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Mark Dion is my new hero. Last night Liz and I and our family went to the opening of his show Troubleshooting, and an amazing artists discussion at USF’s Contemporary Art Museum.

Curator Jane Simon did a great job presenting a collection of drawings, prints, sculpture, and artifacts that Dion has created over the last 10 years. Dion’s work comments on and questions the role people have have with their surrounding environment, teaching the viewer to appreciate everyday interactions as the fantastic. He blurs the boundaries between scientist, collector, conservationist and artist.

South Florida wildlife Rescue Unit, 2008 - "Informed citizens" acting as a "secret environmental army."

Concrete Jungle

"Humor can cut the voice of authority." - Mark Dion

We caught up with Alyssa Dennis at Parse in New Orleans. She showed us her sculpture in the back garden. Alyssa’s work deals with the modularity of architecture and the built environment. She is one to watch and represented by Christina Ray in NYC where she recently had a solo show.

Margot Walsh gave us a tour of her solo show at Parse gallery, an artist cooperative and residency program that she also happens to run. We were blown away by both her paintings and Parse’s space.

Our latest Gawker Artists exhibition, Post Paper, opened last night. It was quite a party, we had fun celebrating with the artists and our friends. All the artists in Post Paper have works available for sale on Etta Place. Be sure to check out their collections!

Post Paper is a group show of collage works by Malado Baldwin, Molly George, Alison Mazur, Brian Stevenson and Stephen Zerbe, and the latest exhibition in the Art@Gawker series. Post Paper brings together a group of artists that combine and rework found materials to create new imagery with a broad range of themes including freedom, youth, beauty, consumption, sexuality, faith and identity. With their collection and reinterpretation of existing media, the artists present fresh and often humorous personal observations, commentaries on popular culture, and visual odes to memories and imaginary spaces

Check out our latest collections by  Stephen Zerbe and B. Thom Stevenson.

For our inaugural public exhibition, Etta Place presents Resident Artists, a group show of art, design and objects by Brooklyn based artists. We’re bring our eclectic vision to Truck Yeah with a salon style exhibition of art, design, jewelry, curiosities, and collectibles that celebrate the creative output of our local community.

Resident Artists features paintings by Malado Baldwin, Brooke David, Amy Lincoln and Heather Morgan; sculptures by Kenneth E. Parris III; jewelry by Alison Mazur, Emily Miranda and Shelby Lawson; textiles by Elizabeth Bergren; books and boom boxes by Ryan V. Brennan, wallpaper by Flat Vernacular; and vintage furniture and collectibles.