Gambit Weekly: Visions From the South
2010-03-25
By D. Eric Bookhardt: "Octavia Gallery features the work of outsider artists such as the late Rev. Howard Finster, who once saw a human face that told him to make sacred art in his fingerprint. Juanita Rogers was compelled by other spirits to make sculpture from mud and moss, bones and graveyard dirt, while New Orleans' own Willie White saw visions of fantastic prehistoric birds, dragons and flying horses over Central City. Clearly, mysticism is alive and well, and these artists, among others in the expo, are happy to share it with us."
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Bringing Local Art to Alabama
2010-03-13
Working closely with The Retirement Systems of Alabama, the internationally renowned artist Frederic Nall Hollis (known professionally as Nall) picks the artwork in the systems's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail lodgings. "I wanted Alabama hotels to have Alabama art," he says. "In my works I express my soul. These other artists feel the same way. You can smell the kudzu and the red dirt when you look at their works."
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Louisiana Homes and Gardens: Think outside the box at Octavia Art Gallery
2009-12-31
Octavia Art Gallery has a dramatic presence; it is a world-class gallery tucked away in the heart of Uptown New Orleans. Located in the vibrant art, antique, and shopping district along the Magazine Street corridor, this gallery is a refreshing change from the usual sterile white-walled spaces. Artists of all media, backgrounds, and styles are chosen, and each is given a unique backdrop that inhances the work and allows the imagination of the viewer to roam free around the pieces.
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New Orleans Saints, artist Alex Beard team up for charity
2009-10-05
The Saints and artist Alex Beard unveiled an original painting titled "Geaux Saints Geaux" on Sunday. A limited edition of 500 silkscreen prints will be sold to benefit several local charities.
An even smaller number of prints will be signed by the artist, coaches and players. More information can be found at www.alexbeardstudio.com or www.neworleanssaints.com.
B & W Magazine Merit Award Winner
2009-08-01
Victoria Montoro Zamorano was chosen as a Merit Award winner for the B & W Portfolio Contest 2009. Victoria was one of the 80 Merit Award winners chosen out of more than 800 entrants.
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Andrés Duany Discusses Art and Urban Planning
2009-02-11
See urban planner Andrés Duany describe an exhibit of drawings produced for Louisiana's recovery after the 2005 storm and flood.
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Vanity Fair: Call of the Wild
2008-04-01
"At 37, Alex Beard is an accomlished artist, an adventurer, and an accidental entreprenuer redefining the New York gallery scene with his SoHo studio, which doubles as an exhibition space. Here the flow of ideas, audience participation, and children are always welcome. His motto: 'Be curious...' "
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The Times-Picayune, The 60-Second Interview
2008-10-03
The 60-Second Interview: Alex Beard
Friday, October 03, 2008
By Chris Rose
Alex Beard is the son of a philanthropist and a writer in New York City, the nephew of legendary wildlife photographer Peter Beard, grew up listening to Truman Capote and e e cummings at the family dinner table and attended all the best schools.
Then, about 18 years ago, he set out for New Orleans to become his own kind of artist, a painter, specializing in -- but not limited to -- the whimsical and fantastical elements of animals and fish. He married a Louisiana girl, opened the Alex Beard Gallery in the Quarter and began to raise a family.
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Gambit Weekly: Recommended "Karina Wisniewska: New Quartz Sand Paintings"
2008-09-16
By D. Eric Bookhardt: "Born in Venice in 1966, Swiss artist Karina Wisniewska was an acclaimed concert pianist for most of her adult life. Despite her starring role in many recordings and performances with leading European symphony orchestras through the '90s, she decided in 2000 to devote herself exclusively to her true love, visual art."
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Alex Beard Mentors Local Kids During Mural Painting at Mahalia Jackson Center, New Orleans
2008-09-23
At 11 a.m. on September 30th, Beard will share his love of creativity with a group of Central City students at the Early Childhood and Family Learning Center at Mahalia Jackson in New Orleans. Together, Beard and the students, as well as special guests from the New Orleans Saints, will paint a 10 x 20 foot mural featuring his signature style of whimsical animals at play.
Miami Herald: "Photographer Joe Zammit-Lucia Enlists Animals"
2008-04-13
Zammit-Lucia's newest project is photographing many animals of the same species to demonstrate the bond that an exists between man and animal, and to show each animal as an individual. Not thinking of animals as having feelings, personality and character engenders disregard for animal life, he says.
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Art Voices:
2008-07-01
By Robin Durand: "Alex Beard lived in New Orleans for ten years before the storm. He had a studio/gallery on Chartres St. across from the W New Orleans Hotel. He is, notably, an internationally shown artist, a world traveler, and adventurer. He was raised in a household that entertained the likes of Andy Warhol and Truman Capote. He has now relocated to New York where he has a similar studio/gallery, but Beard still displays with Octavia Art Gallery on Magazine Street."
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Conservation Photographer Included Among World's Greatest
2008-01-01
The work of conservation photographer Dr. Joe Zammit-Lucia has been included in "The World's Greatest Black & White Photography" - a new book launched in January 2008 by the World Photographic Arts Corporation.
The Peak Magazine, Hong Kong Edition, March 2008
2008-03-03
Art Beat, by Mandy Soh. An interview and Q & A with Alex Beard about his life, family and his 2007 exhibit "Abstract Naturalism" in Hong Kong.
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Prestige Magazine: December Calendar Feature
2007-12-01
Alex Beard's exhibition, "Abstract Naturalism" listed as an item to see in Prestige Magazine's calender for the December 2007 issue. The exhibition of Alex Beard's work was shown at The Cat Street Gallery in Hong Kong from November 21 through December 21, 2007.
Alex Beard Makes Hong Kong Debut
2007-11-21
PRESS RELEASE: The Cat Street Gallery is pleased to present “Abstract Naturalism” a solo-exhibition by Alex Beard – the first ever in the city for the artist – November 21 through December 21, 2007.