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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Tyler Shields
A Solo Exhibition
Tyler Shields has been dubbed “Hollywood’s favorite photographer” for his work with celebrities; but more impressive than his star-studded cast are the narrative yarns he spins in every image. His photographs contain equal parts glamor and violence—seemingly pulling you in as they push you away. Shields pairs signifiers of wealth, power, violence, beauty and the grotesque to create fantasies containing the contradictions of modern life. Featured in Shields’ photographs are movie stars, models, guns, cars, high fashion brands, and a Tarantino-esque use of blood.
The tools of visual representation have been dispersed to the masses to create a new media. Produced and consumed by the same actors, digitally perfected, modified, shared, accelerated, accessed by multitudes in an instant, lost in the wake of the next thing, rediscovered, recycled, remixed and memed, all in a breath. This is Shields’ playground.
The tools of visual representation have been dispersed to the masses to create a new media. Produced and consumed by the same actors, digitally perfected, modified, shared, accelerated, accessed by multitudes in an instant, lost in the wake of the next thing, rediscovered, recycled, remixed and memed, all in a breath. This is Shields’ playground.
Shields’ work easily traverses this image-object wasteland, in which ever-shortening attention spans crave newness and shock. Shields delivers on both of these fronts with sensational images which place their subject in a sensuality and special effects fueled larger-than-life fantasy. His work cuts through a mass media-driven economy of images by engaging with the most visually represented echelon of culture—celebrity—and blowing up the traditional image making process.
In so doing, Shields treads the line between art and editorial. He draws attention to the image itself, rather than relying on the subject’s star power—be it Tony Hawk, Lindsay Lohan, or an Hermes bag. His work is in dialogue with a long tradition of fashion photographers interested in blurring this boundary.
Shields lives and works in LA. His photographs have been exhibited internationally and you can read about his work here.
︎︎︎ Exhibition List
In so doing, Shields treads the line between art and editorial. He draws attention to the image itself, rather than relying on the subject’s star power—be it Tony Hawk, Lindsay Lohan, or an Hermes bag. His work is in dialogue with a long tradition of fashion photographers interested in blurring this boundary.
Shields lives and works in LA. His photographs have been exhibited internationally and you can read about his work here.
October 5 - November 29, 2019
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