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May 2008

John McCarthy
Les Yeux du Monde is very sad to report that one of our artists, John McCarthy, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on Friday, May 9. Before he began his career in painting, he worked as an attorney in Richmond and then as a senior assistant attorney general for Virginia. His knowledge and love of art was unquenchable. He will be sorely missed.

Jeremy Slayton of the Richmond Times Dispatch writes: "Toward the end of his legal career, Mr. McCarthy became interested in art, and took workshops under artist Wolf Kahn. From there, Mr. McCarthy evolved into a prolific artist..." Read full article >

Daily Progress: "...Mr. McCarthy was also an accomplished artist known for his contemporary Virginia landscape." Read article >

April 2008

Irwin Berman
*The rejection of Irwin Berman's stool, The Great Seal Trophy Stool by the University of Virginia Art Museum for its exhibition of his work entitled: Sedentary Pleasures: Uncommon Stools by Irwin Berman and of the accompanying short film The Great "Seal" of Virginia created with help from UVa alums Michael Wartella and Sam Retzer and associate professor of art William Bennett has been in the news.

Brian McNiell writes in the Daily Progress, "UVa Mascot Fails the Smell Test", May 2: "An exhibit opening Saturday at the University of Virginia Art Museum will be missing one colorful piece — a short film and sculpture that depict a pile of orange and blue dog poop." Read more >

Breedan Fitzgerald follows the story for Cville, May 2: "Update: UVa Art Museum was o.k. to "edit" fake poop, says artist." Read more >
And, reviews the film and exhibits in the May 6 Issue: "On a table in the center of Les Yeux’s gallery stood a milking stool, modest in size and design. On top of the stool, seated like the world’s most obedient canine, was a mass of blue and orange..." Read more >

Aggie Zed
During May and June, gallery artist Aggie Zed's exhibition "Bestiary" featuring drawings and sculpture will be on view at Nina Liu and Friends. The gallery is located in the historic Poinsett House, 24 State Street , Charleston, South Carolina.

March 2008

Megan Marlatt & Anne Chesnut
Artists Megan Marlatt and Anne Chesnut will give Gallery talks on Tuesday, March 18 at 6 and 6:30 p.m in the gallery. There will be light refreshments served. Les Yeux du Monde is serving as the host gallery for Douglas Dunn while he is in Charlottesville. His performance in the Ix building at 8 p.m. on this same evening.
Read Dunn press release pdf >
Read Marlatt & Chesnut release pdf >

February 2008

Dean Dass
The Piedmont Virginian, the new quarterly celebrating the region, winter issue featured gallery artist Dean Dass in the article "The Land in Winter". See web slide show >

Anne Chesnut
Prints by gallery artist Anne Chesnut were featured in the Washington Post Express' Weekend Pass: "Animal Alphabets: Anne Chesnut makes digital prints then hand sews them together to create kinda wry, kinda delightful works such as this creature-crawly 'Toys'... Download (pdf) >

Lydia Gasman
Piedmont Council of the Arts notes, "Lydia Gasman recently published book, War and the Cosmos in Picasso's Writings will be available for purchase" during her exhibition, Homes of the Homeless on view through March, "and has been credited in The New York Review of Books as "the only Picasso scholar" to have deciphered his writings and paintings...". Download (pdf) >

January 2008

pshchoPEDIA features Les Yeux du Monde
Les Yeux du Monde Gallery was featured in the online magazine psychoPEDIA's story on Charlottesville with local actress and singer Schuyler Fisk. Read more >

Anne Chesnut
Gallery artist Anne Chesnut's current exhibit, "Conjunction | new media prints", is on view at Jane Haslem Gallery in Washington, DC through February 15, 2008. For more information on the exhibition, see Jane Haslem Gallery's website.

December 2007

Dean Dass
"Mesmerizing rivers run through solo show"
By Ruth Latter, Daily Progress, December 13, 2007

Among the most popular paintings in the history of art are those that pay homage to nature. We seldom tire of beautiful views gently caressed with sunlight. When sensitively executed, they invite our prolonged contemplation. Several paintings sumptuously rendered in oil pigments on linen by Dean Dass, a prominent professor of art at the University of Virginia, celebrate unspoiled scenes of various rivers in this region. Read more >

Megan Marlatt
"Embracing the Imagery of Early Childhood"
By Benjamin Genocchio, New York Times, Sunday, December 23, 2007

Then there is Megan Marlatt, who paints broken and discarded toys piled up as if on a giant rubbish heap. Her paintings embody some of the more serious issues raised by this show, like consumerism, wastefulness and a reliance on cheap imports. Read more >

November 2007

Rob Tarbell
Rob Tarbell is currently exhibiting works at ADA gallery in Richmond. The show opened November 16, 2007 through the new year. In addition, Rob has recently published two pieces from the Les Yeux du Monde Gallery's August show, "Emerging + Established", in a new print exhibition publication Studio Visit, the same publishing house that distributes the New American Press.

October 2007

Lincoln Perry
"Fantasy Island. Perry doesn't fear the reaper"
By Brendan Fitzgerald, C'ville, Issue #19.42 :: 10/12/2007 - 10/18/2007

Fantasy Festival started in Key West, Florida, from a conversation between friends in 1978. For a week or so before Halloween, the city becomes a roving cast of characters....And, while nudity is explicitly prohibited in Key West, the costumes find innovative ways to suggest skin. As a result, the Fantasy Fest website offers this guideline for would-be photographers.... The festival planners didn't take Charlottesville's renowned muralist, Lincoln Perry , into account when drafting the rules... Read more >

September 2007

Stefanie Newman
"First Impressions: What a relief to find the perfect Medium?"
By David Maurer, Daily Progress, September 27, 2007

Art can move people or stop them in their tracks. For nearly a month, pedestrians strolling by Les Yeux du Monde have dropped in just to get a closer look at the exhibit hanging in the Charlottesville gallery. "I've never seen anything like this before... Read more >