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| The Green Gallery |
| at The Scrap Exchange |
The Scrap Exchange has an in-house art gallery dedicated to showcasing local artists who are using reclaimed materials in their work. Gallery openings feature complimentary beverages and snacks and free art-making in our open studio room. Openings are held on the third Friday of the month, from 6 to 9pm, in conjunction with Downtown Durham’s Third Friday cultural activities. A big Thank You! to our Third Friday sponsor Pabst Blue Ribbon. Check them out at pabstblueribbon.wordpress.com. Thanks, PBR!
2012 Schedule of Events Current Show January 20 – February 11Xiucutil: The Origin of Beautiful Species Paintings by Joe McDonough Opening Reception: Friday, January 20 from 6-9 pm Discarded wood finds new life in the next exhibit in The Green Gallery at The Scrap Exchange. Xiucutil: The Origin of Beautiful Species, which opens January 20, will feature paintings and burned images on salvaged wood by Durham native Joe McDonough. McDonough is a conceptual, performance, and visual-based artist, writer, and musician. He is also a comedian. He was born in Durham in 1981. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, McDonough has drawn experience for his art and comedy while living in cities across the United States, including Providence, Baltimore, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, upstate New York, and various towns in North Carolina. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia. Interested in the way time affects objects, McDonough works largely with found and discarded materials. To see more artwork from Joe McDonough, visit his website ate www.joemcdonough.net.
Upcoming Shows February 17 – March 10Leaving Liberty Works created by Daniel Bagnell using materials in (and rescued from) the Liberty Warehouse Opening Reception: Friday, February 17 from 6-9 pm Artist Daniel Bagnell has been the collections coordinator and warehouse manager at The Scrap Exchange for over 5 years. This show will feature work created in the old Scrap Exchange warehouse space made entirely from odds and ends gathered there over the past five years (prior to the collapse of the roof in May 2011). From readymades to kinetic sculpture to collections of unexpected like objects, the former Scrap warehouse has inspired an infinite variety of aesthetic assemblage and visual delights.Come and see what all those scraps were up to while nobody was looking... Check out more of Daniel's work on his Tumblr page.
Previous Shows
2011 Gallery Schedule |
