February 29, 2010 - April 20, 2012

Larry Jens Anderson– Atlanta, Georgia

Ann Benton– Birmingham, Alabama

Shana Berger & Nathan Purath– York, Alabama

Chris Clarke-Birmingham, Alabama

Derek Cracco– Birmingham, Alabama

Thorton Dial– Bessemer, Alabama

Karen Graffeo– Montevallo, Alabama

Lonnie Holley– Harpersville, Alabama

Jim Neel– Birmingham, Alabama

Sonja Rieger-Birmingham, Alabama

David Sandlin– New York, New York

Carolyn Sherer– Birmingham, Alabama

Spencer Shoults– Birmingham, Alabama

Jürgen Tarrasch– Birmingham, Alabama

Margot Wade– Birmingham, Alabama

Tia Gardner– Birmingham, Alabama

Guido Maus– Birmingham Alabama

Derrick Franklin– Birmingham Alabama

Jose Torres-Tama– New Orleans, Louisiana

Jürgen Tarrasch, Schnapzahl, 2011.

Tarrasch, detail.

Tarrasch, detail.

David Sandlin, Self-Help, 1987.

Carolyn Sherer, Soldiers, 2005-2008.

Chris Clarke, Good Girls Gone Bad.

Thorton Dial, Long-legged Lady with the Mini-skirt.

Lonny Holley, Strong Builders, 2009.

Lonny Holley, Portrait of Myself, 2004.

Karen Graffeo, Re:re:fwd:Forward, 2011.

Karen Graffeo, As near as possible to the point of departure, 2011.

Spencer Shoults, Cupcakes!, 2008.

Sonja Rieger, Kimora Santi and Big Red, 2010.

Sonja Rieger, Tierney Dickerson, 2010.

Sonja Rieger, Chastity Cyia in Red,  2010

Sonja Rieger, CoCo Smiling, 2010.

Anne Benton, Candy Jesus, 1980.

Derek Cracco, Winter Wonderland, 2010.

Derek Cracco, Out of the Woods, 2010.

Shana Berger and Nathan Purath, I Shall Not Tell A Lie, 2011.

Karen Graffeo, Let us Now Praise the Roma, 2009.

Shana Berger and Nathan Purath, The Compassion Project, 2008.

Larry Jens Anderson, Gun, 2006.

Larry Jens Anderson, Hate Shovel, 2011.

Margot Wade, Trophy Wife, 2009.

Jim Neel, (from front to back) Lamb of God, Lamb of God 2, Lamb of God 3, 2005.

Neel, detail Lamb of God, 2005.

Peter Prinz and Jose Torres-Tama, HB 56 and Juan Crow Laws Flying in the Southern Breeze, 2012.
(Also visible: Lamb of God and Lamb of God 2 by Jim Neel.)

Peter Prinz and Jose Torres-Tama, HB 56 and Juan Crow Laws Flying in the Southern Breeze (Installation view), 2012.

Peter Prinz and Jose Torres-Tama, HB 56 and Juan Crow Laws Flying in the Southern Breeze (Installation view), 2012.

Tia Gardner, Dark Morning (For Our Former Selves), 2011.

Window Installations by Guido Maus (left) and Derrick Franklin (Right).
Guido Maus, Wanderlust/ Pro Patria crescunt, 2009.
Derrick Franklin, Hypothesis "America's Birth Right", Communication Compost "The Lost Art of Speech" and The Fear in Knowledge To Grow Old is Too Growing Fearful, 2006-2011.

With an exhibition entitled “Barriers” Space One Eleven (SOE) kicks off the (re)Moving Walls Project, a multi- year examination, both metaphorical and distressingly real, of the obstructions and restraints preventing the fulfillment of human potential for educated, caring, thoughtful and progressive individuals.

Exploring this theme of barriers and limits, the work in (re)Moving Walls will engage the public with the “Barriers” exhibition as well as future events in Birmingham including workshops and community programs.

Entering “Barriers” through SOE’s front gallery, visitors will be confronted by raining legal paper imprinted with the text of Alabama’s immigration law, HB 56. The installation is a show of the state’s capacity for hate, conceived by Space One Eleven’s artist organizer, Peter Prinz. Integrated with HB 56,  attendees will discover from a blog post by artist Jose Torres-Tama entitled Juan Crow Laws Flying in the Southern Breeze.

Entering the back gallery, the work presented in “Barriers” is funny, ironic, dangerous and sad.  However all of the work is a call to attention.

There is a sculpture depicting a shovel for digging up hate, and a sculpture of a chocolate Jesus to remind us that we should all joyously feast together.  There are projects which focus on the deeply flawed Alabama State Constitution and one questioning the lack of compassion in an extremely religious state.

There is a representation of the heart-felt joy of family and a traditional Southern upbringing coupled with the belief that all children should have this opportunity.  There is a piece wishing the same happiness for the too many women in our country who are abused, and pictures of male beauty that are not easily enjoyed by predominant majorities.

Look carefully!
There is a barrier for each of us!