Love Being Black, June 1–July 1 In Love Being Black, writer Ali Black and photographer Donald Black Jr, pair works that look into the world of the Black funeral and capture the residue of violence and racism. These works show an effortless collaboration between two artists. And while this is admirable, it also indicates an alarming reality—trauma sits too comfortably […]
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The artists in The Infinite Mix filter and play with the absurd in a time and space that seems so damn upside-down and surreal. It is very much like the moment in which Man Ray developed his early artistic approaches during the Dada movement. Shaped by the trauma of World War I and the emergence of a modern media culture, […]
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In his sketchbooks, Pablo Picasso often made drawings where, by pressing hard, he would create an imprint transferred to the following page. He would be greeted with a trace on the subsequent page that presented a template for changing the image later, gradually or radically. The opportunity to create multiples and develop work through a series is best celebrated with […]
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“I can’t stand art actually. I’ve never, ever liked art,” said internationally-renowned artist David Hammons. And when asked “why do you make it?” His response: “…Because art is about symbols, and outrageously magical things happen when you mess around with a symbol.” The lineup of artists in Messin’ with You at YARDS Projects play to the spirit of Hammons, where […]
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Painting and drawing always have been primary modes of expression. Painters often make an initial drawing on a surface, using graphite or charcoal, as a starting point to begin to envision their works. Since drawing produces lines, it is important to keep the mindset of a painter and allow other things to emerge. Painters traditionally rely on shapes, value and […]
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You gotta give them hope. Harvey Milk Hope is the sea change within ourselves, how we imagine our world and those who are in it. My middle name is Hope, and hope brought me to Worthington Yards. To hope is to gamble, and with hope comes a world of possibilities. Worthington Yards and its developer, Dalad Group, took a gamble […]
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The artists in Trade Marks II bring their creative energies to the workforce and rarely get the chance to shake off their “day jobs”—until now! Bruce Buchanan restores stained glass windows in churches, Jamal Collins teaches design-thinking and Photoshop to kids, Karen Beckwith is a Tamarind-trained master printer, Claire Campbell is an art therapist and helps people understand their life’s […]
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Artists selected for the Artists Select 2019 have created an organic, offbeat mix of contemporary art outside the purview of the classic curator/artist relationship. Rather, participants in the show explore the dynamics of the artist/artist cantor, and will include public and private school teachers, artist friends and colleagues, all while encouraging newcomers to the Cleveland scene (and YARDS Projects) vis-a-vis […]
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Cleveland was built off the steel industry and remains a place rich with locally-sourced goods like DayGlo paint, reclaimed wood from historic buildings, and fibers from the Kozo plants grown in the gardens of Hough. These are a few examples that found their way to this region’s artists. In Material Cleveland, artists capitalize on experimenting with raw materials like wood, […]
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Arabella Proffer’s studio in her Lakewood high-rise apartment has the best view of any artist’s studio I have ever seen. Hands down. As she paints next to huge floor to ceiling glass doors, Lake Erie’s beautiful waters stretch out to the horizon, with the skyline of Cleveland to the right. The main advantage here is not the view (which would […]
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