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Three Steeples Three steeples patina glimmering mossy green after rain. Green as copper does after salt and pollutant-filled raindrops clobber for years, after intermittent
MY SINS REMEMBERED by Louis Z. Bickett
“…sweating like Judas tired of dying…”—Samuel Beckett (from Enueg II) MY SINS REMEMBERED In the confessional, ramrod straight, mouth cotton dry, lips like crazed china,
Hannah Tennant-Moore’s Wreck and Order
Two novels by young American women writers popped onto the literary scene in the past month or so; Wreck and Order (perhaps poorly titled), is
Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others
Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others is a truly remarkable–brilliant–novel, centering around two young women from the Greater LA area, who attended a private high school
Sunjeev Sahota’s The Year of the Runaways
The Year of the Runaways, by Sunjeev Sahota, is the best novel to date of 2016, and may well end up as one of the
Roger Rosenblatt’s Thomas Murphy
Yet another superb small novel appeared in the past couple of months, titled Thomas Murphy, and written by Roger Rosenblatt, better known to many as
April Issue Of Aeqai Online
The April issue of aeqai has just posted, and it’s a very full issue: you may have noted that each issue of aeqai is getting
“Utopia Parkway Revisited: Contemporary Artists in Joseph Cornell’s Shadow,” at Thunder-Sky, Inc.
Much has been written about Joseph Cornell’s work, but for me it can be summed up by saying that his boxes created worlds that we
Engendering Identity: LGBTQ (and u) at Wash Park Art
Gender is one of the first assessments we make. How does this instinctive process affect self identity and imposed identity? What happens if the self’s
Weapons of Mass Construction
There’s nothing funny about guns. Even the toy gun that releases a flower after the trigger is pulled is still a formidable object despite the
Thoughts From A Millennial Artist
The millennial generation is baffling to most who are outside of it. Truthfully, it is confounding to us as well. The onslaught of the internet
Provocative Things: A Profile and Interview with Jo Ann Callis
In the early 1970s, Jo Ann Callis left Cincinnati, where she had grown up, for California. Some forty years later, FotoFocus brought her back. On
THE MARVELOUS ETCHING REVIVAL FROM DAUBIGNY TO TWACHTMAN
Etching is a process art. Definite steps produce it, change it, bring it into being. A warm copper or zinc plate is covered with an
Pieces of the Whole: 20 x 20 x 20: Celebrating 20 Years of the Weston Art Gallery and the Aronoff Center for the Arts, January 29-March 27, 2016
Artists have career, or even mid-career, retrospectives; galleries, less frequently. Many galleries don’t last as long as a successful artist’s career; fewer still have something
Artist:Body at Lexington Art League
Editor’s Note: This column is reprinted courtesy of UnderMain, an online publication in Lexington. Self-portraiture can be an unfortunate expression of ego, and until the
Wonderful World of Woodcuts: Then and Now Lloyd Library, Cincinnati Ohio
The Lloyd Library is exhibiting a selection from their large collection of rare and modern works containing woodcuts in various applications. The majority of examples
Zoe Hawk with Kim Rae Taylor
Where are you from and where do you currently live? I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. I went to graduate school at the University
Kenton County Public Library Offers More Than the Ordinary
One used to go to a library, look through a card catalog and find a book on the shelf. Or, one would go to the
Profile of Thomas C. Umfrid, College-Conservatory of Music
Artists make things. They make stories, they make pictures, they rustle around through possibilities, try something different, emerge with what may be a new look
What is Design?
