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Movers & Shakers: MOCA GA Salutes

the Rising Stars of the Georgia Arts Scene

 
 
exhibition dates: January 22 - March 19, 2011

opening reception: Friday, January 21st, 6:30 - 8:30pm

 
MOVERS & SHAKERS features the up-and-coming talents of 32 Georgia artists. The exhibiting artists curated by eleven of the previous Movers & Shakers:

Avantika Bawa

Andrew Crawford

Sarah Emerson

Matt Haffner

Alex Kvares

Ann-Marie Manker

 

Yanique Norman

Fahamu Pecou

Micah Stansell

Whitney Stansell

Karen Lee Tauches

 
 

The following works are featured in MOVERS & SHAKERS 2011.

Scroll down to view links to online artist talks!

 
 

Meg Aubrey

Bunny

2010

Oil on panel

Curated by Karen Lee Tauche

View artist talk online!
   
 

Marc Brotherton

In My Head

2010

Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas

Curated by Matt Haffner

   
 

Jason R. Butcher

Wedding Bands

2008

Pencil, brush and ink, and watercolor

Curated by Alex Kvares

   
 

Chung-Fan Chang

Master’s Land

2009

Acrylic and oil on canvas

Curated by Sarah Emerson

View artist talk online!

   
 

Terra Coles

Tar Babies

2010

Canvas print

Curated by Fahamu Pecou

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Brian Dettmer

Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture

2010

Altered set of vintage encyclopedias

Curated by Alex Kvares

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Craig Drennen

Timon of Athens 7

2010

Oil on canvas

Curated by Avantika Bawa

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Monica Ellis

Untitled

2011

Yarn

Curated by MOCA GA staff

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Jody Fausett

Open Door

2009

Archival pigment print

Curated by Micah Stansell

   
 

Jay Fox

Worry to Waste

2010

Wood, paper and copper

Curated by Whitney Stansell

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Corinne Stevie Francilus

Gun Nation Remix

2008

Acrylic and collage on wood

Curated by Fahamu Pecou

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Meta Gary

Demonstration on the Importance of Secret-Keeping

2008

Acrylic and graphite on wood

Curated by Yanique Norman

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Jeff Guy

Mother & Son

2009

Bowling ball and bag

Curated by Micah Stansell

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Ting Ying Han

House Project

2010

Rice, resin and wood

Curated by Avantika Bawa

   
 

Stephen Hayes

Face Masks

2009

Bronze

Curated by Ann-Marie Manker

   
 

Clarissa Horton

Caught

2010

Oil on canvas

Curated by Fahamu Pecou

View artist talk online!

   
 

Gyun Hur

Emerging Into

2011

Hand-shredded silk flowers, acrylic paint, and light box

Curated by Ann-Marie Manker

   
 

Julia Kubica

Untitled (from Sprout series)

2010

Acrylic on cut Mylar

Curated by Karen Lee Tauches

 

   
 

Jiha Moon

The Winds

2007

Ink and acrylic on hanji paper on canvas

Curated by Sarah Emerson

   
 

Dorothy O'Connor

Underneath

2010

Photograph

Curated by Matt Haffner

   
 

Chelsea Raflo

Displacement and You Will Eventually, 2008

Stop-motion animations with mixed media collages and oil paint

3 minutes, 16 seconds; and 3 minutes, 4 seconds

Curated by Whitney Stansell

   
 

Omar Richardson

Widit Life, Her State

2009

Digital print

Curated by MOCA GA staff

View artist talk online!

   
 

Lucha Rodriguez

Twinned Apparatus UNO

2008

Hand-cut and sewn etching with embossing

Curated by Ann-Marie Manker

   
 

Phoenix Savage

Mojo

2009

Cast iron, brass, and chalk

Curated by Yanique Norman

View artist talk online!

   
 

Jason Smith

Gait

2010

Steel and mahogany

Curated by Andrew Crawford

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Marcy Starz

Consonance and Dissonance

2010

Oil on repurposed bed sheet

Curated by Matt Haffner

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Tommy Taylor

Fulcrum

2010

Acrylic on canvas

Curated by Whitney Stansell

   
 

Rusty Wallace

Dyad (Passion)

2009-2010

Gouache, 24 karat gold Leaf, and India ink on Lanaquarelle

Curated by Micah Stansell

   
 

Christina Price Washington

Untitled (Doormat) and Untitled (Hearth)

(from Studies from Home series), 2010

C-prints

Curated by Karen Lee Tauches

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Christina West

What a Doll: The Human Object as Toy

2010

Stuffed fabric and ceramic

Curated by Avantika Bawa

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Charles Westfall

Saragmos

2010

Oil on linen

Curated by MOCA GA staff

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Cosmo Whyte

Ground Breaking

2010

Graphite and silver leaf on clayboard

Curated by Matt Haffner

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