Photo Essay – Catherine Aboumrad
“Capturing Stillness” – artist statement The Great North of Canada is composed of an infinite and inaccessible number of desert spaces. The smallness of Self
The Clash of Nature and the Human Imprint in “Farewell, Eden”
During the 19th century, landscape painting was a popular form of expression for artists to celebrate mankind’s dominion over nature. Pastoral scenes of manicured lawns,
“I should have brought a philosopher”: 3 from DiverseWorks’ “What Shall We Do Next?”
1: “Refresh (zine)” by Kristin Lucas, 7 stacks of 8.5×11” sheets of paper, stapler. In 2007, Kristin Lucas began her ongoing “Refresh” series, in which
Documentary Review: “Adam Driver Brings Monologues to the Military: Arts in the Armed Forces (AITAF)”
December of 2015 Vice News (a rapidly emerging online media outlet for the “connected generation”) premiered an intriguing documentary entitled, “Adam Driver Brings Monologues to
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Vinaigrette Disregarded drips collecting along the bottom rim of my mug, staining rings on Grump’s old desk, prove combined similarities can leave a
Samantha Hunt’s Mr. Splitfoot
Upstate New York, beginning with Buffalo/Niagara Falls, and running through Rochester, Syracuse, due East to Utica, and then up Northeast to Troy and Schenectady, lost
Joyce Carol Oates’ The Man Without a Shadow
Acknowledging as a starting point that Joyce Carol Oates is never dull, never less than fascinating, and one of America’s greatest writers with one of
February Issue of Aeqai Online
February issue of Aeqai (go to www.aeqai.com) has just posted. It reflects the very wide range of exhibitions currently on display throughout the region; we’ve got
Overwhelming Landscape: Jonathan Queen & Matthew Metzger at Miller Gallery, January 7-February 6, 2016
In the artist’s statement accompanying Matthew Metzger’s showing of ten new paintings at Miller Gallery, Metzger articulately lays out some of his goals: “In an
Off the Wall: “The Other Window: Emil Robinson and Matthew Yaeger” at Wave Pool
One of those shows that hits you over the head in a good way, “The Other Window” features lush, rainbow-bright paintings both stationed on walls
Authentic Narratives: Ohio’s Regionalists, 1915-1950
Looking back historically, one sees that Post World War II critics and curators endorsing the trends of expressive experimentation emanating from New York as the
“Fiber?” at C-LINK Gallery, Brazee Street Studios, through February 26, 2016
“Fiber?” is this year’s material-based exhibition in C-LINK Gallery at Brazee Street Studios. It features 13 Cincinnati-based artists: Sandra Palmer Ciolino, Judy Dominic, Cris Fee,
Altered Piece Conservation on View: Zaragoza’s Retablo of St. Peter January 26 – April 24, 2016 The Cincinnati Art Museum, Gallery 124
The large panels of wood had been joined and the soft pine coated with a mixture of animal skin glue and resin. The painter would
A Walk Through The Garden of Restoration
For years Raymond Thunder-Sky could be spotted around Cincinnati construction sites, wearing a hard hat and clown collar. Few people knew that he was drawing
Profile, Thomas Towhey
The artist Thomas Hieronymous Towhey, born in Cincinnati in the mid-20th century and resident here most of the time since, gave himself his middle name.
Lizzy Duquette: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artist
If you have the chance to meet Lizzy Duquette, take the opportunity to sit with her for a moment. She is quiet and shy. She
Matthew Zory
“The Other Side of Music Hall” “As a symphony musician my time is spent in the opulent settings of a historic 19th century concert
Western
Winter has officially arrived in Cincinnati and so too have an array of new men’s fashion collections for the Fall 2016 season. As
Daphne Minkoff and Tim Cross, Linda Hodges Gallery, Jan. 7-30, 2016
A “drive-thru” restaurant. Aging wood-frame houses. Desolate T-docks. In her latest show at Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, Daphne Minkoff portrays forgotten
Art’s Power to Overcome Adversity Resounds in “Watts”
In the summer of 1965, a young black man was pulled over by a white police officer for suspicion of driving while under the influence.
