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The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present five new exhibitions at The Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from June 4-25, 2021. A free reception with the artists will take place on Friday, June 4, from 5:00-8:00 PM. All visitors to the Emporium are required to wear a mask and maintain physical distancing guidelines. Most of the works will be for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition by visiting in person or the online shop at www.knoxalliance.store.

Lynne Marinelli Ghenov: Evocation of Collections of Recollections on the North Wall

In this new exhibition, Lynne Marinelli Ghenov will display various drawings created from 2019 - 2021.

I am interested in the infinite possibilities of elements, signs, and forms aligned within an existing structure's finiteness. The gridded constitution of the ledger and lined paper and the grounded presence of a permanent image from the pages of a book are akin to that of an actual interior space. For years, I worked three-dimensionally in specific locations, almost as if I were drawing in the area, designating forms and material throughout. However, through graphite, colored pencil, marker, and pen, I have recreated the given framework and the allocation of objects and patterns two-dimensionally. Works on paper have evolved to incorporate collage, various rubbings, tracings, stencils, and more. There may be vintage paper or not, but always contained in them are pattern, images or signs of memory, and a logic of a child's make-believe game.

Lynne Marinelli Ghenov was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and currently lives and works in Knoxville. She holds a BFA from Tyler School of Art in Sculpture. Presently she primarily makes drawings on paper. In 2017, Ghenov co-founded and co-directed the artist-run space C For Courtside in Knoxville. She has nationally shown in various group and solo shows, including University City Arts League and Artspace Liberti in Philadelphia (PA); Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Monte Vista Projects in Los Angeles (CA); Proto Gallery, Hoboken (NJ); Fluorescent Gallery and A1LabArts, Knoxville (TN); and Crosstown Arts in Memphis (TN). She is currently the associate at Loghaven Artist Residency in Knoxville.

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The exhibitions are on display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. The Emporium is open to the public Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.