On the far west end of the Goat Farm Arts Center — a former cotton gin machinery company turned 11-acre cultural hub now home to many of Atlanta’s contemporary artists — stands an old factory.
At one end of the brick building, visitors can find a painted door beneath a rusted metal awning leading to the new art studio of Atlanta-based, Haitian American artist Patrick Eugène. Late last month, Eugène welcomed a small crowd of visitors to tour his space, which is not generally open to the public.
A reclaimed-wood staircase rose from the first-floor gallery to a lofted paint studio, where natural light poured through clerestory windows framed in the same rustic wood overlooking green trees. The setting felt fitting for Eugène’s figurative paintings, with their warm earth tones and abstract expressionist compositions. Outside, the Goat Farm’s rusted machinery and weathered walls echoed the themes present in much of Eugène’s work: heritage, identity, migration and belonging.
At one end of the brick building, visitors can find a painted door beneath a rusted metal awning leading to the new art studio of Atlanta-based, Haitian American artist Patrick Eugène. Late last month, Eugène welcomed a small crowd of visitors to tour his space, which is not generally open to the public.
A reclaimed-wood staircase rose from the first-floor gallery to a lofted paint studio, where natural light poured through clerestory windows framed in the same rustic wood overlooking green trees. The setting felt fitting for Eugène’s figurative paintings, with their warm earth tones and abstract expressionist compositions. Outside, the Goat Farm’s rusted machinery and weathered walls echoed the themes present in much of Eugène’s work: heritage, identity, migration and belonging.
