PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Through; January 2, 2010

Start Date: December 2, 2009
December 2 – January 2, 2010

Opening Reception: Wednesday December 2, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Contact: Marcia Wood 404-827-0030 marciawood@marciawoodgallery.com
Marcia Wood Gallery, 263 Walker St SW, Atlanta, GA 30313
Gallery Hours; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 11a.m. – 6p.m., Wednesday, Friday 1a.m. – 6p.m., Sun, Mon by appt.
Free and open to the public.

SOLO EXHIBITION AT MARCIA WOOD GALLERY;

Marcia Wood Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Chris Scarborough entitled “If this ain’t a mess it’ll do till the mess gets here.” Scarborough’s new body of work consists predominantly of extraordinarily precise drawings exploring the question of where we are headed collectively in enigmatic, surreal, and strangely satisfying images. Included are also a large scale oil on canvas and a photograph. Scarborough is noted for his facility with each medium as he alternates between them in his choice of which will convey best the message of the work. Regarding this practice the artist has said “ I tend to think of everything I do as one body of work. They’re different aspects of the same question. I just approach it from different angles.”

The works in the current exhibition, “If this ain’t a mess it’ll do till the mess gets here.” illustrate a world similar to the world we now know, but in which after some unknown event existence is askew and a bit more absurd than it even is in our current condition. Scarborough states, “The pieces are portraits, as I tend to focus on singular figures that way, but collected together perhaps they open a window into the collective environment these people and things inhabit. It’s based on our reality, but one where modernist paintings get up and walks around on all fours…”

Chris Scarborough lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee. Since graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in 2000, Scarborough has gained representation with Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Foley Gallery, NYC, Curator's Office, Washington DC, TAG Gallery, Nashville and Geischeidle Gallery, Chicago as well as exhibiting in numerous other galleries and institutions across the U.S. He has been reviewed in numerous publications including ArtPaper's Magazine, High Fructose Magazine, Dart International Magazine, Alarm Magazine, NY Arts Magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution and others. Scarborough's work has been exhibited in art fairs in Tokyo, London, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago,  Miami, Palm Beach and the Hamptons, NY. This will be his second one man exhibition with Marcia Wood since the first in 2006.