Just a Modern Guy

PM Estate Sales, a service of The Purple Moon, will be holding an estate sale at 805 Montrose Drive in South Charleston on Saturday, February 6th from 10am - 4pm and on Sunday, February 7th from 11am to 4pm.
This small, but high-quality, estate has the treasures you are looking for in the great condition you [...]

 Charleston photographer Deborah Herndon will be opening her first solo show, “Details” at The Purple Moon on Thursday, December 17th.
Herndon’s exhibit draws from photographs primarily taken in Southern France and examines the small details frequently overlooked.
“The history and culture of a place is often reflected in the details,” Herndon said, “it is there that you [...]

Pittsburgh-based artist Melissa J. Tyson will be bringing her versatile work to Charleston in a new show opening at The Purple Moon on Friday, November 27th.
The opening coincides with the November ArtWalk.
Tyson uses ancient metalsmithing techniques such as alloying, soldering, forging, and enameling to make one-of-a-kind and limited edition jewelry pieces. She works with traditional [...]

Screen Shot of New Website for the Downtown Charleston ArtWalk
Just in time for the Holiday Artwalk Season the new and improved website for the Downtown Charleston ArtWalk has just gone live.
Featuring more gallery details and in depth notices of shows, features and openings in Downtown Charleston the website has developed to meet the needs of the [...]

Visit three countries in one night on November 12, 2009 from 6:00PM to 7:30PM at the following locations:
Callen McJunkin Gallery - 219 Hale Street
The Purple Moon - 906 Quarrier Street
Taylor Books - Annex Gallery - 226 Capitol Street
Each location will feature wines of one country - taste vintages from Italy, Spain and Argentina while you [...]

Blenko Glass #554 - Wayne Husted - 1955
Just in at The Purple Moon are these fabulous 1950’s pieces by designer Wayne Husted.
Both are very hard-to-find and are excellent examples of the modernist flair Husted brought to Blenko during his time there as Design Director from 1953 to 1963. Over 500 pieces were designed by Husted [...]

More than a decade after his death, The Purple Moon will be presenting a very rare offering of sculptures by Charleston artist and architect Robert E. Martens.
Robert E. Martens was born in Illinois in 1919 but lived most of his life in Charleston, West Virginia. Martens studied architecture at Yale University and at the Cranbrook [...]

Quarrier Diner - Mixed Media - 30″ x 23″ - David Riffle - 2007
The Purple Moon is pleased to announce the arrival of David Riffle’s Quarrier Diner to our gallery in downtown Charleston.
This 2007 mixed media work, which portrays one of Charleston’s most well-known landmarks, is being made available through a special arrangement with the local collector who [...]

1984 Blenko West Virginia Birthday Piece - #12 of 121
Blenko Glass first issued their West Virginia Birthday commemorative pieces in 1980 producing one piece for each year of statehood. Since then, each year on June 20th, collectors from throughout the country have made the annual pilgrimage to West Virginia to try to obtain one of [...]