1942 - BARTACO LOVES ART CAMPAIGN – ATLANTA, GA (2016)
Medium: Billboard-scale reproduction of natural dye portrait
Location: Bartaco Midtown, Atlanta, GA
Program: Selected in collaboration with Atlanta Contemporary (Daniel Fuller, curator)
Year: 2016
Notes: Part of broader curatorial movement to bring art outside gallery walls.
In 2016, one of Emily’s natural dye portraits, 1942, was reproduced for the Bartaco Loves Art campaign and installed as a billboard at Bartaco Midtown in Atlanta, GA.
The project exemplified curator Daniel Fuller’s belief that “sometimes you have to bring the art out of the museum doors and to the people.” Around the same time, Fuller organized projects like Once You’ve Seen One Shopping Center You’ve Seen a Mall (2015), which staged contemporary art exhibition at the Starlight Drive-In Swap Meet, and he later curated a drive-through list of Atlanta public art during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Bartaco placement resonated with this ethos, extending art into everyday, high-traffic environments.
IMPACT
Expanded the reach of Emily’s studio practice into billboard-scale public art.
Highlighted the role of Atlanta Contemporary in championing regional artists outside traditional exhibition venues.
Engaged a wide urban audience by placing natural dye portraiture in a bustling Midtown context.
PARTNERS
Atlanta Contemporary (Daniel Fuller, Curator)