SOZO GALLERY
TY NATHAN CLARK:
LESSONS IN REMEMBERING
 Beginning in February, SOZO Gallery will present Lessons in Remembering, a solo exhibit featuring Ty Nathan Clark, a Texas-based abstract artist – and also writer, filmmaker, producer, and, interestingly enough, basketball consultant. In his latest body of work, Clark uses the art of abstract expressionism to pull from a frame of memories, experiences, and emotions. The exhibit will lead you through an exploration of his life with a focus on the grand complexity of human existence and the influence of memory. You’ll be challenged to explore vital moments and experiences in time that either become distant memories or make us who we are. Through an artistic ability of storytelling, Clark uses color as thought or reflection, texture as metaphors, line representing story in constant flux, marks explaining chaos, and negative space welcoming cosmos – all allowing you to explore bits and pieces of your own memory.  The exhibition will take place from February 11 through March 1 with an opening reception on February 15.


HODGES TAYLOR
TOM STANLEY:
EN ROUTE TO HERE
Tom Stanley: en route to here, presented by Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy, is a solo exhibition featuring a selection of Stanley’s paintings and works on paper from the past two decades. This will be Stanley’s second solo exhibition with Hodges Taylor – the first was in 2003. Treading off his series en route to hamlet – referring to the small town off Highway 74 in North Carolina – the series surveyed in this exhibition examines the last twenty-plus years of Stanley’s journey. En route to here invites you to explore a selection of Stanley’s stops from the mid-1990s to present day. With his skilled sgraffito (a scratching technique), repeated motifs, and nod to color constructs, Stanley creates art that is both personal and familiar. His underlying message is this: “We all have the ability to think with our hands and our eyes. We have to continue to find ways to utilize that, and it might be in new ways we haven’t thought of before – It’s what humanizes us.”  The exhibition will continue through Friday, February 22.


ANNE NEILSON FINE ART GALLERY
WILLIAM MCLURE SOLO EXHIBITION
 Alabama artist and designer William McLure makes his way back to Charlotte for a solo exhibition where his latest works will be on display at Anne Neilson Fine Art Gallery. Neilson’s gallery, which plays host to works from forty different artists around the world and is dedicated to being a lighthouse in Charlotte and beyond, brings attention to both emerging and established artists. McLure’s latest collection of work reflects a distinguished style of freedom and vitality through geometric and organic shapes painted across canvas in loose, flowing patterns and spontaneous brushstrokes. The newest collection of mixed media paintings will showcase McLure’s innate creativity and eminent style, matured through an appreciation and understanding of art and design.  The exhibition will take place from February 7 through March 7 with an opening reception on February 7.