CURRENT EXHIBITION: July 18th - August 30th, 2008

LAURIE DARBY - Faith and Trust
MICHAEL HARRIS - Color Struck
LILLIAN BLADES - eye connect
NEXT EXHIBITION: September 5th - October 18th, 2008 ACP
LISA TUTTLE- Belgian Diary, MARIO PETRIRENA- wood-fired ceramic installation
Sandler Hudson Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works created by Georgia artist. In this new body of work, Darby is particularly interested in things we have placed our faith and trust in, such as, the structurally strong, the intelligence of man, homes and cars. The work is produced digitally on paper then through the process of subtracting with bleach and ink, she pulls forth the given image.

Laurie has exhibited nationally across the United States. She is in many collections such as Alston and Bird, Atlanta Gas and Light Company, Fidelity Investments and many private collections. She currently resides in Savannah and teaches at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah.
Laurie Darby, Sleep Nor Slumber, 2008
mixed media on canvas, 30" x 40"
Sandler Hudson is also pleased to announce an exhibition of photographs by Atlanta artist Michael Harris. This new work explores some of the unreliable perceptions and permutations of race within the African American community over the years by visually conflicting individuals with categories and snide sayings. The work is largely photo based with creative alterations.

Michael Harris currently teaches African and African American Art History at Emory University, as well as serves as the curatorial consultant for African American Art and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. He continues to embrace the importance of education through teaching and through his artwork. Harris' work develops around synthesizing meaning and it is through his awareness and reflection that he is able to create work with such social relevance. He as exhibited, curated, and taught extensively throughout United States.
Michael Harris, Blackberry, 2008, Digital 4 part print, 67"x 30"
We are pleased to announce a mixed media assemblage show entitled eye connect in the front gallery by Lillian Blades. The overall aesthetic of this work is influenced by several ancestral crafts: Memory jars (that were placed on African American graves in the South), Memory boards ('Lukasa' by the Luba people of West Africa), and Quilts by African Americans in the South. These beautifully crafted objects were assembled to celebrate and interpret our physical and spiritual existence.

Lillian has exhibited extensively in Atlanta and abroad. She is also in many collections such as Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, The Birmingham Museum of Art and Clark Atlanta University.
Lillian Blades, I Contact, 2008, detail, mixed assemblage