PAST: ART: Galleries with shows on view in NE and SE DC, January Overview from East City Art

East City Art: January 2011

Covering Art Galleries in SE & NE DC

Honfleur Gallery (1241 Good Hope Road, SE) hosts two solo exhibitions including "New Work" by Jordan Kasey and "Controversial Characters of Portraits Past" by Eric Finzi. Jordan Kasey a Baltimore artist paints surreal large size canvas while Finzi, a dermatological surgeon, uses syringes, propane torches and other nontraditional tools to create epoxy resin paintings. The exhibitions run through February 18, 2011

The Gallery at Vivid Solutions (2208 Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue SE) presents Chajana denHarder "A Space for the Transitory" an exhibit in which Dutch artist denHarder is simultaneously the subject, photographer and model until she finally “dissociates and let’s go”. The exhibition runs through February 18, 2011

Evolve Urban Arts (1375 Maryland Avenue NE ) presents a group show entitled "Flights of Fancy: Elements of Surrealism". The exhibition features the work of several local DC artists who are members of the Studio Gallery in Dupont Circle. Through February 26th.

Conner Contemporary Art (1358 Florida Avenue, NE) presents two solo exhibitions "Windowboxing" by Cordy Ryman and "High Pressure System" by Brandon Morse, featuring painted sculptural assemblages by Ryman and real-time generative digital work by Morse. Through March 5th.

Just above Conner Contemporary, Industry Gallery (1358 Florida Avenue NE, second floor) presents “Fossilized”, the first Solo US Exhibition of Jens Praet. Praet’s designs are made from shredded magazines and documents. Through February 26th.

Right next door to Conner Contemporary Art and Industry Gallery, G Fine Art (1350 Florida Ave, NE) features Graham Caldwell's "The Uncanny Valley". Through February 5th. Image pictured is from this show.

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Metro: Some galleries are best reached by bus, especially those on the 1300 block of Florida Ave, NE. To get to Vivid and Honfleur you can metro to Anacostia. Turn left on MLK Ave and walk about ten minutes to get to Vivid, Honfleur is about 5 minutes further down the road, closer to the big chair sculpture. For more info, maps and bus access, I suggest using the trip planner feature on Metro.