Southern Girl

Southern Girl is moving….to The Oxford American. Stay...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:03:00 -0500

Southern Girl is moving….to The Oxford American. Stay tuned for details.

The legendary pitcher from Alabama, Satchel Paige, outside a...

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:24:19 -0500

The legendary pitcher from Alabama, Satchel Paige, outside a pool hall in Harlem in 1941 by George Strock. From the International Center of Photography collection.

Jessica Lange’s photography exhibition opens at A Gallery...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:34:43 -0500

Jessica Lange’s photography exhibition opens at A Gallery for Fine Photography in New Orleans tomorrow. Get in line early: the actress/artist will be signing copies of her books at 1pm and mingling with admirers at the 5pm reception.

Will Govus just graduated from high school in Georgia.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:05:51 -0500

Will Govus just graduated from high school in Georgia.

Happy 10th Birthday to the Ogden Museum in New Orleans!...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:17:00 -0500

Happy 10th Birthday to the Ogden Museum in New Orleans!
“Eph and Ed (on Their Car)” (1983) by Milly Moorhead.

“Jettisoned” by Anthony Goicolea, whose exhibition...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:18:26 -0500

“Jettisoned” by Anthony Goicolea, whose exhibition at Postmasters Gallery, Once Removed, explores his Cuban heritage.

From a vintage magazine called The Delta Review, November 1967....

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:52:20 -0500

From a vintage magazine called The Delta Review, November 1967. “Dove hunting down South…favorite sport for crisp autumn days. Mrs. B. Lee Mallory III wears an Evan Picone plaid pants suit in tones of rust, green, brown and yellow.”

“Jeunesse Doree” (1934) by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst,...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:27:00 -0500

“Jeunesse Doree” (1934) by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, from the Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia.

Dorette, above (and below), claims that the artist asked her to pluck out her eyebrows so he could “draw them on, one by one, to make the line he most wanted.” Five years later, Dorette and Brockhurst married; but “disputes and unhappy differences” would lead to a legal separation.

Dorette went back to using her birth name of Kathleen and told the media: “I don’t think I had a personality of my own, or if I had, I did not know what it was. I was simply material.”

(From The Eternal Masquerade exhibition catalogue, Georgia Museum of Art)

The Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Georgia, is closed till...

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:26:44 -0500

The Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Georgia, is closed till 2011, but they have a large collection of portraits by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, including this print, “Adolescence (Kathleen Nancy Woodward)” (1932). The young woman, whom Brockhurst renamed Dorette, became his muse at the age of sixteen and later his second wife. Brockhurst, a Brit relocated to the US, called himself “the painter of beautiful women.”

Andras Bality, Richmond.

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:30:06 -0500

Andras Bality, Richmond.

Sugarcane fire, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, by Larry Schwarm.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:30:00 -0500

Sugarcane fire, Bayou Teche, Louisiana, by Larry Schwarm.

Tamara Lichtenstein, Houston.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:46:11 -0500

Tamara Lichtenstein, Houston.

“Sand Tan” by Emma Amos, who was born and raised in...

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:04:20 -0500

“Sand Tan” by Emma Amos, who was born and raised in Atlanta.

Sara La, Nashville. The artist went to Savannah College of Art...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:17:00 -0500

Sara La, Nashville. The artist went to Savannah College of Art & Design, which usually
signals talent. In her statement, she says: “I make paintings that I understand emotionally,
but rationally cannot explain.”

Libbie Allen, New Orleans. For more, visit her website. Like me,...

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:58:00 -0500

Libbie Allen, New Orleans. For more, visit her website. Like me, Allen came from up
North. She has a photograph—a self-portrait, I think—titled “Southern Girl” here.

Matt Eich, Norfolk, Virginia. To see more, visit his website.

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:07:18 -0500

Matt Eich, Norfolk, Virginia. To see more, visit his website.

Truman Capote self-portrait for sale. I’d love to give...

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:06:26 -0500

Truman Capote self-portrait for sale. I’d love to give this to Jack Pendarvis in honor of his recent rendition of “Ring of Fire” as sung by TC.

Just received a handsome book in the mail, Hands in Harmony:...

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:27:01 -0500

Just received a handsome book in the mail, Hands in Harmony: Traditional Crafts and Music in Appalachia by the N.C. photographer Tim Barnwell. It includes lots of black-and-white portraits of creative folks and a music CD with songs by Algia Mae Hinton and Etta Baker, among others.

Above: Kasper “Stranger” Malone, Old-Time Music Week, Warren Wilson College, North Carolina.

“Two Flannerys, Andalusia, Milledgeville, Georgia.”...

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:57:00 -0500

“Two Flannerys, Andalusia, Milledgeville, Georgia.” From Susana Raab’s A Sense of Place series.

Susana Raab’s A Sense of Place series is a love letter to...

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:57:00 -0500

Susana Raab’s A Sense of Place series is a love letter to the Big Three of Southern fiction—Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, and William Faulkner. Like other literary pilgrims, she visited their museum-preserved homes, but her photographs give the impression that the writers just stepped out and will return momentarily. The catalogue (which includes a selection of quotes from each writer) is available on her website and is highly recommended. Raab has lots of fantastic photos on her site—Consumed (about fast food in the U.S.) is another favorite.

Above: “Faulkner’s Desk, Rowan Oak, Oxford, Mississippi.”