Nashville, Tennessee
Contemporary Art Gallery
237 Rep. John Lewis Way N. 37219
Tuesday–Saturday 10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
615.255.7816
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
EXHIBITED ARTISTS
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David Onri Anderson
Reed Anderson
Scott Andresen
Josh Azzarella
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett
Alex Blau
Andrés Bustamante
Amelia Briggs
Dan Charbonnet
Stephen Collier
D-Tag
Shane Darwent
Cherie Benner Davis
Courtney Egan
Rory Emmett
Alyss Estay
Abdi Farah
Lanie Gannon
Dave Greber
Martica Griffin
Leah Guadagnoli
Richard Harris
Alvaro Ilizarbe
John Paul Kesling
Francesco Lo Castro
Bonnie Maygarden
Andy Mister
Cristina Molina
Aliza Morell
Nick Naber
Fahamu Pecou
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Amber Robles-Gordon
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Jeff Scott
Bret Shirley
Joey Slaughter
Elise Thompson
Kelli Thompson
Ellen Weider
Herb Williams
Leif Zikade
Reed Anderson
Scott Andresen
Josh Azzarella
Sophia Belkin
Joshua Edward Bennett
Alex Blau
Andrés Bustamante
Amelia Briggs
Dan Charbonnet
Stephen Collier
D-Tag
Shane Darwent
Cherie Benner Davis
Courtney Egan
Rory Emmett
Alyss Estay
Abdi Farah
Lanie Gannon
Dave Greber
Martica Griffin
Leah Guadagnoli
Richard Harris
Alvaro Ilizarbe
John Paul Kesling
Francesco Lo Castro
Bonnie Maygarden
Andy Mister
Cristina Molina
Aliza Morell
Nick Naber
Fahamu Pecou
Joel Daniel Phillips
Melodie Provenzano
Jing Qin
Amber Robles-Gordon
Esther Ruiz
Benjy Russell
Jeff Scott
Bret Shirley
Joey Slaughter
Elise Thompson
Kelli Thompson
Ellen Weider
Herb Williams
Leif Zikade
UPCOMING & RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming:
Recent:
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Arden Bendler Browning | Black Forest
Lily Prince | Beneath the Moon, Under the Sky
Jeanie Gooden & Brandon Reese | Two Person Exhibition
Recent:
Kimia Ferdowsi Kline | Drinking Tears
Elspeth Schulze | Hold Water
Sisavanh Phouthavong | ctrl + alt + del
Reed Anderson | Tender Garden
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Jane Braddock creates vibrant abstract paintings divisible into three series, each with a distinct approach. In her Shakti series, repeated gestural markings and drips yield a densely-layered field of intense hues—frenetic and dynamic, yet achieving a holistic harmony. In her Text series, mantra-like phrases excerpted from various sources are incorporated into the composition; unpunctuated and restructured into a grid, evenly distributed across the surface against a dance of color and gesture. These works are joined by pieces from the Pour series, distinguished by the high-risk process of their making. The artist pours paint directly onto the canvas, letting it dry for at least 24 hours, and repeating, responding in dramatic swathes of color.
Taken together, Braddock’s works embody 3 different generative modes, unified in one spirit of creation. The artist draws a connection to the Hindu belief that this creative spirit is feminine in nature—balanced with the male Shiva, the embodiment of consciousness. Color, gesture, and text emerge as pure expression, combining to form a gestalt surface which ripples and vibrates over implied yet unknowable depths. 3 Rivers is an acknowledgement of these flows of creative energy, like and unlike, all bound together in a cyclic journey.