Rocky and Mandy Rogers Horton at Twist

While galleries often group together artists whose works look alike or deal with similar subjects, the rationale behind Twist Gallery's upcoming show is different: It brings together pieces by a husband-and-wife pair, oil painter Mandy Rogers Horton and photo painter Rocky Horton (he paints with photo chemicals on light-reactive paper). Her works typically have a representational element, and his are almost pure abstraction, but closer inspection reveals affinities between the two. Both artists produce images that are at once carefully structured and intentionally messy, embracing the irregularities created by the artist's hand. In December, Twist debuted an exhibit of the Nashville couple's strikingly beautiful smaller works; this new show gives them a chance to show off their large canvases and photo paintings. It should be one of the highlights of the increasingly popular downtown art crawl.
Tuesdays-Saturdays. Starts: Dec. 6. Continues through Jan. 31, 2008