Welcome to the Art Orgy

Excuse me for wearing my eclipse glasses indoors this week, but I’m resting my eyes. 

Surely y’all are still recovering from the recent penumbral event; we may not have been in the path of totality but it’s not every day that the heavens put on a special show.

However, my retinas were already megadazzled days before — by a bacchanalian bender of color, form, and star power contained on canvas.   

Now, there are art writers in this community far more qualified and encompassing than me; not only do local treasures Beth Logan and Rob Hessler showcase the latest and greatest genius around here, they’re also talented artists themselves. I’m not even capable of painting my own baseboards let alone something that doesn’t look like it came from Sesame Street. But I remain an avowed groupie of what I herald as Savannah’s true rock stars. 

My wild art spree began last Thursday within the seductive brutalist compound of Laney Contemporary, where Katherine Sandoz held court over her new show, Water Ways. (If I had to correlate her style and influence with actual rock stars, I’d say she is our equivalent of Stevie Nicks balancing en pointe with Beyonce, plus Patti Smith’s work ethic.)

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