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Opening FORT ISABEL GALLERY. 502 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1841 —“Fall for Art,” a group exhibition featuring 10 gallery artists, through Nov. 6. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. WINDSOR COURT HOTEL. 300 Gravier St., 522-1922; www.windsorcourthotel. com — Glassworks by James Vella. Artist’s reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
galleries 3 RING CIRCUS’ THE BIG TOP GALLERY. 1638 Clio St., 569-2700; www.3rcp. com — “Use Your Allusion,” works
by Sean Neary and Gabriel Flores, through Oct. 29.
A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., 568-1313; www. agallery.com — Photographs by Sebastião Salgado, through Jan. 1. ACADEMY GALLERY. 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 — “Parallel Universes,”
works by Victoria Ryan; works by Jacques Soulas, through Oct. 26.
ANTENNA GALLERY. 3161 Burgundy St., 957-4255; www.antennagallery. org —“Perceived Dichotomies,” an
installation by Daniel Lauricella, Duane Pitre and Jeanette Bonds, through Nov. 7.
ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Works by Mike Kilgore,
Pam Marquis, Betsy Meyers Green and Michael Eddy, through Oct. 30.
ART GALLERY 818. 818 Royal St., 5246918 — Paintings, sculpture and
jewelry by local artists Noel Rockmore, Michael Fedor, Xavier de Callatay, Charles Bazzell, Bambi deVille and Ritchie Fitzgerald, ongoing.
ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com —“Willie Birch: Looking
Back,” paintings and papier-mache pieces by the artist, through Oct. 30. “Hell Hell Hell/Heaven Heaven Heaven: Encountering Sister Gertrude Morgan & Revelation,” works by Lesley Dill, through Nov. 20. ARTICHOKE GALLERY. 912 Decatur St., 636-2004 — Artists work on site in all media; watercolors and limited-edition prints by Peter Briant, ongoing. BARRISTER’S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Rebel Scum,” wood block
prints by Sean Starwars, through Nov. 6.
BERGERON STUDIO & GALLERY. 406 Magazine St., 522-7503; www. bergeronstudio.com — Photographs by Michael P. Smith, Jack Beech,
Harriet Blum, Kevin Roberts and others, ongoing. BERTA’S AND MINA’S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY. 4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 —“Second Line: Lifting Our Souls
Up Into Heaven,” works by Nilo and Mina Lanzas; works by Clementine Hunter, Noel Rockmore and others; all ongoing. BRYANT GALLERIES. 316 Royal St., 525-5584; www.bryantgalleries. com — Paintings by Dean Mitchell, ongoing. BYRDIE’S GALLERY. 2422-A St. Claude Ave., www.byrdiesgallery.com —
“David Sinclair Nixon: A Retrospective of One Artist’s Life and Work”, through Nov. 9.
CALICHE & PAO GALLERY. 312 Royal St., 588-2846 — Oil paintings by Caliche
and Pao, ongoing.
CALLAN FINE ART. 240 Chartres St., 524-0025; www.callanfineart. com — Works by Eugene de Blass,
Louis Valtat and other artists of the Barbizon, Impressionist and PostImpressionist schools, ongoing.
CANARY GALLERY. 329 Julia St., 388-7746; www.thecanarycollective. com — “Global Log,” paintings
on kitenges by Horton Humble, through November.
CARDINAL GALLERY. 541 Bourbon St., 522-3227 — Exhibition of Italian art-
ists featuring works by Bruno Paoli and Andrea Stella, ongoing. CARIBBEAN ARTS LTD. 720 Franklin Ave., 943-3858 — The gallery showcases contemporary Haitian and Jamaican art.
CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www. carolrobinsongallery.com — “Thirty Years in Retrospect,” a group exhibition by featured and gallery artists, through October. CARROLL GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, 314-2228; www. carrollgallery.tulane.edu — “Adjunct +1,” a group exhibition featuring Tulane adjunct faculty, through Oct. 27. CASELL GALLERY. 818 Royal St., 5240671; www.casellartgallery.com —
Pastels by Joaquim Casell; etchings by Sage; oils by Charles Ward; all ongoing.
COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Things Left Unsaid,”
acrylic paintings by James Beaman, through October.
