Nashville, Tennessee
Contemporary Art Gallery237 Rep. John Lewis Way N. 37219
Tuesday–Saturday 10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
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REPRESENTED ARTISTS
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Jaq Belcher
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
Jane Braddock
Arden Bendler Browning
Tiffany Calvert
Carla Ciuffo
Wesley Clark
Jason Craighead
The Estate of Arlyn Ende
Jeanie Gooden
Andy Harding
The Estate of Jack Hastings
Sky Kim
Mary Long
Carol Mode
Marilyn Murphy
Lovie Olivia
James Perrin
Sisavanh Phouthavong
Tyler Shields
Brian Tull
Wendy Walker Silverman
David Yarrow
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
Jane Braddock
Arden Bendler Browning
Tiffany Calvert
Carla Ciuffo
Wesley Clark
Jason Craighead
The Estate of Arlyn Ende
Jeanie Gooden
Andy Harding
The Estate of Jack Hastings
Sky Kim
Mary Long
Carol Mode
Marilyn Murphy
Lovie Olivia
James Perrin
Sisavanh Phouthavong
Tyler Shields
Brian Tull
Wendy Walker Silverman
David Yarrow
SELECT
EXHIBITED ARTISTS
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John Alleyne
Scott Andresen
David Onri Anderson
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett
Blake Blanco
Shane Darwent
Nick Fagan
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline
Martica Griffin
Richard Harris
Daniel Ingroff
Alaina Kalbfell
Nick Naber
John Harlan Norris
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Elspeth Schulze
Joey Slaughter
Scott Andresen
David Onri Anderson
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett
Blake Blanco
Shane Darwent
Nick Fagan
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline
Martica Griffin
Richard Harris
Daniel Ingroff
Alaina Kalbfell
Nick Naber
John Harlan Norris
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Elspeth Schulze
Joey Slaughter
UPCOMING & RECENT EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING:
RECENT:
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Eric Sall | Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Banana
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline | Guest Curation
Sky Kim | Cosmic Downloads
Benjy Russell | Dark Big Bang
RECENT:
Jeanie Gooden & Brandon Reese | Listening with Our Eyes
Arden Bendler Browning | Black Forest
Lily Prince | Beneath the Moon, Under the Sun
Group Exhibition | The Sink
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline | Drinking Tears
Elspeth Schulze | Hold Water
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Carla Ciuffo
Animal Instincts
Tinney Contemporary is proud to present Animal Instincts, an exhibition showcasing new works by Carla Ciuffo. The new work explores the idea of humanity’s inner voices which guide instinct, as inspired by the reactions of others during a global pandemic.
Works with titles “I Do”, “The Promise”, and “Wedding Party” take the viewer through familiar and traditional social gatherings that celebrate and solidify concepts of family and love. However, “Animal Instincts” implies contrast between instinctual versus societal motives to these rituals. Other works with titles like “Gossip” and “Menage a Trois” begin to break the idealistic rituals and expand further into social behavior, while the juxtaposition of three figures in “Menage a Trois”, and “Sisters” examine complex human relationships; familial, platonic, and romantic.
The anthropomorphic figures seen in the work read at first as an acknowledgment to animalistic instincts within humans. And yet, within the wedding, gossiping, promising, and wine drinking of these figures, there is also a god or goddess-like mythological look to them. While many religions have gods and goddesses which share animal and human features, these aren’t seen as basic low instinct but rather signs of power and otherworldliness. In this way viewers begin to look at these innate instincts as perhaps the root of human intellect, the motivation of society, rather than the opposite.
Works with titles “I Do”, “The Promise”, and “Wedding Party” take the viewer through familiar and traditional social gatherings that celebrate and solidify concepts of family and love. However, “Animal Instincts” implies contrast between instinctual versus societal motives to these rituals. Other works with titles like “Gossip” and “Menage a Trois” begin to break the idealistic rituals and expand further into social behavior, while the juxtaposition of three figures in “Menage a Trois”, and “Sisters” examine complex human relationships; familial, platonic, and romantic.
The anthropomorphic figures seen in the work read at first as an acknowledgment to animalistic instincts within humans. And yet, within the wedding, gossiping, promising, and wine drinking of these figures, there is also a god or goddess-like mythological look to them. While many religions have gods and goddesses which share animal and human features, these aren’t seen as basic low instinct but rather signs of power and otherworldliness. In this way viewers begin to look at these innate instincts as perhaps the root of human intellect, the motivation of society, rather than the opposite.
Viewers are offered open ended narratives which intertwine familiar and mythological imagery encourage an engagement with these questions, and an exploration as to what these instincts may stir up in ourselves.
Carla Ciuffo’s work lies somewhere between photography, collage, and video art. Narrative, abstract, and lyrical imagery blend in elements of texture and light as Ciuffo plays with the dynamics of constructing and deconstructing the boundaries of her photographic world. “It speaks to the enigma of being human” says Carla.
Originally a New Yorker, Carla Ciuffo currently lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee, and has lived in the south for the past decade. She is a recipient of the Woman Art Award 2017 for the Women’s Essence Show, Espace Cominnes, Paris, France, and her work can be found in collections and corporate installations can be found throughout the United States and Europe. Her corporate commissions have included Pinnacle Bank, The Palmer Group, INSBANK, Spectrum | Emery, Crescent Communities, Fulcher Investment Properties, Jackson Thornton, Kalisher Design Group, and more. Most notably, her work of iconic contemporary artists is in the collection of the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville, TN.
June 19, 2020
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Carla Ciuffo’s work lies somewhere between photography, collage, and video art. Narrative, abstract, and lyrical imagery blend in elements of texture and light as Ciuffo plays with the dynamics of constructing and deconstructing the boundaries of her photographic world. “It speaks to the enigma of being human” says Carla.
Originally a New Yorker, Carla Ciuffo currently lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee, and has lived in the south for the past decade. She is a recipient of the Woman Art Award 2017 for the Women’s Essence Show, Espace Cominnes, Paris, France, and her work can be found in collections and corporate installations can be found throughout the United States and Europe. Her corporate commissions have included Pinnacle Bank, The Palmer Group, INSBANK, Spectrum | Emery, Crescent Communities, Fulcher Investment Properties, Jackson Thornton, Kalisher Design Group, and more. Most notably, her work of iconic contemporary artists is in the collection of the Country Music Hall of Fame, in Nashville, TN.
June 19, 2020
︎︎︎ Exhibition List