The FRONT Triennial may be drawing to a close, but you still have two weekends to see some of the exhibits you might have missed. One of the best installations “off the beaten track” is Sculpture Bases, by Cleveland artist Lauren Yeager. Yeager was one of the six local artists chosen by FRONT to create a commissioned work for the […]
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The term blockbuster was probably first used to describe a museum exhibition in 1976, when throngs of visitors patiently waited in line to see the grandiose King Tut exhibition at the National Gallery. The show then toured the country and drew the astounding attendance of eight million people. What followed was a barrage of blockbusters over the years, usually featuring […]
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Back in October, the FRONT International team announced the names of six local artists who would represent Cleveland during the global art triennial. Chosen by curators Michelle Grabner and Jens Hoffman (who has since left his role in the wake of sexual harassment charges), these six artists come from a wide spectrum of interests, media, and disciplines: Julie Ezelle Patton […]
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On Saturday night (May 19, from 6-10pm), I highly encourage you to make your way down to Slavic Village to see the exhibition Blowout. In the storefront of a turn of the century building on the South side of Fleet Avenue, photographer Steve Mastroianni has turned over his studio to artists Terry Durst and Jon Gott for a show seemingly tailor-made […]
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It’s hard to pin down Elizabeth Emery. She is a printmaker, painter, sculptor, installation artist, gallery owner, feminist, avid cyclist, and podcaster – Emery can’t be reduced to a “category” or descriptor – she is the kind of person that I find endlessly fascinating. She’s also one of only six area artists chosen to participate in the FRONT Triennial this Summer. Emery seems to […]
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“Sarah Isenhart is interested in transformations. Quiet, nimble – dedicated, but defiant, her needle punctures, rips through the surface – ruptures what was, making what is to come. It is in these careful moments of conversion that objects take on a new life. Acknowledging the tradition of women’s craft, she shadows the conventions of embroidery – meticulously hand-stitching each image, dedicating […]
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You’ve probably visited the Transformer Station, the Ohio City gallery housed in a former streetcar power station. But did you know there is another restored transformer station across town? This one is on Larchmere Boulevard, and it’s also filled with art. If you’ve never been to Wolfs Gallery, you should stop by – because this little building is filled to the brim with treasures. On a cold Saturday afternoon […]
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“I’d rather risk an ugly surprise than rely on things I know how to do.” – Helen Frankenthaler Hilary D. Gent is busy. You might know her as the owner/curator of HEDGE gallery in 78th Street Studios, the venerable space that now represents thirteen area emerging and professional artists including local art stars like John Carlson and Justin Brennan. In addition […]
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What follows is excerpted from a phone interview. Guillaume Leblon’s art defies categorization. Known for working in many different mediums from paintings to film, hand-blown glass, and everything in between, perhaps his most successful medium is working with space itself. The spaces he creates often feel uneasy, unfinished, alienating – once Leblon moved a wall from inside the gallery […]
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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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