Woven & Stitched: Renee Harris & JoAnne Russo
Woven & Stitched: Renee Harris & JoAnne Russo By Lily Mulberry Basket weaving and embroidery are functional crafts used by people across the globe throughout history, and in this exhibition they are made as purposeful to fine art as painting or bronze sculpture. The artists’ use of these media ‘elevate’ the crafts to art, […]
KNOWN/UNKNOWN
KNOWN/UNKNOWN By Shawn Daniell Initially I was drawn to Thunder-Sky Gallery’s newest exhibit, SUPERUNKOWN: The Neo-Folk Impulse, because of the mysterious and surreal title. To me the title had a space-age mystery about it, as if I was about to step into a new, fantastical world in which things were not as they seem. Perhaps […]
North Meets South
North Meets South Carrie McGee and Jeffrey Cortland Jones By Chase Martin At first glance, Jeffrey Cortland Jones’ paintings are so quiet they are almost silent. Pale and intimately scaled, they seem practically empty. Most of his pieces are not much larger than a computer screen, and their smooth, layered surfaces evoke the cells of […]
Geometrically Ordered Design: Wheel of the Taro
Geometrically Ordered Design: Wheel of the Taro By Dustin Pike “WHEEL AND—WHOA! The Great Wheel of Samsara. The Wheel of the Law. (Dhamma.) The Wheel of the Taro. The Wheel of the Heavens. The Wheel of Life. All these Wheels be one; yet of all these the Wheel of the TARO alone avails thee consciously. […]
“What is Contemporary Art and Why does it Matter?”
“What is Contemporary Art and Why does it Matter?” by Saad Ghosn “Why Does Contemporary Art Matter?” or why does art in general or all art for that matter, matter. And is contemporary an adjective pertaining only to a certain category of art or does it apply to any art, making it a universal […]
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD by Saad Ghosn • Images For A Better World: Gena GRUNENBERG, Visual Artist Gena Grunenberg, a Cincinnati artist, initially studied graphic arts, switching later to fine arts. In addition to drawing and painting, she learned various techniques, including pottery, silkscreen, jewelry and stone setting… She uses them interchangeably in her […]
Art in Bloom Shines at the Cincinnati Art Museum
Art in Bloom Shines at the Cincinnati Art Museum A Personal Essay By Laura A. Hobson For a pleasant journey to soak in flowers matching art masterpieces, I stopped by the Cincinnati Art Museum on November 7 to enjoy the opening of the seventh annual Art in Bloom show where professional and amateur florists chose […]
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Poetry by Maxwell Redder MLR+DAM=MLR+DMR As our eyes meet they signify the trust we have earned, and I promise that that trust, which is excavated from the precious mines of our souls, will last beyond the life of stars. I promise that our love will remain a river: always flowing, always fueled. I promise […]
Book Review
Book Review by Daniel Brown Dave Eggers is one of the world’s most fascinating contemporary writers, as he is also a political activist of the most noble sort. His many activities which enhance the literary arts are all based out of Northern California, and includes a series of books about oral history violations of human […]
Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor The November aeqai is mostly ready–columns by Jonathon Kamholtz on the French alabaster sculpture show at The Dayton Art Institute and by Keith Banner on the Peter Halley print show at Solway Gallery will be posted early in the week, so check those two additional columns out before you zone out […]