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Stephen Elliott Webb, a 5th generation artist, considers himself a son of the Lowcountry. His work has moved into a new genre that he has coined "Real Abstraction."

Visiting Artists

A Conversation with Stephen Elliott Webb Regarding ‘Project Selfie’

Stephen Elliott Webb, a Gibbes Museum Visiting Artist, sat down with Frank Conrad Russen, Director of the Principle Gallery, to talk about his background as an artist, coining new genres, and his time and projects while at the Gibbes. Take a peek at their conversation, and be sure to visit Stephen Elliott Webb in studio […]

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Line Street Railroad Crossing, 1991, By William McCulluough (American, b. 1948); Oil on canvas; 30 1/2 x 40 1/4 inches (framed); Museum purchase; 2001.025; Image courtesy of the Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association

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Vanishing Charleston

Over the past several years, there has been an increasing number of conversations in Charleston about the changing skyline of the city. These days it’s not uncommon to see high-rise hotels, condos, and parking garages squeezed into city blocks next to older homes or locally-owned businesses struggling to compete with national chains. Finding a balance […]

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When Tom Stanley arrived at the Gibbes, he placed sixteen prepared, white canvases on a wall in Studio One. Here, we see the previously blank canvases transformed into a dynamic collection of paintings.

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What Comes Next? A Look into the Artistic Process with Visiting Artist Tom Stanley

I arrived at the Gibbes on February 28. Though my proposal for the Visiting Artist program suggested that I would use elements of the exhibition A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America as points of departure for my own work during my Gibbes residency, I had no idea what I would actually do upon my […]

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EventsVisiting Artists

Eclipse S U R V E Y at the Gibbes

About five years ago I put the date August 21, 2017, down in my calendar. I have always been interested and excited to learn about celestial events. When hearing about the eclipse, which is now 10 days away, I was watching an episode of The Universe about eclipse phenomena. Needless to say, I was hooked. […]

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