“HANDSOME” IN CHINA
Handmade in China II: Stay Handsome Clay Street Gallery, 1312 Clay Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Open 6-9 pm Final Friday, April 24 Exhibition continues till May 9, 2015 Surprisingly, there are solid connections between Jingdezhen, China and Cincinnati, Ohio. Taft Museum of Art, home of the Charles Phelps Taft family, now lists some 200 pieces of […]
Albano Afonso – “Self Portrait as Light”
Looking past the light, and gazing deeply into the photography to discern the eyes, mouth, nose, and lips behind and was unable to bring the artist identity into focus. Albano Afonso choose to use light, not to highlight a strong jaw or sharp nose, but to blur the line of reality just enough to venture […]
Butler Institute: A Pastel Solo in many keys
My recent visit to the Butler Institute of American Art included viewing the work of Ohio pastelist Judith Carducci. Carducci’s prize winning work is recognized for her good grounding in solid draughtsmanship and spot on sense of color, both attributes a product of years of drawing from life. Carducci also presents her personal perspectives on […]
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
We lived in The District – Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) – when our youngest child went off to kindergarten. I went right down to the Smithsonian and said “I volunteer.” The Smithsonian was welcoming – by then I’d published some articles and worked in public relations – and sent me off to the National […]
Letter from Savannah
Going to Savannah during the off-season felt like walking on the beach during low tide; something was missing. All the lawns were still perfectly kept, the architectural gems were on display, and the restaurants served up warm dishes daily but without the numerous tourists who flock during the summer. The city felt smaller, private, and […]
The Legacy of Michael Graves. FAIA
Michael Graves, the most celebrated graduate of the University of Cincinnati School of Architecture, died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, March 12, 2015. Graves, who was 80, became widely known as a visionary architectural designer in the 1980s. His so-called Post Modernism style, along with Philip Johnson’s, electrified the public and started a […]
From Salzburg to New York
Karl Lagerfeld, head designer and creative director of the House of Chanel, serves as ringmaster in a circus of fashion shows and presentations which occur annually like clockwork. These include haute couture, ready-to-wear, and a myriad of other new product unveilings, all of which come with the territory of being a luxury fashion brand in […]
SAM FOY WITH BROOM, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
I. Images For A Better World: Albert WEBB, Visual Artist Albert Webb, born in Barbourville, Kentucky, spent his youth in the rural community of Rockholds. The son of a Vietnam Veteran and of a devoted mother, he received a strong patriotic upbringing. Encouraged by his father to pursue art instead of the military, and backed […]
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Gold & Yolk I cannot claim to know about death, but I have seen the way it makes a mother tremble and a father crack the hard shell he had spent years perfecting. I have seen it prolonged with the use of drugs like with my Grandmother when she told me Myles was […]