ARTcade

Thursday at the Row House (1170 Republican Street)
Gustavo Lopez – Flamenco Guitarist
5:30pm - 7:30pm

"Genius Loci: Resurrecting the Spirit of a Place"
In this mixed-media show, artist Yoona Lee explores the history of the Row House Cafe, a community space created from early-twentieth-century workforce housing. To investigate ideas of permanency, transience, and placemaking, Lee uses varying modes of representation that include tight figurative drawing, neo–Abstract Expressionist painting, and text-based installation. By incorporating materials found on the housing site, she addresses the physicality and emotional energy of the original space. Through reminders both concrete and intangible, the lingering presence of the row houses’ past inhabitants, as well as a restored genius loci (or spirit of the place), emerges. In this way, Lee’s work evokes a sense of familiarity laced with the uncanny.

As part of this month's ARTcade, Row House Cafe (1170 Republican Street) is pleased to announce Genius Loci: Resurrecting the Spirit of a Place. Thursday, March 15th, 6:30-9:30pm.