Second Street Gallery


Material evidence: Dass investigates the possibilities Published on Nov 28th, 2011 0 comments During the Virginia Arts of Book’s recent “Raucous Auction” (mark your calendar for next year), a Dean Dass print came on the block. Someone unfamiliar with Dass’ work asked a group of us, “Would you...
Type Truck visits SSG Published on Nov 12th, 2011 1 comments Giving new meaning to "moveable type," Portland, OR-based printer Kyle Durrie brings her Type Truck, a mobile letterpress and printmaking studio, to Second Street Gallery for one day. Stop by, learn...
Second Street Gallery: Rachel Hellmann and Scott Hazard Published on Sep 17th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery presents two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery, "Chromatic Boundaries" showcases the geometric abstract paintings of Rachel Hellmann; and in the Dové Gallery, "Typographic...
Second Street Gallery: Dean Dass Published on Sep 17th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery presents local fave and UVA art prof Dean Dass's exhibition, "Studies for a project that cannot be realized 1986-2011," which showcases 25 years of work, ranging from paintings...
Second Street Gallery: Amanda Means and Will Machin Published on Sep 17th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery presents two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery, "Glass + Water" features large-scale photographs of everyday objects by Amanda Means; and in the Dové Gallery, "Knotwood"...
Feminine mystique: Waldrop wires into women's nature Published on Sep 5th, 2011 0 comments Is there something in Roanoke’s water? Because who would imagine that a western Virginia railroad hub would become fertile ground for women artists focused on the feminine? Among Roanoke’s luminaries...
Second Street Gallery: James Covert and Susan Zurbrigg, plus Annie Waldrop Published on Aug 6th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery opens its 38th season with two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery,"Big, Bright" showcases work by painters James Covert and Susan Zurbrigg ; and in the Dové Gallery, "Shift"...
Past blast: Goldin likes to look Published on Jun 13th, 2011 0 comments During a recent tour of the UVA Art Museum’s show, “Excavating New Ground: American Art in the 1970s,” curator Andrea Douglas observed that what may be radical and extraordinary in the moment often...
Second Street Gallery: Nan Goldin's "Scopophilia" Published on May 21st, 2011 0 comments In conjunction with Look3: Festival of the Photograph, Second Street Gallery presents INsight artist Nan Goldin's "Scopophilia." A First Friday opening is scheduled for June 3, 6-7:30pm. 115 Second...
House keeper: Crawford stills domestic life Published on May 16th, 2011 0 comments Chances are most of you don’t look at the extension cord you left on the kitchen table or the rumpled hoodie you dropped on the floor day before yesterday and think, “Now that would make a great...
Second Street Gallery: Elizabeth Crawford and Hyungsub Shin Published on Apr 24th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery presents two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery, realistic painter Elizabeth Crawford's "Visuality" offers ironic still lifes of contemporary objects; and in the Dové Gallery,...
SSG: Pre-Auction preview Published on Mar 26th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery previews the works that will go under the gavel at its annual benefit auction, which is scheduled for April 8. Artists contributing to the cause include Michael Fitts, Sharon...
SSG: Pre-Auction preview Published on Mar 26th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery previews the works that will go under the gavel at its annual benefit auction, which is scheduled for April 8. Those contributing work to the cause include Michael Fitts, Sharon...
SSG: Pre-Auction preview Published on Mar 26th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery previews the works that will go under the gavel at its annual benefit auction, which is scheduled for April 8. Those contributing work to the cause include Michael Fitts, Sharon...
Second Street Gallery: Robin Rose's "Crescendo" and Light House Studio's "Video as Art" Published on Feb 19th, 2011 0 comments Second Street Gallery presents two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery, Robin Rose shows "Crescendo," featuring four new paintings, as well as assemblages that "use, and subvert, the technology of rock...
Beauty and the beastly: Taylor bites into humanity Published on Jan 17th, 2011 0 comments Detail from Josephine Taylor's "Skinned and Flayed." A friend once confided that while she was heating water she realized she could simply put her newborn in the pot and boil the baby. She was...
Second Street Gallery: Josephine Taylor and Kevin Everson Published on Dec 11th, 2010 0 comments Detail from Josephine Taylor's "Skinned and Flayed." Still from Kevin Everson's The Equestrians. Second Street Gallery presents two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery, Josephine Taylor's "Monsterface...
Second Street Gallery: Abby Kasonik and Mara Sprafkin Published on Oct 23rd, 2010 0 comments Abby Kasonik, "Time Out." Detail of installation materials by Mara Sprafkin. Second Street Gallery features two exhibitions: landscape painter and local fave Abby Kasonik presents "Time Out" in the...
Second Street Gallery: Dymph deWild's "(un)Structures," plus "10 x 10 x 10" Published on Sep 25th, 2010 0 comments ymph deWild, "Fantastic Structure #5", 2010, lithograph, 15 x 22 inches. Second Street Gallery features two exhibits: in the Main Gallery, Dymph deWild shows "(un)Structures"; and the Dov© Gallery...
Second Street Gallery: R. Luke DuBois and Corwin Levi Published on Aug 23rd, 2010 0 comments R. Luke DuBois, "Hindsight is Always 20/20." Corwin Levi, "Lines on Gesso." Second Street Gallery features two exhibitions: in the Main Gallery, R. Luke DuBois shows "Hindsight is Always 20/20,"...