Elsewhere on the digital pages of CAN, Brittany M. Hudak and Michael Gill have written fine-grained and big-picture analyses of the year in Northeast Ohio art. Hudak remembered the year in a series of particular exhibits; Gill contextualized local developments within larger trends in the artworld. This post, then, is calibrated towards the medium scale—events which made a great immediate […]
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February 2020 brings to HEDGE Gallery a very personal exhibition of artist John Carlson’s most recent paintings and drawings. With similar themes to the musical genre, artwork for the exhibit BLUES was inspired by humanity’s will to survive, as well as the artist’s need to work through a devastating personal loss. “It was through Blues music,” says Carlson, “that I […]
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Totem is a new body of mixed-media works by Christopher Kier, opening at HEDGE Gallery on November 15. Kier’s encaustic paintings on canvas and frosted mylar will also incorporate wood elements and video, expanding the concept of the traditional indigenous “totem.” The Canadian artist has been perfecting the ancient art of encaustic painting, a process which involves combining hot wax […]
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This September, HEDGE Gallery presents Brian Mouhlas’ most recent series of paintings, which are based on contemporary culture and the mysticism that lies behind much of the imagery in our media-based world. This will be Brian’s first solo exhibition after participating in many group shows at HEDGE Gallery, and since his graduation from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2016. […]
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Liz Maugans, known over the past twenty five years as a power-house of inspiration and sustained effort behind the developing Cleveland arts scene, is also one of the region’s most admired visual artists. Her prints, collages, and drawings document her commitment to personal freedom and the complex emotional and cognitive problems of life in our times – as a […]
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After thirty years making art, Liz Maugans is taking an inventory of her life and transforming her experiences into new print-based collage work titled Beautiful Mess, opening this June at HEDGE Gallery. The most fascinating aspect of this exhibit is that Liz has used almost all repurposed materials to create her multilayered work. The abundance of printed remnants, or what […]
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Unlike most people, I first knew of Douglas Max Utter as a writer. Flipping through the pages of Angle Magazine and the storied Free Times (both now sadly defunct), I became a Doug Utter “The Writer” fan girl. As an aspiring art writer myself, I didn’t know that this kind of writing was allowed – I loved it so much […]
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Douglas Max Utter’s house on the hillside above Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland is filled with his steady output of painting and ideas. In room after room, the walls are hung with his own work. “I’ve made it a kind of museum of myself,” he says, in a way that is perhaps slightly bemused, but also frankly true. There […]
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Join HEDGE Gallery on Friday, March 15, as we reveal a new exhibition of Italian printmaker Claudio Orso-Giacone’s extensive portfolio of woodcuts and whimsical ceramic sculptures. Relief Therapy will be on view March 8 through April 5, with an opening reception Friday, March 15, 5:00 until 9:00pm. Art in itself has proven healing qualities, and in Claudio’s case he states […]
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Michael J. Marefka’s Notes from the Interior: A Guide for Romantics, ongoing now in the upper level of Mahall’s 20 Lanes, is a happy marriage between artwork and creative curation. Marefka’s Modernism-inspired paintings are enhanced by their display in the apartment-like second story of Mahall’s. Lakewood’s triple threat bowling alley/concert venue/bar has long been a respected player in the West […]
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