REALITY SHOW: SCULPTURE CENTER’S CROSSROADS ARTISTS REIMAGINE CLEVELAND LANDMARKS

As an emergent artistic technique, augmented reality (AR) may seem like a pretty high-concept notion, long on what George W. Bush called “the Vision thing,” arguably a bit short when it comes to reality itself. But AR offers at least one hugely important advantage to artists and museums, anywhere and everywhere: a fresh and flexible way for audiences to interact […]

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Crossroads: Still We Rise at The Sculpture Center and on Twelve Outdoor Sites in Cleveland

The city of Cleveland and the metropolitan areas it anchors have a long history of racial exclusion and segregation. To this day, Cleveland remains racially segregated, with most of the Black population clustered in the eastern side. Compared to the rest of the country’s 100 largest metro areas, Cleveland ranks 98th in racial inclusion, with massive gaps in earnings, poverty, and employment.1 […]

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To See the UNseen: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection and the Northeast Ohio Response

“My images are my proof that I exist in a world without accurate depictions….I am tired of people from outside of Black environments communicating our stories. Their perceptions are off. This is why my work is so important.” — Donald Black Jr., photographer, whose work is including in seenUNseen   SeenUNseen is a large survey of work by African American artists […]

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Small Sculpture Looms Large at the Sculpture Center

Every year the Sculpture Center holds a Juried Exhibition dedicated to small sculpture, called “After the Pedestal”. The rules require that each work be smaller than 3 x 3 x 3 ft., all dimensions added together. Initially I found it odd that a separate show is required to feature diminutive objects, but if you do a bit of digging, you begin […]

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The Sculpture Center

  AFTER THE PEDESTAL: 12th EXHIBITION OF SMALL SCULPTURE FROM THE REGION Juror Sara O’Keeffe, Associate Curator, New Museum Opening Friday June 14, 5:30–8pm On view through August 2 The Sculpture Center 1834 East 123rd Street Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.229.6527

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Fall Openings at the Sculpture Center

ADAM MILNER & ALLISON SMITH: TWO OF WANDS | SWING STATES: RECENT PERSPECTIVES IN GLASS SCULPTURE FROM THE MIDDLE WEST, CURATED BY ZAC WEINBERG | SEPTEMBER 22–OCTOBER 26 RECEPTION 5:30–8PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 RIAN BROWN: PALIMPSEST: HAND-DRAWN ANIMATION & VIDEO PROJECTIONS | NOVEMBER 9–DECEMBER 21 RECEPTION 5:30–8PM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Events: Two of Wands, by Adam Milner and Allison Smith […]

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Speech acts: Jonas Sebura and Anthony Warnick at the Sculpture Center

What powers do words have? In a pair of exhibitions now ongoing at The Sculpture Center, Jonas Sebura and Anthony Warnick conduct two very different investigations of this question. Sebura looks at early efforts to manipulate reality directly through ritual and speech in the form of spells, incantations, curses, and prayers. Warnick uses the insights of philosophy of language to […]

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The Sculpture Center presents W2S

    BLUE EXHIBITION BOX: W2S 2018 Early Career Sculptor Series Jonas Sebura: Confounded into Unitary Chaos and Anthony Warnick: Language Games on view March 9 – April 13 Matt Lambert: Fun & Games and Eli Gfell: post-consumer on view April 27 – June 1     The Sculpture Center 1834 East 123rd Street Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216-229-6527

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