In The Press...

"To say that I was blown away, as impressed by a gallery group show as I have been in many years, does not even begin to cover how good this show is...This show reaffirms what I have been thinking for a long time: Target Gallery is easily the leading edge gallery in Alexandria, and I dare say in the region..."
- Lenny Campello, dc art news

Read The Complete Article:
http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/2009/08/mellema-on-target-gallery-this-review.html


"This being the second figure show at Target Gallery in as many years, we can only hope it's become an annual show in their rotation. While there have been a string of figure shows around town of late, the one at the Phillips Collection is the best show about the act of painting. While the Target Gallery show isn't as well executed as all those canvases by the likes of de Kooning, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon (not much is), the Target Gallery show hits harder on a purely psychological level. They're both great shows to catch. The Phillips show will teach you how to paint, and the Target show will teach you how to think. They work well together."
-Kevin Mellema, Art Beat, Falls Church News Press

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http://www.fcnp.com/arts/4814-northern-virginia-art-beat.html

In The Flesh II - Opens July 22

In The Flesh Part II
July 22 – August 30
Reception: August 13, 6-8pm - Gallery Talk: 7pm

In The Flesh Part II is an exhibition that focuses on contemporary figurative art. This exhibition opportunity attracted close to 300 artists from around the country and world providing the juror with well over 830 images with which to choose for this exhibition. Our juror chose 27 works mostly two-dimensional paintings, drawings, mixed media, and photography but also a couple of three-dimensional works, one of which is a very large installation piece. Our juror, Andrea Pollan is the founder and curator of the Curator’s Office in Washington DC. Pollan is a well-respected expert in the art field. She has organized over 135 exhibitions of contemporary art both regionally and nationally and has written numerous catalogs and exhibition brochures. Her business, Curator’s Office was identified in December 2006’s Vanity Fair as an important player in “The Art Universe.”

CMDupre Video

An interview with the artist - find out why she became painter, who inspires her, and what her art is all about.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

CMDupre : The Mysterious Other

Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Artist of the Year
Exhibition Dates: June 10 - July 12

Reception: Second Thursday Art Night, June 11, 6-8pm - Gallery Talk: Shauna Lee Lange, 7pm, during reception

Meet the Artist Reception: Second Thursday Art Night, July 9, 6-8pm - Awards Ceremony: 7pm, during reception

May 28th Graffiti Mural Event & Panel Discussion

On May 28th, the Target Gallery, in conjunction with our FRESH exhibition, led a Mural project in the main hall of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. We collected 9 found doors and hinged them together & had a local DC graffiti artist create a beautiful piece on one side & covered the other as well. On the 28th, FRESH artist Gabe Pons, along with several local Alexandria teens created a mural about the life of Charles Houston using the technique of wheat paste collage and stencils.

Later that night a panel discussion was held in the gallery by Gabe Pons (FRESH artist) & Marissa Bothelo (local DC artist) & Cory Stowers of Words Beat & Life, inc., about the art & history of graffiti - participants were later able to "tag" a panel set up on the Torpedo Factory's smoke stack & have their FRESH tshirts tagged as well.