Wednesday, July 2, 2008

~ "First Friday" Gallery Tour ~ Knoxville, TN. ~ Hallah John Paul Boltik at Deka Bakari Gallery ~ July 4th ~


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My exhibition "The Forest For the Trees" is opening at Deka Bakari Gallery on First Friday July 4th! This exhibit runs through July and features a new collection of my paintings including major recent works. Please stop in and enjoy the opening reception on July 4th! All works featured in the exhibit are available for purchase throughout the month.

Deka Bakari Gallery is located at 221 Cumberland Avenue, downtown Knoxville, just off of Gay Street. The gallery hours are 10-5:30pm Tuesday through Friday (open late for the reception on First Fridays) and 11-5:30pm on Saturday.

Can YOU see the forest for the trees?

http://www.dekabakarigallery.com/
http://www.hallahart.com/

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No, I have not blogged daily, as I said I would.
Yes, I am painting instead.
What's really interesting about this show is that Deka Bakari is one of the newest galleries on the "First Friday" Gallery Tours that happen (as the events are titled...) every first Friday of every month... they are one of the most interesting of all of the Knoxville galleries, and their owners are some of THE NICEST HUMAN BEINGS, period. Although off of the beaten path, and a bit of a walk, each month more and more people are making it down to the other end of Gay Street, to find that a little more leg-work allows them to discover a different type of gallery... far more human and humane, with no pretensions whatsoever.
I am truly honored to be able to show in this gallery for this First Friday, and although I will not be there for the opening, I am hoping that people make it downtown early to see the fireworks, and perhaps take in a little of the local art before they do so.
This is also my final exhibit before my big one in September, the most important one of the year for me, and indeed, perhaps the most important of my entire life... It is one of those exhibitions that will either make me or break me, and will be a major turning point in my life I am certain, and of which I will be blogging in greater detail about, as it nears (I PROMISE!)
But as for this July 4th, and through the month of July... HEY Y'ALL!! COME ON OUT AND SEE SOME ART!!
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