Simply put, design is an attempt to better the human experience. Design is more though. Design is a viewpoint. A passion. A way of being,
Fashion Kills
Or so it does according to Jeremy Scott. The designer currently at the helm of Italian fashion house Moschino has brought the brand
Letter from Lebanon: First edition of SOS Art Liban held in Beirut
I just returned from Lebanon, where I helped organize in Beirut the 1st SOS Art Liban event. SOS Art, which stands for “Save Our Souls”
Letter From New Orleans
New Orleans is a state of mind, and in its own individual way, a state of art. There’s no question but that New Orleans residents
Photo Essay: Elaine Ling
“Baobob: Tree of Generations” – artist statement In some of the most arid and infertile regions of Africa, Madagascar, and Australia the Baobab tree grows
Relinquishing Control and Embracing Discovery
“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to
The Combustible Brink: Patrick Shoemaker’s Fire on Fire
My first thought, looking at Patrick Shoemaker’s “Hindrance” is that it looks as much like dance as hindrance. Then I wonder who is hindering whom—and
“IDENTITY – A Visual Artifact,” PROGRAPHICA / KDR, March 5-April 30, 2016
On one wall, the blown glass head of a faun blossoms from the center of a mesmerizing lenticular print with ring upon ring of robots
“Beasts of No Nation”
A remarkable piece of filmmaking, redefining the Hollywood model. Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Uzodinma Iweala, “Beasts of No Nation”
INHERITANCE
INHERITANCE We were taught to be racists in casual and subtle ways. The perfect story to illustrate this statement is the following true story, often
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Molecules –For Danielle, my muse of abundance Eyes on eyes I ended with our death claiming even after our molecules would combine holding
Anita Brookner: In Memoriam
Anita Brookner, the great English novelist and art historian, died last week at the age of 87. She was, in my opinion, one of the
Review of Three Novels
As the worlds of fiction and literature in general broaden, we’re privileged to be able to read novels from all over the world, with ease,
March Issue of Aeqai Online
The March issue of aeqai has just posted, and , like last month’s issue, it’s a large one. Spring brings more art shows and more
On the Verge: Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape at Taft Museum of Art, February 20-May 29, 2016
How newly-founded must an American art museum be not to be awash in paintings by the painters of the Barbizon School, either on display or,
as if hauntingly, it isn’t my home, it’s just where I live: on Do Ho Suh at the CAC
“and none of these is wholly compassed by a certain pernicious understanding of reading as escape. Escape from what? The “real world,” ostensibly, the “responsibility”
Living Things: Jochen Lempert’s Field Guide
Because we are so exposed to and distracted by images in our lives, we become desensitized to one of photography’s chief purposes: to observe. Jochen
Matthew Kolodziej’s “Patch Work” at Carl Solway Gallery
In the early part of last century abstraction began considering something as simple as the power of multiple intersecting lines. The clarity of the grid
“52 Tuesdays”: A Survey of a year before the easel
The works chosen for this landscape exhibit represent one artist’s efforts at the easel on a Tuesday, any given week of his sabbatical year. Kevin
Dana Michel and the Yellow Towel
Black Hoodie. Back Turned. Hands reaching in pockets. That’s all Dana Michel did at the beginning of her performance piece. She didn’t sashay out, say
Nanook of the North
The Woodward Theater started as a movie house and this February it lit up again with the black and white flicker of Film. The cold
“Vestiges,” YWCA Women’s Art Gallery
The thesis of “Vestiges” is set out on the announcement card: “. . . Brenda Tarbell, Cheryl Pannabecker, and Carrie Pate explore the natural world
Happy Limbo of Suspended Metaphors
First Impressions Looking at a body of work is like looking at a person. As the acquaintance (or viewer) you are given clues about the
Who are WE– The Jimi Jones Worldview
Jimi Jones, ever the graphic designer, is in the billboard business as evidenced by his current show at the Springfield Museum of Art. Jones views
The Battle of Versailles
November 1973, the Palace of Versailles. In what is now known as The Battle of Versailles, five American designers took on five French designers
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I have been involved in the arts as a collector/artist and model since I was five. For me Art of all sorts is a passion,
Profile of Frank Satogata
Frank Satogata’s studio is deep in the Brazee Street complex of artists’ work spaces, down one hall and then another, up stairs and along another
Kate Kern’s Floating World
Kate Kern is a visual artist who works primarily in drawing, although her work ranges from making artist books to installations, as well as an
Behringer-Crawford Museum Offers a View into Northern Kentucky’s Past
Where can you see a mastodon jawbone from 10,000 B.C. and a streetcar built in 1892 in one location? The Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington, Kentucky
When does a photograph become fine art?
There is no black-and-white answer to this question. No a color answer, either. But perhaps this is a good starting point: A photograph always depicts