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Durham Art Guild

4.5 (2 reviews)
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Through This Lens Inc - Gallery during the Durham Art Walk Spring Market.

Through This Lens Inc

(3 reviews)

$$$

Wow. As if the available traditional-medium art in the Triangle is not enough, there's also a…read moregallery dedicated to electronic-medium art of the camera. I thought having books of pictures would be a reasonable facsimile of the seeing the actual photograph. It's like any art form really, I thought. Through This Lens proved me wrong. Where a book can group places and concepts, a gallery has to be a bit more selective, I think. It has limited space and time to capture and keep your interest as it competes with other medium and distractions. And in downtown Durham, during a weekend festival no less, TTL managed to do it. TTL has photos from all over the world. All are visually stunning in their own way. Each with a message, sometimes subtle, sometimes not so much. One can see snippets of objects, colors, movement -- all moments in time captured by the photographer-artist. In this one small gallery you can travel the world from the reservations in Arizona to the deserts in Africa. It's a mini-vacation. The owner, Roylee was very helpful in answering my questions and explaining the technique used by a photographer of one particular picture that captured my attention. There was a color photo of a dried well, the tan walls a sharp contrast to the two women in bright saris, there at the bottom of the drying well. The description by the photographer added another layer of awesome. Another photograph, a black and white photo taken at an abandoned church in Georgia, was stunning. I probably spent fifteen minutes staring at it from every angle. It hadn't yet been hung on the wall so I was able to look at it from all angles as I walked around the table. The lines and shadows just drew me in. There was such an unexpected symmetry in that picture, it was hard to believe it wasn't computer-drawn. And so it went for my entire visit. .

Lovely but small photography art gallery and framing shop. I've only visited the shop for the…read moregallery portion and have yet get to get something framed, but it's a nice stop during any of Durham's Spring/Winter Art Walks or on Third Friday. They usually have several bottles of red and wine wines along with a complimentary cheese/bread plate for gallery guests during their special events, which is quite nice. The photography is from all over the world, many prints I'd recognize as South East Asia but there are also some lovely local Triangle photos and those for the nature enthusiast. I'd recommend putting Through This Lens on your gallery hopping list if it's convenient, but it isn't large enough and, after a handful of visits, I've never received a personal greeting to draw me back if it's out of the way. Through This Lens rents their space from Durham Arts Place, around to the right if you're facing the entrance and up the stairs.

Power Plant Gallery

Power Plant Gallery

(1 review)

CONTENT, CONTENT, content! The galleries exhibited here will not only capture your artistic eye,…read morebut they will provoke deed insight. The exhibits usually looks pretty sparse at first glance. Visual photography/video art installations with no markings next to pieces. FIND the gallery guide! This is where ALL the content is! Phone Home Durham, the latest gallery, was a compilation of community submitted cellphone shots. What's next, you say? An exhibit I'm VERY much looking forward to-- BRIDGE QUESTION: Black Males {Sept. 8-Nov. 21} This will be a documentary-styled video art installation!! It will provide a "safe setting for necessary, honest expression and HEALING dialogue on themes that divide, unite and puzzle black males today..." If just the discussion of this gallery has gotten your gears going, check out Power Plant Gallery! Every individual exhibit is drastically different, yet there are few galleries in the area that truly incorporate visually and intellectually stimulating works. This small gallery neighbors Full Frame Theater, and consists of one large, white walled room. I couldn't say it better than the gallery says it itself: a laboratory for documentary & experimental art practices at Duke U. The Gallery provides ongoing opportunities for Duke students, faculty & staff as well as Durham communities to consider the essential role and transformative capacity of the arts in society. Logistics: Gallery can make for a long or short stop. Small space, but full of content! Conveniently located at American Tobacco Campus, open Tuesdays-Saturdays {check the website, summer hours differ from winter hours}, easy to walk in and out and usually fairly quiet. Free two hour parking in two parking garages [and the gallery is free as well!]. TWO entrances, enter through the Full Frame Theater building (take a right in the boiler room and go through glass door) or enter through door to left of POWER PLANT graphic (see photo!) Gallery rotate every three months and is always open late during Durham's Third Friday Art Walk. {The www.powerplantgallery.org is VERY useful!}

Eno Gallery - Eno Gallery during 'Last Fridays' Art Walk

Eno Gallery

(6 reviews)

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Eno Gallery has a nearly perfect setting for a gallery. It's on the corner of two busy streets, is…read morea taller building than it's immediate neighbors, and has big windows that make you want to look inside. So I did. I saw a nice gallery, with the white walls and squeaky light colored wood floors. The first floor is a little crowded, with the paintings, pottery, glass work, small sculptures and miscellany. On the day I was there, a couple of the artists whose work is displayed were there for an open house, so maybe that's why the area seemed cluttered. For me, the second floor is more interesting. The narrow stairs leading to it, open into a large room with minimalistic decor. The displays are the only decoration. It was more conducive to showing the art than the downstairs. It's modern art, by many local people and a few nationally known artists. There's a lot of mixed media pieces and sculptures, each interesting, but for me, more at home in a gallery than in my home. Still, it's a compelling place to visit and a great place to perhaps meet the artists during the monthly open houses.

My husband and I stopped in at the Eno Gallery after a wonderful lunch just up the street…read more They have a very nice variety of art from local artists. You'll find sculpture, pottery, glass, and paintings. This is where I discovered (and fell in love with) the artwork of Larry Gray. Mr. Gray does large format paintings of luminous, turbulent skies over the tiniest sliver of landscape. It is amazing how the paintings seem to have an internal light, and the barest shimmer of rainbow colors. I am baffled by his technique, and completely in awe of his talent. I am not surprised that he has work in the permanent collections of MOMA and the Art Institute of Chicago. I am -completely- surprised that the Eno Gallery website allows you to download high resolution jpgs of his work! I can only assume that Mr. Gray wants as many people to enjoy his artwork as possible, even people like me who can't afford to spend $12,000 for one of his spectacular paintings. Still, a jpg is no substitution for the real thing, so I encourage you to stop in and see his work in person.

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