Digitalism: Jenniffer Omaitz, Andrew Reach & Meagan Smith at Context

As technology becomes ever inseparable from our everyday lives, the boundaries between digital and analog are increasingly blurred. Digitalism explores works by abstract artists that bridge the two realms, whether the digital aspects are apparent or not. Andrew Reach creates fully digital images that harken back to his interest in architecture. Through the computer, Reach is able to render his […]

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Marking Time and Space at Context

Rebecca Kaler and Robert Wright transcend Abstract Expressionism by using their mark making as a record of time and space. Kaler and Wright delve into ideas of memory and legacy through interpretations of expressive brush strokes that recall graffiti and physical movement. Kaler utilizes hash marks or scrawled text within abstract compositions to make the statement “I was here.” Her […]

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Life Out of Balance at Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron

The world around us is changing at an unprecedented rate as the climate changes, shifting weather patterns and affecting our natural environments as well as our man-made ones. Artists and curators have been taking on the subject of these issues, often pointing out the problems, yet not often giving viewers hope for a brighter future. In Life Out of Balance, […]

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The Abstract Question, At AAWR: Part II, A Hard Line

Presenting two exhibitions on geometric abstraction, the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve draws attention to both the history of and the continued impact that the style has had on our region. While the companion exhibition Tangents (curated by Jenniffer Omaitz) pushes the boundaries of geometric abstractions, A Hard Line takes on a more Formalist approach utilizing works from the […]

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The Shapes of Abstraction: Context Opens Its Doors

This September, Context opens its space in suite 303 at 78th Street Studios. The gallery and studios are operated by Christopher L. Richards and Justin Brennan. Partnering to develop a new art space, Richards and Brennan have created three new studio spaces and a focused program of exhibitions. The first exhibition, The Shapes of Abstraction, features a cast of women […]

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Susan Squires Reflects on the Memory of Trees

There’s a spirituality in nature that is simply felt. There’s no real defining this feeling, it just is. Susan Squires taps into this mindful awareness in her current exhibition, Nature Studies, at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center. On view through Monday, March 27, the show consists largely of small works of encaustic on wood slabs. The works focus on what […]

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Questions of Reverie, at Maria Neil Art Project

  Optimism and pessimism join forces in Questions of Reverie, paintings by Christopher L. Richards at Maria Neil Art Project from March 4 to May 6. Both vibrant and muted canvases include reference to the artist’s interests in mid-twentieth-century abstraction as an exploration of energies that affect our mental state. “My paintings are meditations on how events and thoughts can […]

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Universal Themes in Kindred Objects at AAWR

Glass and ceramics have long held a position at the crossroads between craft, utilitarianism, and fine art. Kindred Objects: Ceramics & Glass from the Western Reserve, at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve on view through December 18, embraces each of those aspects in a breathtaking array of style and form. “I feel like glass and ceramics often get jammed […]

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The Myths of Ken Nevadomi

Fresh off the heels of a critically acclaimed New York premiere of Ken Nevadomi’s work at the Independent Art Fair and the Tube Strange exhibition in Tribeca with New Canons, WOLFS Gallery mounts an ambitious display of the artist’s work in their Beachwood gallery. WOLFS’s exhibition, Ken Nevadomi: Dancing on the Moon, presents works from the late 1980s and early […]

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Ron Shelton: A World Wrapped in Plastic

  Our impact on the world around is questioned in Akron Soul Train’s current exhibition, Woven: The Human x Nature Relationship, on view from September 8th through October 23rd, 2021. The exhibition features Ron Shelton and Nicole Condon-Shih. Both artists completed a residency program through the gallery with their use of plastic, tying the two bodies of work together. For […]

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