abstract to literal created in various media.

“Patriotic Chickens” acrylic and screen print

Here are a few images from the opening of Roots Routes. Also below is an interview that Greatmore released in their newsletter and a link to a podcast of an interview with SAFM, South Africa’s national radio station:
  podcast interview with SAFM click here

TAG catches up with two visiting artists to talk about life, art making and their upcoming exhibition…Dana Hargrove  

TAG: Talk us through your creative processDana Hargrove: I came to the residency with a sense that I wanted to work with patterns, perhaps African textiles or icons specific to the urban landscape in Cape Town. My work uses happy, cheerful colours but in a way is like a double-edged sword, it is loaded with multiple meanings.I think I had set my sights two high and that made me initially disappointed .I came to South Africa already thinking about all the crates of work that I would have to return home with. After two months though I had hardly anything to show! I had not really considered the ‘real’ time it would take to actually produce work in this very foreign place. It takes time to develop one’s ideas. Getting to know my father and sister during my visit to South Africa have been a huge part of my growth and creative process…when I initially came everything was a little uncomfortable as you can imagine must have had some culture shock but it has all worked out.TAG: What are your feelings about your upcoming exhibition, what can we expect?D.H.:I can visualize the exhibition! I feel happy about that. I was stressed earlier, but realising that it is an open studio event takes the pressure off and I began to just produce.I hope to strip the whole studio to whiteness and mount little canvases on the walls of different spike motifs that are common on many of the neighborhood fences- this will form some sort of installation. I am also hoping to accompany this body of work with photographs of fences, gates and communication lines that have informed my work over the last three months. For me photographs add a clear dimension to the show. In some of my work, I explore an Afrikaans structural fence called ‘broekie-lace which are very much embedded in Edwardian history and has links with imperialism. They are very colonial. Since I arrived I have been able to pick up the links everywhere with Europe- a culture that has a strong signature in the architecture. I was interested in isolated visual cues in the landscape that could speak for something else. The ‘broekie-lace’ as much as it speaks of security also can allude to the pretty barriers we erect in our communication with others on a relational level. I think people will understand the work. Some of my pieces are a little moody but all of it is pretty readable.

Press release: “Showcasing the work of Dana Hargrove from Scotland and Lesego Moncho from the North West, Roots Routes, is a visual art exhibition that looks at drawing the unique narratives of these two artists. By exploring the cultures surrounding them and expressing their own individual journeys through their personal landscapes, the community is encouraged to view recent works completed by these two artists during their stay over a three-month Visiting Artist Programme at Greatmore Studios.”

The catalogue can be looked at by clicking here.