John Nativio is an artist inspired by advancements in human knowledge, but he hasn’t forgotten about those who built the foundations of that knowledge. “The more you dig into art history,” says Nativio, “the more you understand who you are as an artist, and begin to ask: Why do artists make art? Do I want to make ‘karaoke art,’ mimicking […]
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Art production has no native country, no capital city, no president, and only that one law about beauty and truth. I think about this as I round a rainy corner in heavy traffic, on a mission to see John Nativio’s profoundly beautiful, mysteriously truthful paintings. Those works seem to describe a distant corner of emotional/mathematical space, but they’re natives of […]
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John Nativio Solo Exhibition March 18th, 2016 – May 14th, 2016 John Nativio’s current body of work explores the influence of technology on human perception and evolution. Accelerated dissemination of information has greatly altered human civilization; from the printing press to the first radio telegraph signals bounced off the ionosphere; from television to satellites; from the internet to artificial intelligence; […]
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Summer 2019 Events Your easy, chronological guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN. by Anastasia Pantsios CONTINUING EVENTS THROUGH MAY 19 Artist in Residence: Ricardo Ruiz, Richmond, Virginia ZYGOTE PRESS THROUGH MAY 24 Work by […]
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Your easy, chronological guide to what Northeast Ohio galleries and museums have coming up in the next few months. More information about many of these exhibits can be found elsewhere in the pages of CAN. Enjoy the shows! CONTINUING Through March 12 New Directions — new works from young up and coming artists, Harris Stanton Cleveland Gallery Directors Choice […]
Read more“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical plan once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing asserting itself with growing insistence. “ -Daniel H. Burnham, architect […]
Read moreEVENTS Continuing Through December 20 Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Member Holiday Show Through December 29 Heights Arts 2013 Holiday Store Through January 4 Kokoon Arts Gallery Randall Tiedman: Genius Loci Through December 20 The Sculpture Center Made in Mourning: Contemporary Memorial and Reliquary December December 6 120 years of Art in Cleveland […]
Read moreConjoined Human Parts is an exhibition that focuses on John R. Nativio’s interpretation of the human figure. Rather than simple rendering, though, this exhibit puts the emphasis on subjective abstraction and reinterpretation—the disassembling and reintegration of the figure through the mind of the artist. To varying degrees, this perspective is present in each of the three disciplines in the show. […]
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