Once books were simply vehicles, carrying the information they contained. For centuries, they were the most efficient way to traffic in words and pictures. In these digital days they still do that, but they have other functions, too: They are monuments to those ideas, celebrations, commemorations, and elaborations on them. They are a way not just to pass words and […]
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The Galleries at CSU are pleased to present two significant exhibitions this winter season. Opening on March 9, the exhibition Cleveland’s Symbol: 52 Stories of the Terminal Tower—curated by William Barrow, Special Collections Librarian, the Michael Schwartz Library—will run through April 21. Gallery conversation at 4pm followed by a reception with refreshments from 5 to 8pm. Contemporaneously in the North […]
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The Galleries at CSU are pleased to present a number of significant exhibitions this winter season. Shows open with a gallery conversation with artists and curators at 4pm followed by a reception from 5 to 8pm on the first day of the exhibition. The first four exhibitions run through December 9 and focus on abstraction. Dark Pronoun, paintings by Mark […]
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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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The Galleries at CSU are happy to present eight important exhibitions this fall season. All exhibitions open with a gallery conversation with artists at 4pm followed by reception from 5 to 8pm on the first day of the exhibition. Four one-person exhibitions with a focus on sculpture and expanded media will run from Friday, September 1 through Saturday, October 14. […]
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The Galleries at CSU have an exceptionally diverse group of exhibitions planned for this spring: In the North Gallery, 85 year old New York City based, world renowned artist Liz Quisgard presents: The Ornamental Impulse: Form, Pattern, and Color. This exhibition represents a manifestation of a compelling, personal quest for visual splendor spanning several decades. Propitiously for CSU, Liz Quisgard […]
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The Galleries at Cleveland State University begin the winter exhibition season with a performance by the French Baroque Chamber Orchestra “Les Delices” on Saturday, January 16, in the North Gallery. The performance heralds a series of shows in the coming weeks, highlighting the rich artistic life in Cleveland and at the university. I Came So Far For Beauty January 21, […]
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