The current exhibition at the Cleveland West Art League, comprised of works by Paula Izydorek and Debra Sue Solecki, brings together the works of two artists who had not previously met, but who had converged on a single theme: home. Izydorek explores “home” as a general, universal idea. This approach results in abstract, almost ethereal images. Many of the houses […]
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Julia Christensen’s latest art project “Waiting for a Break”, like much of her work, is dependent on technology. The crux of this interdisciplinary piece is live video feeds of views of Lake Erie, strategically set at different points along the shores of our Great Lake, giving the viewer a real-time look at the current state of the ice cover. The […]
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“A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. All photographs are accurate, but none of them is the truth.” – Richard Avedon Amber Ford is busy. With work in two exhibitions that open this week and a job at her alma […]
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If you haven’t had a chance to see Darius Steward’s new exhibition, “Baggage Claim” at Tregoning & Co., you should check it out Friday (12/15/17) during Third Friday at 78th Street Studios. The artist will be there – performing – as part of the exhibition. Tucked into a corner of the gallery is an easel, stool, and pedestal – and […]
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The the idea that an artist can live after death through his work is old, universal, and in a way central to the exhibit on view now at the Stocker Center gallery at Lorain County Community College. The stated idea behind the show is built into its name: Lorain County Printmakers gathers the work of five accomplished and prolific printmakers […]
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“The world doesn’t need more art,” Michelle Droll tells me. “It needs more artists.” At work Michelle pulls virtual systems apart and puts them back together. At night, she comes home and does the same with her old art, creating “sculptural kebabs” out of brightly colored pieces of foam, occasional ceramic parts, and bits of paint itself. Through each iteration, […]
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Below is a breaking announcement from the leadership of FRONT International Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Watch for updates as they become available. Find Douglas Max Utter’s Fall 2017 interview with Jens Hoffmann here: Interview from the FRONT FRONT International Announces Changes to Artistic Team CLEVELAND, Ohio (November 27, 2017) – FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art announced today […]
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Soon after the end of the Second World War, Abstract Expressionism blew a hole in art history. The cultural effect was comparable to the Manhattan Project. Abstract Expressionism (AE) effectively transformed Western art, replacing the tattered late-modern remains of aesthetic intention and technique with guiding principles derived in part from psychoanalysis and Freud’s theories of the unconscious. Accidental marks, the […]
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A college’s alumni art exhibit—not that of an art school, but of a liberal arts college, with a football team and a whole variety of degrees—might seem to be an insular affair, of interest primarily to that college community. And on the front of thematic cohesion, this kind of show faces an uphill battle: if alumni are the focus, then […]
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Before Modernism, art drew upon a store of symbols common to all—or at least common to all the classically and biblically educated gentry who made up fine arts audiences. Modern and postmodern artists deconstruct common symbols, or dispense with them altogether. A contemporary artist’s pigeon need not represent the Holy Spirit—it could just as easily be an embodiment of resilience […]
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