Now that the dust has settled on the Ohio Liquor Control raid that interrupted the opening of Undercurrents at Loren Naji Gallery in Ohio City, Naji and neighborhood officials are working to comply with the laws that came to bear. The fallout of the incident affects galleries throughout Ohio. To review: the At 6:55 pm Friday, May 2, […]
Read moreThere is a framed certificate in my office that recognizes that Fred Bidwell was awarded an honorable mention for a photograph exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 1976 May Show. It is signed by Sherman Lee, then the Museum’s director. I can’t remember a thing about that photograph. But now, by a twist of fate, I am sitting in […]
Read moreThe process unfolded dramatically, mostly via email but with important scenes taking place among the gritty realities of Collinwood and other crusty Cleveland locales. It was like the plot of an early Russo brothers movie–except that our gang had good intentions. Before the work began, we were sworn to secrecy via PDF file. Later we assembled in propria […]
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