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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]
The International Edible Books Festival is an annual event that celebrates good books, good taste, and culinary creativity around the world. Launched in 2000, the Festival recognizes the April 1st birthday of French gastronome Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826), one of the… [Read More]
The first issue of central Ohio’s own Nix Comics Quarterly hit local shops and record store this past January. Customarily the launch of any new publication is accompanied by grand pronouncements of impending world domination and assertions that the media… [Read More]
I was struck by an interesting bit of serendipity regarding filmmaker Dani Leventhal’s visit to the Wexner Center this month. Not only was she born in Columbus, she was a student at Indianola Elementary; a school whose just-off-campus address makes… [Read More]
This winter has seen The Wexner Center for the Arts host Six Solos, an exhibition of – you guessed it! – six up and coming artists. In an interesting departure from many group and themed shows where works by different… [Read More]
The current practice among art museums of organizing blockbuster exhibitions by established artists certainly yields dividends in terms of visitors, media attention, and revenue. All of these things have become especially important as economic conditions force cultural institutions to do… [Read More]
Chicks With Big Rollers is part of the Ohio Art League’s ongoing series of Member Curated Exhibitions. It features five female artists (that’s the “chicks” part) who’ve all worked in large format printmaking (that’s where the “big rollers” come in)…. [Read More]
It has been said that great art is transformative; that it provides the capacity to see things in new or unexpected ways. Rather than simply restating the world in a literal fashion, great art helps us see the world anew…. [Read More]
On Wednesday September 1st, 2010 museums and galleries from around the world participated in an elaborate question and answer initiative that proved to be equal parts social science experiment and educational opportunity. It was, in its way, a reckoning; the… [Read More]
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition is perhaps a little too easy to overlook. It’s a short exhibition by gallery and museum standards, running only the duration of the fair. It’s in the Cox Fine Arts Center, located past… [Read More]
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