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Opposites attract. They attracted me anyway. Saturday May 18th offered central Ohio art supporters a unique opportunity to appreciate two very different ways in which the art scene in Columbus is taking off. On one end of the spectrum is… [Read More]
First, let’s do away with – once and for all – the notion that Charles Burchfield doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. It’s a specious claim; one that’s easily refuted by even the most cursory glance at his resume. During… [Read More]
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about The Clock. This shouldn’t be too surprising to anyone familiar with the work. Even within the heady framework of contemporary art, it offers plenty of avenues for exploration; from the technical to… [Read More]
Let’s start with the most fundamental question; the one we ask when we first set foot in a gallery, the one we ask as our eyes first pan across the works in an exhibition. Let’s start with the question that… [Read More]
Critical reviews (whether of books, plays, films, or exhibitions) are comprised of three basic components. They make a recommendation, they justify the recommendation, and they provide some sort of conceptual underpinning for the work being reviewed. Stated more pedantically, critical… [Read More]
One of the nice things about my relationship with Columbus Underground is this: I can write whatever I want, whenever I want. All those pesky relics of staid, old media; things like deadlines, word counts, and style guides vanish in… [Read More]
The Pizzuti Companies are building a boutique hotel in the Short North. There’s going to be office space, retail space, and a parking garage too. This isn’t exactly news. The project has been winding its way through commissions and boards… [Read More]
Cancel the eulogies and send the moirologists home. We don’t need them just yet. It turns out the death of the Columbus art scene was an exaggeration after all. Oh, you hadn’t heard? The fact is there’s been a lot… [Read More]
Let’s clear something up first. Columbus will never be a world-renowned visual arts mecca. Artists will not flock to Columbus in hopes of making it. Wealthy patrons will not pluck Columbus artists from obscurity and make them superstars. Major publications… [Read More]
Alexis Rockman’s paintings present us with a challenge, though perhaps not the challenge one would expect. Rockman paints those messy and unkempt spaces where humans and the environment collide. Throughout his career he has offered sobering depictions of nature (both… [Read More]
Protesters have occupied Wall Street. Income inequality has spiked at levels not seen since the Great Depression. Wealth continues to migrate toward the nation’s top earners while poverty rates soar. Class warfare has become the accusation de jour and all… [Read More]
Group shows can be messy affairs; not in a bad way, but rather in a sprawling, diverse, “million different directions all at once” way. If you’re in search of unifying themes or cohesive statements a group exhibition is rarely the… [Read More]
This spring has seen a renewed interest in the fight against graffiti in Columbus. While these efforts have yet to achieve the official designation of a “war”, citizen’s groups and law enforcement agencies are clearly approaching the Columbus graffiti issue… [Read More]
Let’s start with a preamblic warning of sorts: The juxtaposition of meaning and medium has become a common feature in contemporary art. Whether it’s Jeff Koons fabricating balloon dogs out of polished metal, Jake and Dino Chapman recreating Goya’s “Disasters… [Read More]
During the early days of The Iraq War Donald Rumsfeld famously quipped that, “Freedom is untidy”, and that “free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things”. While that was arguably an unsatisfactory response to… [Read More]
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