COLLECTIVE WORLD ART COMMUNITY. Poydras Center, 650 Poydras St., 339-5237 — Paintings from the Blue
Series by Joseph Pearson, ongoing. COLLINS C. DIBOLL ART GALLERY. Loyola University, Monroe Library, 6363 St. Charles Ave., fourth floor, 861-5456 — “Couples,” portraiture
by Carole Leake; “Wonderland,” mixed-media caterpillar paintings and drawings by Tom Strider; both through Oct. 21. COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www. coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “Life
InVerse,” paintings by Gustavo Duque, through Oct. 30.
DEITY ARTS OF THE EXTREME ORIENT. 2001 Magazine St., 529-3171; www.
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review Chapter and Verse This was unexpected. Since the 1970s, Lesley Dill has been known for her gossamer sculptural works based on poetry and the body, especially the female form, which she often cobbled out of verses — many from Emily Dickinson — cut from steel, copper, paper and even horsehair. Like Dickinson, Dill is a daughter of New England, and both reflect epochal shifts in the perception of female identity. So it’s startling to see Dill now taking her cues from Sister Gertrude Morgan, our own Lower 9th Ward artist, poet and preacher known for fire and brimstone sermons on the streets of the French Quarter. Though the gulf between Dickinson and Morgan may seem irreconcilable, Dill found a way. Here we see the main themes of Morgan’s sermons including the Apocalypse, the Antichrist, the Whore of Babylon and the Beast rendered in a style more crisply Gothic than Morgan’s colorfully gaudy effusion. Yet this may seem oddly familiar if you’ve ever seen those old New England headstones with skulls and skeletons etched in granite. The first New Englanders also were fundamentalists and shared the same apocalyptic message as Morgan, so her graphics and theirs have much in common. But probably only another woman could fathom how it felt to be a crusading black female preacher, poet and painter in the 1950s South. In 1957, Morgan heard a voice telling her that she was a “bride of Christ,” and that was when she took her ministry to the French Quarter. Dill’s sculpture of a wedding gown blazoned with Morgan’s name and the words “Jesus” and “power” and “glory” convey her positivism, but a black dress covered with variations of the word “Hell” amid eyes, crosses and serpents express the sulfurous pit of Hades that awaits the sinner. By putting her in a more historic and literary context, Dill helps facilitate a more complete picture of Sister Gertrude’s place in the pantheon of American culture. — D. Eric Bookhardt
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lesley Dill: Hell Hell Hell/ Heaven Heaven Heaven: encountering sister gertrude Morgan & revelation
Arthur Roger @ 434, 434 Julia St. 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com
deitynola.com — “Parlance?” contemporary American artist working with the style and subjects of Asian art, through Nov. 7. D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936 —
“Dreaming in Clay,” stoneware figural works by Mark Chatterley, through Nov. 4.
DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032 — “Harvest,” glazed
stonewear sculpture, acrylic on canvas and oil canvas by Sue Bowers, Jason DuMouchel and Anne McLeod, through Nov. 6.
THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront.org — Sumi ink
drawings by Yoonmi Nam, Jeremy Drummond and Hoang Pham; installation works by emerging artists curated by Dave Greber; multi-channel video installation by Dave Webber, through Nov. 7.
GALERIE ROYALE. 3648 Magazine St., 894-1588; www.galerieroyale. com — “Skating into the Fall,” works
by Jessie Trinchard, Robert Sutton, Mike Klung and Shannon Marie, through October.
GALLERY BIENVENU. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www.gallerybienvenu.com — Sculpture by Pablo Atchugarry, through Nov. 20. THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com —
“Celebrate New Orleans,” a group exhibition featuring local artists, through Nov. 7. GUY LYMAN FINE ART. 3645 Magazine St., 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart.com — “Young, Talented
and Still Affordable,” a group exhibition featuring paintings, drawings and sculpture by new
in conjunction with the Bywater Art Market
Oc tober 16 Saturday 10am-4pm
Markey park—royal st @ piety Proceeds to benefit the SULA FOUNDATION www.bywaterartmarket.com 0 504.944.7900
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AORTA PROJECTS. Poland Avenue and North Miro Street; www.aortaprojects.blogspot.com — “Blue Fence,” installation by Jennifer Odem, through December.
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