Alabama Astronaut Bonus Episode: The Art Show!
01/06/23 • 10 min
The artist's reception on January 21st:
Alabama Contemporary Art Center
301 Conti Street
Mobile, Alabama 36602
"Abe Partridge is a touring musician and artist from Mobile, AL; fundamentally a storyteller who fuses a heady mix of backwoods baptismal and back alley punk rock. His background as a baptist preacher who experienced a crisis/conversion of faith allows him to travel roads less traveled. For the last two years Partridge has made regular visits and embedded himself in several communities of Appalachian religious snake-handlers. After much time spent, he was given permission to document his experiences; the music, rituals, and stories that called to him. This is an exhibition of new work exploring those experiences, made in direct collaboration with this community.
OPENING RECEPTION
January 21 @ 6 PM"
The artist's reception on January 21st:
Alabama Contemporary Art Center
301 Conti Street
Mobile, Alabama 36602
"Abe Partridge is a touring musician and artist from Mobile, AL; fundamentally a storyteller who fuses a heady mix of backwoods baptismal and back alley punk rock. His background as a baptist preacher who experienced a crisis/conversion of faith allows him to travel roads less traveled. For the last two years Partridge has made regular visits and embedded himself in several communities of Appalachian religious snake-handlers. After much time spent, he was given permission to document his experiences; the music, rituals, and stories that called to him. This is an exhibition of new work exploring those experiences, made in direct collaboration with this community.
OPENING RECEPTION
January 21 @ 6 PM"
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Bonus Episode 2
Regarding Glenn Summerford: the serpent-handling preacher from Episode 4 found guilty of forcing his wife's hand into a box of rattlesnakes... a listener emailed with a question about his first two felonies. Her name is Sarah, and she was a public defender for over a decade in Kentucky.
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Bonus Episode: Alabama Astronaut Live!
This episode attempts to recreate the warmth surrounding Abe’s artist reception, "With Signs Following, featuring dozens of Abe's paintings that depict characters from the serpent handling faith. Many events described in Alabama Astronaut came alive to the soundtrack of Abe’s field recordings.
Abe's art exhibit is viewable at the Alabama Contemporary Art Center until May 20th. For more information, go here!
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