The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve is pleased to open its fall/winter exhibition season with Visual Emotions, The Way I Remember You, the inaugural show of Archived Artist Augusto C. Bordelois. A native of Havana, Cuba, Bordelois paints in a Magical Realist style which weaves together rich psychological symbolism with lush sensual imagery. His fantastical narratives speak to the […]
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Since 1987, numerous Cleveland artists have shared an expansive co-operative studio on the 6th floor of the ArtCraft Building at 2570 Superior Avenue and ever since have hosted the annual ArtCraft Studio Show. This December marks the 30th anniversary of this well-attended and much-anticipated Cleveland art show! The roots of today’s annual show can be traced back to 1981 to […]
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Art House is now working with a new road map that emerged from the strategic plan process (much thanks to Carol Murphy) conducted during the first part of 2017. This also included an exciting campus expansion component developed by the KSU Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative. Urban Bright Arts-in-Education Program, Fall 2017: In conjunction with our budding partnership with Cleveland Metroparks […]
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Jun Kaneko: Blurred Lines Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries February 17–May 27 Undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed artists working in contemporary ceramics today, Jun Kaneko has spent decades pushing the boundaries of ceramics, sculpture, painting, the abstract and the figural, and has repeatedly blurred the lines that have traditionally separated the world of fine art and craft. Jun Kaneko: […]
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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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A college’s alumni art exhibit—not that of an art school, but of a liberal arts college, with a football team and a whole variety of degrees—might seem to be an insular affair, of interest primarily to that college community. And on the front of thematic cohesion, this kind of show faces an uphill battle: if alumni are the focus, then […]
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Before Modernism, art drew upon a store of symbols common to all—or at least common to all the classically and biblically educated gentry who made up fine arts audiences. Modern and postmodern artists deconstruct common symbols, or dispense with them altogether. A contemporary artist’s pigeon need not represent the Holy Spirit—it could just as easily be an embodiment of resilience […]
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One of the area’s best Print Shows in years is tucked away in plain sight at Rubber City Prints’ new home on Main Street in Akron. The 1920s house with solid door and window frames, winding floor plans, and endless possibilities holds a budding print shop, complete with funky old letter presses, a hydraulic press that used to be housed […]
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Art is always about a relationship with the world. Sometimes that means trying to explain it, or re-interpret it, or document it, or comment on it, but sometimes it is simply a way of understanding how the world works. In Memory External—works of Matthew Gallagher and Mike Lombardy, on view now at Waterloo Arts—the key to understanding the works is […]
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The first time I saw Rebekah Wilhelm’s work I was seriously frustrated. The piece was a large installation of tiny scraps of paper strung together like a chain mail screen (above). On each piece of paper was a word, just barely legible in the dim light of the gallery. As I found myself struggling to read the words and piece together […]
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