"Equinox Autumn 24"
Opening reception for Cynthia Farnell Projects premiere exhibition.
Cynthia Farnell Projects (CFP) is a new Atlanta gallery focusing on sculpture and works on paper. The premiere exhibition, Equinox Autumn 24, opens September 22 and will be on view until November 10, 2024.
The exhibit will overlap the Atlanta Art Week and the Atlanta Art Fair. An opening reception on Sunday, September 22, from 2 until 5 pm is free and open to the public. Participating artists are Emily Baker, Hope Benson, Blaise, Serena Perrone, Frank Poor and Lisa Schnellinger.
The aim of the exhibition is to create a sense of equilibrium via the artists’ anti-monumental approaches to the practice of sculpture. Horizontality replaces verticality, softness counters hardness, and intimacy supplants alienation in works crafted in stone, metal, ceramic, glass and paper. Artists’ themes range from labor to hybridity, to the passage of time and the inaccuracies of memory.
CFP owner Cynthia Farnell is an artist and curator whose love of sculpture and gardens merge in her backyard venture. The gallery encompasses the garden of Farnell’s East Atlanta home with flat files and additional display areas inside her circa 1930s cottage. Farnell says, “I’ve been thinking about opening my own space for a while now, and it all came together in the casual vibe of my garden. Atlanta combines a temperate climate with a dynamic sculpture scene creating perfect conditions for a gallery concentrating on outdoor work.”
The CFP program features two focused group exhibitions a year, one in fall and one in spring. CFP offers a full slate of curatorial services including project management, art sourcing for the film industry, and exhibition concept development.
