Landon Bryant, Southern personality profiled by the New York Times, guest curating new exhibition at TJC

The Johnson Collection’s downtown Spartanburg exhibition space, TJC Gallery, will showcase Draped in Time: Spanish Moss and the Tapestry of the South, curated by Landon Bryant.

A native of Laurel, Mississippi, Bryant with his clever and insightful conversations, was profiled by The New York Times as a southern voice with a “soft drawl that cloaks a devilishly sly sense of humor, [and he] has become a fixture on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube with his explanation and exploration of what it means to be Southern.”

Landon Bryant will be in Spartanburg for the exhibition’s opening on May 8, 2024 for a gallery talk at 6:30pm. More information can be found on the event’s webpage.

Draped in Time weaves together artistic perspectives spanning nearly two centuries, uniting the South’s complex history and rich cultures under the ethereal veil of Spanish moss—an enduring symbol of the complicated, dynamic, and often misunderstood identity of Southern art and society.

For the artworks featured in this exhibition, Spanish moss performs multifarious roles as a recurrent backdrop for the many diverse and interconnected stories that the South has to tell.

This exhibition of thirty works of art from The Johnson Collection will run from May 8 – July 20, 2024. TJC Gallery is located at 154 West Main Street, Spartanburg, SC, 29306, and open Wednesday – Saturday from 12pm to 4pm.