Artificial Insanity and the Urge to Walk All Night: Montlack and Engler at HEDGE

Rita Montlack and Meryl Engler both work in print media, and the artists are presented as such at HEDGE Gallery, but they could hardly be more different. Montlack’s work is digital, while Engler’s is 100 percent analog; Montlack’s photo-based works are fully chromatic; Engler’s relief prints sometimes use just one color, and even the multi-color prints have a palate limited […]

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Meryl Engler and Rita Montlack: Urges & Insanity at HEDGE

This spring HEDGE is ecstatic to feature a two-woman exhibition featuring Meryl Engler and Rita Montlack. Their artistic voices converge through reduction woodcut prints, photography and installations, and are on view March 19 through April 26. Sharing the processes of sorting, layering and careful color selection, these artists create distinct imagery that interprets our everchanging world. They alter their subject […]

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Winter SOULstice Alumni Show at Akron Soul Train

To close 2022 and begin 2023, Akron Soul Train presents its Winter SOULstice Alumni Show,  beautifully and intuitively curated by Meryl Engler. The exhibition, which offers high-quality art by local artists, has something for everyone, from prints, to paintings, to textiles. It exceeded expectations on every level and is one of my favorites I’ve seen in the space. Since its […]

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