Aris Moore
Editor’s Note: This profile of Aris Moore is part of an ongoing series of interviews with figurative artists across the United States who have appeared on Figure50.com, a web project operated by local artists James Oberschlake and Kim Rae Taylor. Aeqai will be posting select interviews by Oberschlake and Taylor as part of a regular, […]
Take a Trip To Joel McDonald’s Obby Obby
I want death. These are the words I uttered aloud to artist Joel McDonald during the opening of his first solo exhibition Obby Obby at Zephyr Gallery in Louisville, KY. The death I was addressing was not of the physical, but the material piece titled Die: Tunnel, which consists of a make shift bed atop […]
Profile of Kevin Kelly
Kevin T. Kelly’s studio is deep in the Essex Studios building in Walnut Hills; he met me at the Essex Street door to lead me through multiple corridors to his space where the north wall is all window and the clutter all has meaning. Any studio is cluttered if real work goes on there, and […]
Educator and curator Kate Bonansinga’s homecoming enhances the creative strengths of the region.
Kate Bonansinga is Director of the School of Art at the College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning at the University of Cincinnati. After growing up in Cincinnati, she left to attend college at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana. She developed a career as an educator, curator and gallery […]
Lisa Molyneux
Born in Albany, New York, Lisa Molyneux attended The State University of New York at Geneseo and received a B.A. in theater and art. Her interest in art originated from two uncles who were artists: one, who was a watercolorist, and the other, a graphic artist. She gravitated toward art, including drawing and painting, in […]
Slouching Toward Halloween: “This Side of Paradise: New Photography from Texas Artists”
I mean, sure. I’ll go to a photography exhibit with my friend, who happens to also have been my wedding photographer. In a time when everyone’s a smartphone-photographer and Instagram is everyone’s personal gallery, it’ll be refreshing to see a fresh take. Tableaux devoid of people I know. Carefully considered execution of previously unrecognized stories. […]
Charles Garabedian Evokes the Power of Myth in “Sacrifice of the Fleet” at L.A. Louver
Charles Garabedian has long embodied a non-conformist approach to his practice. The “Bad” Painting movement of the late 1970’s is perhaps the only definitive genre with which he’s been aptly associated. While his elusive style has made it difficult to tabulate his work into any particular category, the one consistency that recurs throughout much of […]
Complex Simplicity: “Observing Observing (a white cup)” at Prographica Gallery
What could be blander than the ubiquitous white cup? A trusty denizen of kitchen cupboards, bedside tables, and office desks, this basic container is everywhere to be seen, yet barely observed in the bustle of everyday life. Seattle’s Prographica Gallery adopted a very different stance in its fascinating recent exhibition, “Observing Observing (a white cup)” […]
Letter from Chicago: Making Their Mark: Illinois Women Artists, 1940-1960
Making Their Mark: Illinois Women Artists, 1940-1960 opened October 17 and is on view until January 17, 2016 at the International Features Gallery of the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, Illinois. With this exhibition, the museum is contributing to the necessary scholarship on women artists. This rich and diverse exhibition of over seventy art works […]
Poems By Louis Zoellar Bickett
YOUR EYES BETRAY YOUR SECRETS for Ari You are on your side of the bed facing the window your back to me. Your Mac at your hips is unattended, Reno 911 getting no laughs. The sheets are warmed by the electric blanket. The room is usually cold and it is tonight. Are you quietly crying […]