Back in the winter I attended the grand opening party for Plexus Contemporary art gallery. I was really impressed by the space and the

Plexus Contemporary is proud to announce an exhibit of fresh new talent from eight young artists and art students from across the country with Build A Fire.

Addressing issues of contemporary art production, Build A Fire presents work by young artists influenced by the presence of technology as well as the media that it delivers. The works incorporate this influence into their very material makeup, as a reference point taken as an inescapable given. This sort of comfort with digital media leaves the artists free to address their own topics, and accounts for the diverse, seemingly discontinuous dialogue between the works. Keeping connections with the past, Build A Fire looks for ways to identify itself with the present.

That's a little too wonky for me so here's the email info I got director from Bryce Hudson, the very cool artist who rehabbed the building and built the Plexus Contemporary space.

An exhibition of new media works by 8 artists, all recent graduates or soon-to-be graduates of schools in New York, Baltimore and Southern California. Parsons, Pratt, Cooper Union, Mica (Baltimore) to name a few. The work is very forward-thinking and forward-moving (much like building a contemporary art space in Portland) and addresses art production in its present state; art that deals with the artist's own specific topics by artists who grew up in the digital age. Some of the work is only accessible via the web!

That sounds very, very cool. The exhibit will run from July 18-August 8. The opening is next Friday July 5PM - 10pm.

Plexus Contemporary
2318 Portland Avenue
Louisville Kentucky 40210
(502) 767-8051

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending an opening party for a new contemporary art space in the Portland neighborhood. Called Plexus Contemporary it's the brainchild of artist Bryce Hudson (and the product of lots and lots of his sweat equity). The party was fantastic, with fresh made crepes (so, so good) provided by Brian and Dana McMahan but it's the art space itself that I really want to talk about.

The space, a completely converted and remodeled medical building originally built in the 1920s, is fantastic, Bright, airy and open feeling with large and small spaces, big walls as well as nooks and crannies filled with art. When I first heard about the space I was a little skeptical, when I saw it in person I was completely impressed. It's well designed to showcase both large and small exhibits and flows really well.