Conner Contemporary Art

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Conner Contemporary Art is a fine art gallery in Washington, DC founded by Leigh Conner in 2000. The gallery represents diverse contemporary artists working in all media. The curatorial program is unified by strong conceptual bases, including identity, materiality, historicity and popular iconography, which define and adjust contemporary art's function within the current of cultural change. In addition to its exhibition schedule, the gallery implements artistic initiatives such as performances, web-casts and off-site projects. Conner Contemporary also participates regularly in international art fairs including Pulse London, Pulse Miami, Pulse New York and MACO, Mexico City.

Contents 1 Artists 2 *gogo art projects 3 *gogo Artists 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Artists

• Mark Bennett
• Zoë Charlton
• Mary Coble
• Maria Friberg
• Julee Holcombe
• Kenny Hunter
• Dean Kessmann
• Avish Khebrehzadeh
• John Kirchner
• Jeremy Kost
• Brandon Morse
• Joe Ovelman
• Patricia Piccinini
• Erik Sandberg
• McCallum & Tarry
• Leo Villareal

[edit] *gogo art projects

Conner Contemporary Art launched *gogo art projects in fall 2006 to incubate emerging and experimental art. *gogo evolved from Conner's annual BFA/ MFA graduate exhibition, Academy, begun in 2000. Promoting new talent engendered a strategic initiative to mobilize promising artists toward the next professional level.

[edit] *gogo Artists

• Geoffrey Aldridge
• Taylor Baldwin
• Ryan Carr Johnson
• Adam de Boer
• Isaac Maiselman
• Natalia Panfile
• Sabeen Raja
• Nathaniel Rogers
• Zach Storm
• Matthew Sutton

[edit] External links

• Conner Contemporary Art
• *gogo art projects

[edit] References

• Beckman, Rachel. A Shifting Landscape for Conner Gallery The Washington Post September 2007
• Pulse Miami 2006, Artnet Magazine
• Cudlin, Jeffrey. Mark Bennett: New Drawings The Washington City Paper March 2007
• Wennerstrom, Nord. Leo Villareal: Conner Contemporary Artforum February 2007
• Cotter, Holland. To Explore Race, Sometimes You Focus on the Explorer The New York Times February 2007
• Wennerstrom, Nord. Julee Holcombe puts her classical spin on digitally manipulated images Art & Antiques December 2006
• Wennerstrom, Nord. Erik Sandberg Artforum October 2006
• Cotter, Holland. At Historical Society, Emancipation Remains a Work in Progress The New York Times June 2006
• Wennerstrom, Nord. Avish Khebrehzadeh Artforum May 2006
• Goss, Heather. Morse’s Code DCist March 2006
• Dawson, Jessica. An Artist Pricks Her Skin and Our Conscience Over Hate Crimes The Washington Post September 1, 2005; Page C01

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