It’s no secret…we are huge Kim Schuessler fans at Peachy. So we were very keen to find out what inspires one of the most popular figurative painters in the Southeast. Find out more about what keeps Kim's creativity flowing below. And if you’re in the Charlotte area this week, don't miss the Pop-Up Trunk Show featuring her amazing hand-painted skirt collection at Shain Gallery on Thursday, October 11. …
Art + Architecture
Mandy Brown’s Crowds
WRITTEN BY Virginia Blanton A reception for Mandy Brown’s artistry is a meta event; crowds filter through Parker Gallery’s entrance to ponder the brushstrokes of fictional crowds on canvases. Political crowds, sporting, rowdy crowds, fashion forward crowds. Her vignettes capture the shared experience of adding up to something greater in a setting and finding solace in camaraderie. …
The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta at The Mint Museum
WRITTEN BY Virginia Blanton “Walk like you have three men walking behind you.” —Oscar de la Renta “The Glamour and Romance of Oscar de la Renta” is on view through July 29th at the Mint Museum Randolph. Curated by André Leon Talley, former editor-at-large for American Vogue, it is the final exhibit to bookend Charlotte’s “Year of Fashion.” …
Unconventional Visionary
WRITTEN BY Bek Mitchell-Kidd Photography courtesy of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum …
