Artist Spotlight: Lyle Rushing - Human. Male. Black.

Lyle Rushing, Knees, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36"

Lyle Rushing’s debut exhibition at TAG is a study of the intersectional nature of the human experience, topical events and living while black.

Lyle Rushing, Hands Up, Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36"

Human. Male. Black. celebrates the universality of the human experience while also investigating the ways in which black men are regarded while navigating through everyday life and emotions.

Lyle Rushing, What These Eyes Have Seen, Acrylic, pastel, charcoal, gesso on canvas, 48 x 36"

Rushing aims to celebrate and uplift the black experience, while also giving visibility to the emotions often overlooked and not associated with masculinity at large and black male masculinity in particular.

Lyle Rushing, Seeker, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48"

The exhibition runs through Saturday, August 4
Artist Panel: Saturday, July 28, 3 PM

Artist Spotlight: Rebecca Marie - In Between

Rebecca Marie, Entangled, Acrylic and paper on canvas, 36 x 36"

Rebecca Marie’s debut exhibition, In Between, is a carefully crafted study of the journey of metamorphism - the image, the artist, and the viewer - through the female lens and gaze. The exhibition finds Marie combining canvas, board, textured papers, and paint to construct meticulous pieces depicting the feelings, thought processes, mind and essence of Woman.

Rebecca Marie, Solace, Acrylic and paper on canvas, 36 x 36"

The work covers a wide emotional spectrum, from quiet and simple to more active and complex compositions, seeing Marie mirroring the non-monolithic and intersectional nature of womanhood. These works depict a moments ranging from active to still. Each painting is intended to hold its own sense of agency and empowerment without compartmentalization or objectification.

Rebecca Marie, Entwined Acrylic and paper on canvas, 36 x 24"

In Between fuses representational and abstract elements to take what is familiar and shine a light on its inner complexity and composition. In the weaving of the abstract and the representational Marie aims to fully capture the multifaceted complexity and experiences of the woman and influence the viewers perception, and her own as well.

Rebecca Marie, Joyful, Acrylic and paper on canvas, 36 x 24"

The exhibition runs through Saturday, August 4
Artist Panel: Saturday, July 28, 3 PM

Artist Spotlight: Suki Kuss - Balancing Act

Suki Kuss, Music City II, Mixed media collage, 18.5 x 24.5"

Suki Kuss’ newest exhibition at TAG Gallery, Balancing Act, is a study of traditional craft making through a feminist lens. Kuss aims to reclaim the sovereignty of “a woman’s work”, from a patriarchal grasp while simultaneously uplifting the women that perform these tasks and the objects they create.

Suki Kuss, Girl In a Kimono VII, Mixed media collage, 24.5 x 36.5"

Kuss has an interest in materials considered traditionally female (vintage fabrics, papers, laces, etc.) and has expanded her palette to now include Asian inspired collections of ephemera. Having been given a book about Japanese kimonos by her mother, she was inspired to delve into the traditionally female task of kimono making, using her own unique collage technique.

Suki Kuss, Girl In a Kimono II, Mixed media collage, 23 x 18"

These femmage (feminine collage) pieces, though perhaps seen as craft or decorative art, have a power of their own. Here Kuss is embracing the decorative as a positive quality, fighting against what she feels is an artistic condescension that had long dismissed decorative as a trivial sign of inferior art or craft.

Suki Kuss, Resurrection I, Mixed media collage, 60.5 x 36.5"

This past year, Kuss’ beloved husband fell ill and passed away three weeks after the completing of an early “Kimono” piece. Harnessing her grief, Kuss walked a line between continuing her practice and running all aspects of their business on her own. This exhibition is a labor of love that came together in a spiral of emotion and creativity with the finished work speaking of women’s resilience and need to create.

The exhibition runs through Saturday, August 4 
Artist Panel: Saturday, July 28, 3 PM

Artist Spotlight: Jaime Coffey Bateman - California Series

Jamie Coffey Bateman

California Series is Jaime Coffey Bateman’s celebration of the unique light in nature and the connection and adventure of a place. She travels throughout the state taking photographs and when back in her studio starts a process of editing and making notes for her paintings. Working in egg tempera (a mixture of egg yolk, dry pigment and water), multiple layers are painted for each color and nuances between tone, transparency and vibrancy are created.

Jamie Coffey Bateman

Stepping into California Series is an experience of watching light progress throughout the day. By concentrating on light as its own entity, Bateman explores how it manipulates itself around objects and is distinguished through mood. Light seems to create a dialogue between forms by defining them and their negative spaces.

Jamie Coffey Bateman

Embracing the idea that the edge of uncertainty is where growth happens, Jaime has ventured into a subtle narrative between the landscape and wildlife. There exists a slight edge of abstraction mixed with representation. A sense of movement, as if in a passing car, can be felt, until the viewer stops at an individual painting and experiences the quiet of the landscape, losing themselves in intimate details and stillness.

Jamie Coffey Bateman

The exhibition runs through Saturday, August 4 
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14, 5 - 8 pm 
Artist Panel: Saturday, July 28, 3 PM

Current Exhibition: Jamie Coffey Bateman, Suki Kuss, Rebecca Marie, Lyle Rushing

Tuesday, July 10 - Saturday, August 4, 2018 
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 14, 5 - 8 pm 
Artist Panel: Saturday, July 28, 3 PM 

Jamie Coffey Bateman -- California Series

Jamie Coffey Bateman, Cali XXI Alert, Egg tempera, 6 x 6"

Suki Kuss -- Balancing Act

Suki Kuss, Small Offerings, Mixed media on canvas, 5 x 5"

Rebecca Marie -- In Between

Rebecca Marie, Refuge, Acrylic and paper, 12 x12"

Lyle Rushing -- Human. Male. Black.

Lyle Rushing, Blind In 1 Eye Can't See Out of the Other, Charcoal and pastel on wood, 30 x 30"