The South Got Something to Say
The South Got Something to Say - June 1-July 31, 2021
An outdoor digital exhibition celebrating Atlanta’s unique visual culture.
Arts & Entertainment Atlanta hosted its second-ever digital exhibit, The South Got Something to Say, from June 1-July 31. Curated by Karen Comer Lowe, work by 10 Atlanta-based artists were featured on four A&E Atlanta digital signs throughout Downtown Atlanta.
Featured Artists:
Sheila Pree Bright, Jurell Cayetano, Alfred Conteh, Ariel Dannielle, Shanequa Gay, Kojo Griffin, Gerald Lovell, Yanique Norman, Fahamu Pecou, and Jamele Wright.
Producers:
Curated by Karen Comer Lowe. Presented by Arts & Entertainment Atlanta in partnership with the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, Orange Barrel Media, and BIG Outdoor. Project support provided by Dashboard. Pieces varied by screen.
Sign Locations (Click to Enlarge):
Note: Artwork at 101 Marietta appeared at 9AM, 12PM, and 3PM
Curator Statement from Karen Comer Lowe:
Taken from the words of legendary Atlanta-based rapper Andre 3000, part of the southern hip hop duo Outkast, in 1995 at the Source awards. This phrase issued a proclamation about the rising impact of Atlanta as a city. Since that time, the city has risen as an influential force in music, film, and politics.
This digital exhibition is a recognition of the visual culture of Atlanta and the people who contribute to that culture. The works while variant in medium, address a reckoning with the intersectional inequities of our being. This is expressed by many of the artists through the original materiality of the artistic piece. While transferred into the digital realm, the message is further communicated in this new visual way.
As a native of Atlanta, who has seen and experienced the shifts, changes, and expansion of the culture of the city. I want the focus of this exhibition to be a visual celebration of those enriching creators who are contributing to the ever-changing footprint of the Atlanta Cultural community.
This digital exhibition invites artists to express their view of the south outside of the dominant perspective and to explore Southern values through the visual narrative from artists living and working in Atlanta.
Each artist selected has chosen Atlanta as their home base. Some have exhibited internationally and others are emerging on the national art canon. Atlanta continues to nurture these creative voices that carry the messages of the south.
The South Got Something to Say in the News:
- ‘The South Got Something to Say’ in public art exhibition - AJC
- A New Art Exhibition Invokes Andre 3000 and Brings the Museum Outside - 90.1 WABE's "City Lights"
- New digital art exhibit opens throughout downtown Atlanta - AJC
- The South Got Something to Say Reflects Atlanta's Place as Black Culture and Art Mecca - Sugarcane Magazine
- June 17-23: Digital art, short-film and Human Lights festivals, plus much more - ArtsATL