Film Review: “The Big Short”
Hollywood’s cliff notes version of the 2008 credit crisis is entertaining, cautionary and for those not intricately aware of money management, difficult to digest. Thick
Poem By Louis Zoellar Bickett
MOTHER WHISPERED Mother, leaning over me, her palm placed securely to check my temperature whispered with a gentle breath that tickled my ear “You
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
A Good Animal Day Ladybugs popped out of his ears as he emerged from the hollow log. She snapped one and they scooted
Garth Risk Hallberg’s City on Fire
In 2013, the announcement that Garth Risk Hallberg, a debut novelist, was to receive an advance of nearly two million dollars, set the literary world
Patti Smith’s M Train
The multi-talented Patti Smith continues her third career as an essayist/memoirist with her superb , slim new book M Train. Having taken the literary world
Elizabeth Strout’s My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, whose magnificent novel Olive Kitteridge won the Pulitzer Prize for literature a couple of years ago–and who seemed to appear out of nowhere–returns
Mary Gaitskill’s The Mare
The brilliantly gifted novelist Mary Gaitskill, whose novel Veronica was a finalist for The National Book Award some years ago, and which showcased the greed
January Issue of Aeqai Online
The January issue of Aeqai has just posted, as the season in the visual arts begins to heat up (though ‘heat’ may be an odd choice
WHY WYNWOOD? A LETTER FROM MIAMI
Dear Art Loving Friends, It’s with great excitement that I write to you today. The last weeks were wrought with emotional highs, lows and a
“Modern Living: Objects and Context,” The Carnegie
“Modern Living: Objects and Context” at The Carnegie was co-curated by Matt Distel and BLDG, a Covington-based design firm, and explores “the intersection and conflation
President Unless They Hang Him First: Tom Sawyer Through the Eyes of C. F. Payne
Located in the Incline District of East Price Hill, The Flats Art Gallery sits in a renovated apartment building across the street from BLOC Coffee
Architectural Pursuits: An Interview with Catherine Richards
Catherine Richards defines herself as an artist and architect. A graduate of DAAP originally from Cleveland, she spent a year in NYC working for the
Phyllis Weston: In Memoriam
Phyllis Weston’s recent death, after a very long and singularly fruitful career in the arts in Greater Cincinnati, certainly represents the end of an era, and
Tiny, but Terrific
“Sean Scully Etchingss for Federico Garcia Lorca” Cincinnati Art Museum Nov. 21, 2015 – Mar. 20, 2016 It’s hidden away so carefully behind the current exhibit
"Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie"
In the words of 1970’s hardcore punk band, Black Flag, Gimmie Gimmie Gimme is “a loaded gun.” Dealing with everything from civil rights to Watergate,
Upstairs at the Greenwich…
“Stars Under the Sky” is the title of the latest exhibit curated by Melissa Sammarco at the three room gallery over the Greenwich Jazz Club
From Memory to Creativity
As the holidays are among us, aeqai’s fashion retrospective moves back a few weeks to early December with Italian fashion house Valentino. The brand was
Rachel Girard Reisert
Rachel Girard Reisert is an artist and educator working in Cincinnati, OH. Her work combines historic and digital photographic processes to address the complexities of
Cole Carothers, Pragmatist on the Run
An artist, says artist Cole Carothers, must be patient and inquisitive. Carothers has been a working artist since the 1970s so speaks from experience. For
Susan Mahan, Retired Art Teacher in Second Career
Retired art teacher Susan Mahan has found a second career in making art. She taught all forms of artfrom drawing to jewelry design at Mariemont
The “Intersections” of Poetry and Visual Art
I built you a room of a thousand daisies… That’s not a quote from artist Anila Quayyam Agha, although it appropriately describes “Intersections,” her installation
Dani Dodge Explores the Intrusion of Fear on the Home Space in “Peeled & Raw”
“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great
Dani Dodge Explores the Intrusion of Fear on the Home Space in “Peeled & Raw”
“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great
Roger Shimomura, “Great American Muse,” Greg Kucera Gallery, Nov. 5-Dec. 24
Roger Shimomura, “Great American Muse,” Greg Kucera Gallery, Nov. 5-Dec. 24 A sensuous, bare-shouldered woman with a broad, red smile. An homage to an artistic
Best Books of 2015
2015 was an odd year for fiction, unsettled, lacking greatness in general, but heartening to see so many younger writers from around the world taking
December Issue of Aeqai Online
The December issue of Aeqai has just posted. As before, it’s usually a smaller issue, as we note that more exhibition spaces hold off putting up new shows until
Deliberate Bridges: 21st Century Art on Display at Carl Solway Gallery
Though the idea of automatons had been present in mythology for centuries, the term “robot” wasn’t introduced to the public until R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots),
Capital Campaigns to Fund Two Theaters in Metroplex
Capital Campaigns to fund two theaters in metroplex Shakespeare new performance space named Otto M. Budig Theatre In the September 2015 issue of Aeqai, I
“Selections from the Michael Lowe Collection,” Art Academy of Cincinnati, Closed
The exhibition “Selections from the Michael Lowe Collection” at the Art Academy of Cincinnati focused on the local collector and private dealer’s collection of Minimal,
Review of Celant Lecture at Opening of FotoFocus
On Friday evening, October 23, FotoFocus invited about one hundred people to dinner and to a kick off lecture by Italian curator/critic/thinker/museum professional Germano Celant,