Away From the Noise
The Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Gallery 72 are pleased to present “Away from the Noise/Welcome to Atlanta”, a collaborative installation project by multimedia artists Carolyn Carr and Michael Gibson. The exhibition features two artistic collaborations that allowed Carr and Gibson to consider the complicated nature of their beloved city and shared southern heritage.
Kevin Sipp is Gallery 72 Cultural Affairs and Public Art Coordinator · Curator and Exhibition Designer · Visual/Teaching Artist
Gallery 72 The gallery was opened in 2014 and has since focused on serving local talent including individual artists, local galleries, arts organizations, and curators. The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs is proud to host a contemporary art gallery that adds to the growing and progressive arts scene of Atlanta.
Michael Gibson
Echo with Seating, 2019
Plaster Cannon Balls and Drums
Seating for Three Guests
Sound—crickets on alternating speakers and looped. Recorded in Atlanta. Two copies of a single sound file played out of phase.
Carolyn Carr
Painting
Tag, 2018
Recycled paint and Kaolin, and marble dust on velvet.
Listening Room
Seven works on paper made with clay and collected along the antebellum trail. There is an accusing film documenting the process.
It’s the Iron that makes it Red, 2001
Seven Works on paper made with Georgia Red clay collected along the anti-anti-bellum trail.
Michael Gibsons Sound piece with seating, titled Echo
Painting on Velvet, titled Tag
Listening Room
Michael Gibson
ECHO WITH SEATING, 2019
Carolyn Carr
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE 2010
Photography, paint, Unique
