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May Issue 2004
King Street Galleries Organize 2nd Art Stroll in Charleston, SC
Join five galleries for the second King Street Art Stroll on Fri., May 21, 2004, from 6 to 8pm, in Charleston, SC. Stroll along King Street from just south of Market Street to Broad Street to visit The Julia Santen Gallery, Carolina Galleries, The Audubon Gallery, The Sylvan Gallery and The Wells Gallery. This is a free event, open to the public, aimed at art lovers and collectors. This is the serious art connoisseur's opportunity for an evening visit to the galleries without the huge crowds rushing from one gallery to the next.
The Julia Santen Gallery, located upstairs
at 216-B King Street, provides a glimpse of original European
advertising history in the late 1800s through the mid 1900s, encompassing
the Belle Epoque, Art Nouveau and Art Deco eras. Covering the
walls are large splashes of color inviting you to the Moulin Rouge
or Monte-Carlo, selling champagne and brashly selling cigarette
papers. Prices range from $250-$10,000. These are not reproductions;
they are antique advertising posters.
Carolina Galleries at 188 King Street is proud to present the
first solo show of work by Craig Crawford in the exhibition, Atmosphere
and Light, on view from May 21 and running through June 14,
2004. Crawford will also be at Carolina Galleries on May 22 at
2pm to speak about his work. Carolina Galleries has shown his
work since 1995.
Carolina Galleries is Charleston's oldest art gallery and features
the art of the Charleston Renaissance as well as that of contemporary
local artists. They also provide museum quality picture framing.
The Audubon Gallery at 177 King Street, purchased in Nov., 2003,
by Joel Oppenheimer in partnership with Burton E. Moore III, who
is acting director, was established in 1987. For the King Street
Art Stroll, the gallery will present an outstanding selection
of etchings of the southeastern and New England landscape by Walter
R. Locke.
The Audubon Gallery specializes in the finest natural history
and sporting art from the 17th through the 20th centuries. The
gallery emphasizes original works by John James Audubon, including
the highly acclaimed Birds of America, original engravings
and lithographs by artists such as Besler, Catesby, Redoute, Gould.
The gallery is a sportsman's paradise with fine paintings and
etchings of days afield with friends and favorite hunting dogs.
They offer conservation services for works of art and archival
museum quality framing. The gallery's goal is to provide clients
with the best examples of art depicting the natural world
work that will surely please the most discerning naturalist and
outdoor enthusiast.
The Sylvan Gallery at 171 King Street brings
to the Lowcountry 30 artists of national and international fame
many of whom are well known in the west and being introduced to
the southeast. They will present a show entitled, The Figure
in Art, featuring works by various gallery artists, from May
21 - June 13, 2004.
The Sylvan Gallery exhibits the work of South Carolina's own Rhett
Thurman. In the growing Charleston art scene, the gallery specializes
in representational art of the 20th and 21st centuries including
sculpture. Rhett Thurman, Joan Potter, Nancy Bush, William Berra,
Ted Ellis, Scott Burdick, Huihan Liu and Glenna Goodacre are just
a small list of the artists represented at the gallery.
The Wells Gallery is located at 103 Broad Street at King. The
gallery will present the exhibitions, Portals, featuring
works by Alex Zapata from Bolivia and, Urban Still, featuring
works by Charleston painter Susan Romaine.
The Wells Gallery features the finest variety
of Lowcountry art in the Southeast, representing works by: David
Ballew, Joseph Cave, Claire Farrell, Gary Gowans, Gary Grier,
David Goldhagen, Russell Gordon, Glenn Harrington, Will Hegler,
Katie Long, Brad Lorbach, George Pate, Susan Romaine, Sue Stewart,
Karen Larson Turner, Alex Zapata.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings
or contact Johnson Hagood or Midge Peery by calling 843/723-2266
or e-mail at (info@carolinagalleries.com).
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