upstART Gallery is a 1:12 scale miniature space created by Jim Lee.
The fully functional gallery is complete with a skylight, moveable and dimmable track lighting, hardwood flooring, a load-in door, one brick wall – a nod to other distinctly Durham art spaces past and present – and one white wall for displaying art.
Events
Saturday, June 3, 6-8pm: Opening Reception
Sunday, June 4, 4-6pm: durmPAC art supply drop
Thursday, June 22, 6-8pm: Slow Art Tour with Gail Belvett
Thursday, June 29, 6-8: Meet the Artist with Mavis Gragg
upstART Gallery: a Jim Lee project
June 2 - July 1, 2023
About The Exhibit
upstART Gallery will host its first group show at Pop Box Gallery & The Art Chose Me’s residency in Old East Durham. The show features 27 artists who were selected through an open call review process. Artists were challenged to create work especially for this unique space, scaled 1:12 (one inch = one foot).
Jim Lee’s meticulous construction process, chronicled on social media and captured in a series of photographs, is exhibited in conjunction with upstART Gallery. In the text accompanying the photographs, Jim invites us into the deeply personal and political backstory that evolved alongside the project.
upstART Gallery was inspired by the Boston-based Shelter in Place Gallery and is partially funded by The Awesome Foundation.
Featured Artists
Ami Patel (@amipatel.art)
Betty Haskin (@bettmakesart)
Bjorn Bates (@bjorn_bates)
Brenda van Orsouw
Cassandra Rowe (@longwinded_)
Chieko Murasagi (@cmurasugi)
Christine Hager-Braun (@soularpowerfabricart)
Craig Cutright (@craigcutright)
Dara Baldwin (@ari_midnightsun)
Ed Speas (@aejr_perspective)
Paige Welch (@paigewelchart)
Jackie MacLeod (@jackie.macleod)
Jason Lord (@jasonearllord)
Jeannette Brossart (@JeannetteBrossart)
Jena Matzen
Jim Adams
Jim Lee (@jim5058)
Jodie Robinson (@jodie_phillips_robinson)
Leah Sobsey (@leahsobsey)
Lily Lapin
Lisa Creed (@lisa_creed_artist)
Meg Stein (@meg-stein-art
Precious Lovell (@preciousdlovell)
Rebecca Neigher (@ramnmetals)
Shaun Gill (@ishaunhg)
Teddy Devereux(@teddysartglass)
Tracey Chipps (@beautyandbill)
About Jim Lee
Jim Lee (b. 1940) is a multi-dimensional, self-taught artist whose work is heavily influenced by his love of nature, science, psychology, and technology. Working with cameras, scanners, lighting and collections of found and fabricated objects, Jim creates photographic images that range from the darkly mysterious and figurative to the elegantly simple and abstract. He often ventures outside of his photographic practice into three-dimensional creations. The work can be beautiful, disturbing, or even whimsical. One rarely leaves one of Jim’s pieces without some questions and that is exactly what he wants. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and can be found in collections at American Tobacco Campus, Andrew Young Enterprises, Cassilhaus, Duke University Medical Center, and in numerous other private venues.
Jim Lee is a Durham, NC native whose favorite childhood activities were building models, exploring nature in nearby woods, and rambling through construction sites. His adult life has seen a variety of careers ranging from linguist to journalist, from farmer to professor, with stints as a community organizer in some of the gaps. Through it all, creativity has been a part of his core.
Visit Us
Dates
6/2 - 7/1/2023
Hours
Wednesday - Saturday noon - 6PM
And during events
Location
304 S. Driver St, Ste 102
Durham, NC 27703
Parking
Free street parking
Contact
popboxgallery@gmail.com