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On View Jan 7 – Mar 20: Dana Schutz: Drawings & Prints, and Embodying.

Contemporary Talks: Brad Cloepfil Weds, Jan 19, 6:30-8 pm, FREE Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium, Georgia Tech School of Architecture, 245 4th Street NW, Atlanta 30332 Brad Cloepfil, principal of Allied Works Architecture of Portland, OR, discusses his acclaimed and controversial building projects. Presented in partnership with Georgia Tech School of Architecture. Contemporary Talks is a rare opportunity for Atlanta audiences to hear from some of the most consequential thinkers and doers in the world of art and culture in this free series. Hear speakers share insights and experiences about contemporary architecture, exhibition-making, poetry, and art criticism. ACAC is proud to partner with local arts, culture, and educational institutions to present Contemporary Talks. Special thanks to our hotel sponsor:

Dana Schutz, Swim, Smoke, Cry #2, 2010, Courtesy the artist and Zach Feuer Gallery, New York Dana Schutz: Drawings & Prints Uniquely Her Own To be able to infuse the history of painting with new possibilities is no small feat. In 2003, Dana Schutz had an exhibition that launched her career; called Frank From Observation, it featured several canvases depicting someone she had invented. Frank was the last man on Earth, Schutz was the last painter, and their situation on a desert island offered various narratives for the artist to indulge in. By the end of the series, Frank has been dismembered, his head and limbs piled up on the beach. So right away, you knew this was an artist who felt sympathy with Picasso's famous saying, "Art is a lie that reveals the truth." Since then, Schutz has used various linguistic or conceptual conceits to generate images. One drawing in this exhibition, Swim, Smoke, Cry #2, shows a figure performing these three activities simultaneously. It is a work that has something of da Vinci's deluge drawings in it, as well as classic Warner Brothers cartoon mayhem. Schutz's drawings and prints are both controlled and frenzied, comic and grotesque. She channels various artists and styles but is uniquely her own "anything is possible" creator — making situations and destroying them with equal skill and glee.

Hello Interns Please join us in welcoming our winter interns. They've already helped tremendously with the latest exhibition installations and openings. And during the next few months Ashley Schick, Clarissa Horton, Claudia Ma, Karley Sullivan, Linda Highsmith, and Seth Thompson will provide valuable support while staffing our admission desk and assisting with our programs and projects. for a brief introduction to the winter crew. Interested in our Intern and Volunteer Program? for details.

Got art supply needs? ACAC membership helps! Members at all levels now receive a discount on art supplies at Utrecht and Sam Flax. And, if you mention ACAC when you purchase supplies at Binders, you'll receive preferred pricing and ACAC will receive a donation of a percentage of your sale. Discounts at art supply stores are just one of the new benefits available to members in the New Year. There are now more reasons than ever to be a member at ACAC. It's the perfect time to see all that's new for membership in 2011. and don't let the year pass you by without the benefits of an ACAC membership. Reminder: Current members may renew early at 2010 rates through Feb 15. for details.

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