If I lived in Durham, NC...

Megan Whitmarsh, Yeti + Franz Kline, 2005

Did you catch the little blurb at the bottom of page 22 or so in today's NY Times Style Magazine about the Branch Gallery in Durham, North Carolina? I did. I googled and discovered that they are currently showing one of my personal picks, Megan Whitmarsh. (I discovered Meg's work at sixspace in LA, home of the ever-so-great abLA goddess, Caryn Coleman.)

Also showing is Jennifer Muskopf, whose work I do not know but I like the looks of online (particularly the paintings - click on the last thumbnail in the grid).

The Branch Gallery is no stranger to the contemporary art scene as a NADA member and recent participant in "New Contemporaries” at Art Cologne. Husband and wife team, Chloë Seymore and Harrison Haynes, spent time in New York before moving to Durham. I support their efforts to bring emerging and contemporary art to a new audience (if I were to open a gallery today I'd do it outside of New York, too) and I love that their gallery includes three studios for Branch artists.

Megan Whitmarsh/Jennifer Muskopf
May 19 - July 1

Branch Gallery, Ltd
401c Foster Street
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919 918 1116
Fax: 919 321 1391
email: info@branchgallery.com

Gallery Hours
Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-6pm
(or by appointment)

[n.b. - Artwork pictured is not in the Branch Gallery show. Pulled from Meg's website.]

Comments

[Valerie]

Thank you for drawing my attention to Branch Gallery. I've added it to my resource site.

Those Yetis are beyond adorable. =)

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Megan Whitmarsh's work had been seen in New York as early as 1997, when it was included in a group show at CB's 313 Gallery.