Cincinnati Everyday at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Everyday at the Cincinnati Art Museum By Emil Robinson Cincinnati Everyday is currently on exhibition at the Cincinnati art Museum. The show pairs two Cincinnati natives, artists Courttney Cooper and Cole Carothers. Cooper is represented by three large ballpoint pen drawings on collaged paper, and Carothers displays five oil on wood paintings. This is […]
Faces and Figures
Faces and Figures Artisan Enterprise Center Covington, KY June 7–July 12 By Kevin Muente As an artist who draws and paints from the figure regularly, I was eager to see the current show Figures and Faces at the Artisan Enterprise Center in Covington curated by Daniel Brown. The work in this exhibition varies greatly giving […]
Stone-Cold Ineffable: Ai Weiwei’s “According to What?”
Stone-Cold Ineffable: Ai Weiwei’s “According to What?” By Keith Banner Ai Weiwei’s “According to What?” (currently at the Indianapolis Museum of Art through July 17, 2013) is pure perfection. An Apple-Store consumerist clarity defines and propels the whole enterprise, a clean, polished fetishism that somehow becomes spiritual in its carefulness. Weiwei is obviously a purist, […]
“From Durham, NC to San Francisco, CA: A Letter”
“From Durham, NC to San Francisco, CA: A Letter” By Eva Hayward School has ended, grades are submitted, and the pink tulips have lost all their cup-shaped petals: it’s that time when academics and teachers alike begin to think about writing and research projects, or that half-finished book. For me, it’s also a time for […]
A Letter from Munich
A Letter from Munich by Jan Brown Checco June 4 – 9, 2013 In the first week of June, a gaggle of travelers from the Cincinnati Park Board and Cincinnati Parks Foundation flew to Munich for a special event that neatly closed a circle – a promise made six years ago, 20 feet up in […]
Letter from Louisville
Letter from Louisville By Daniel Pfalzgraf Today, conversations about art in Louisville, Kentucky, often center on the East Market Street district, affectionately dubbed NuLu (short for “New Louisville”). NuLu’s rise as an arts district began with visionary investors like Barbara Smith in the late 1980s, buying up buildings the gritty, run down section of downtown. […]
The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett
The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett LEXINGTON CEMETARY, LEXINGTON, KY, MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 27, 2013 TOMMY ED CRAWFORD R.I.P., ROADSIDE MEMORIAL, NEWTOWN PIKE, LEXINGTON, KY, JUNE 18, 2013 KYLE GAFFNEY IN THE ARCHIVE BACKTARD, JULY 31, 2011
“Bookworks 14 – Cincinnati Book Arts Society’s Annual Exhibit,” The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
“Bookworks 14 – Cincinnati Book Arts Society’s Annual Exhibit,” The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County By Karen Chambers One might say the concept of book as artwork dates back to the 7th to 4th millennium B. C. with the very first examples of text carved into stones. This is especially so when mnemonic […]
“Keith Kuhn Memorial Exhibit: Alice Heyn Balterman,” The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
“Keith Kuhn Memorial Exhibit: Alice Heyn Balterman,” The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County By Karen Chambers During his tenure as library services director at The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Keith Kuhn compiled an impressive collection of artist books. Each year a Memorial Exhibit honors him with works drawn from that […]
Symbiotic Balance, Light Projections by Kathryn Kuntz at the Weston Gallery
Symbiotic Balance, Light Projections by Kathryn Kuntz at the Weston Gallery By Emil Robinson Science and art have always had a complementary relationship. Ocular perception, linear perspective, and color theory all utilize the rules of science for expressive purposes. Contemporary artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Robert Irwin, and James Turrell utilize science to create transcendent […]