Faysal Altunbozar’s The gardens of Adonis are cultivated for the sake of flowers, not fruit (on view at SPACES Oracle Gallery, August 25 – October 20, 2023) is an impeccably-installed body of sculpture that re-shape the gallery in which it is hung. The visual aesthetic is sterile, clean, and manufactured, yet the sound component connects each viewer’s body, through sound and vibration […]
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Arfil Pajarillaga is a multimedia artist based in Cleveland. Over years of cultivating his practice in photography, working primarily with analog processes, his work gravitates towards documenting the relationships that coexist within environments. Whether between people, or a subject in nature and its surroundings, he actively works to document the beauty and magic that occurs within everyday life. “How do […]
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The Galleries at Cleveland State University are pleased to partner with Collective Arts Network as a venue in the presentation of CAN Triennial 2022. Strategic scheduling to coincide with the 2022 FRONT Triennial presents an opportunity to highlight local and regional artists, capitalize on efforts of FRONT, and introduce an international audience to our great Cleveland neighborhoods and communities. The […]
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Perris Mackey’s figurative collage has been a steady presence on social media, and his current exhibit, The Pieces that Fit, at Patina Arts Centre in Canton shows potential for an interesting contribution to current dialog about the people we look up to as heroes, about consumer culture, and –in light of his recently stated goal to create an exhibition of […]
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Deep Dive Art Projects partnered with Abattoir Gallery in 2021 to publish two soft-ground etchings by internationally-known artist and curator Michelle Grabner, connecting to a new series of paintings shown at the gallery last June. The limited editions evoke a sense of nostalgia and surface memory and expand upon the craft and intimate gestures of the related oil and enamel […]
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In July 2019, dear friends Cathie Bleck and Marianne Berardi casually decided to paint in Cathie’s large back porch amid her flourishing garden, while juggling the complexity of events happening in their own lives. It was not a preconceived idea or a project, or even meant to yield something that would be exhibited. It was something they enjoyed, and found […]
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Delayed by two years due to the pandemic—and after appearing at Museum Wiesbaden, Hauser & Wirth New York, and mumok in Vienna—this exhibition of more than seventy works on paper by artist Eva Hesse returns to Northeast Ohio for its run at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, on the campus of Oberlin College. Drawn entirely from the Allen’s collection, Forms […]
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The days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve are the short season of taking stock, the week before the calendar year turns. So what did CAN do this year? CAN’s First Strategic Plan You may have tuned in to the public presentation via Zoom of CAN’s first-ever Strategic Plan. Thanks to support from the Cleveland Foundation and the Gund Foundation, […]
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Five months into the pandemic lockdown, it’s natural for arts addicts to be jonesing for landmark experiences. All the familiar festivals have been cancelled, and companies who have not been able to conceive a viable way to deliver performance to audiences can only wait for a vaccine, or herd immunity. Sure, galleries and museums can keep open hours and manage […]
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Museums, Galleries, Studios, and Schools are all closed in the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. That has left artists alone in their studios, and gallery doors closed, sometimes with exhibits still hanging, unseen, on their walls. In the Art from a Distance series of posts on CAN Blog, we’re helping curators, dealers, artists and teachers share their […]
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