New show @ Gallery 5619

Gallery 5619, part of Mosaic Austin, is pleased to announce the re-launch of its space with the opening of Congregated, an exhibition curated by Shea Little, on view April 10 – May 14. Originally founded in 2007, the gallery has recently undergone extensive changes both physically and programmatically, to better position itself as a relevant and leading exhibition space. Mosaic pastor Don Vanderslice states, “We are extremely proud to re-launch Gallery 5619 as a first-rate space for Austin artists and beyond. Our first effort, curated by Shea Little, is the beginning of a new exhibition schedule that will firmly establish us as a gallery committed to serving the artistic and spiritual needs of our community.”

The inaugural exhibition for the re-launch is entitled Congregated and features artists Clarke Cutis, Heidi Landau and Andy St Martin. Guest-curated by artist Shea Little (co-founder of the E.A.S.T. Tour, The Texas Biennial and Cantanker Magazine) the show investigates the notion of collecting - ideas, memories, physical objects, smells, and emotions - all of which combine and congregate into a visual vocabulary from which each artist draws. These three artists create work with different stylistic intentions, but all are connected through their similar methods of amassing and arranging individual symbols to illuminate artistic ideas.

Clarke Curtis collects and re-contextualizes images from our culture, and indeed from his own work, to create odd juxtapositions and interactions - often narratives with animals or inanimate objects. Heidi Landau draws from lasting or impressionable memories, old photographs, and ephemera to breathe new life into faded stories and remnants of the past. St. Martin, a long-time Austin artist, works with an array of symbols and shapes, to create patterns that initially appear abstract, but upon closer examination, infer a more representational slant.

Congregated will open with a reception on Saturday, April 10th from 7-10 pm.

Future exhibitions at Gallery 5619 will be developed by the gallery’s team and also through the solicitation of proposals from artists and curators. Ideas for exhibitions can be submitted to don@mosaicaustin.org.