East meets West: the Art of Frank Satogata
Hawaiian born of Japanese ancestry and raised stateside in Western culture, Frank Satogata’s solo exhibition at the Kennedy Heights Arts Center is evidence of his
Greg Storer: A Noted Local Artist and Teacher
“When I was about five, I was introduced to art,” said Greg Storer, now 58. “My father was a weekend painter using oils.” Although Storer
AUSCHWITZ, FEBRUARY 2009
Editor’s Note: 2015 is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of all the concentration camps established by Nazi Germany in World
WHAT IS THIS ART THING? by Ruben Morrissey Edited by Cynthia Kukla
Read this like you saying, “Homie is a baller.” Swaying would be good too. http://www.learner.org/courses/globalart/work/207/index.html So I says, “Man, look at all those chairs. 2014
The Architecture People Love
Has the practice of architecture declined in recent years? Are we seeing more “bad” and “ugly” than “good” and “beautiful” buildings? And who is to
Mythic Meeting: Robert Rauschenberg and Will Ryman at New Orleans Museum of Art
Sometimes walking into and wandering through a museum, not really knowing what’s on view or really why you’re there other than it’s a museum, is
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
Words and Images For A Better World: Aralee STRANGE (1943-2013), Literary Artist, and her Visual Artist Friends Aralee Strange, a poet and playwright, was born
Some Thoughts on Some Recent Films
A current trend in Hollywood films this season seems to be the biopic, based on “true” lives, but often manipulative of those stories toward particular
Letter to Mayor Cranley and City Council
“When members of a society wish to secure that society’s rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we
Four Poems By Huck Fairman
STONE WALL Old stone, coursed gray granite and mortar crumbling, veins of countless shades like wild rivers caught in mothering molten past now not
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Lust of the Lush My cheeks rubricate especially with red wine, then turning purple if I also eat pecans, and my eye feels
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY Winter crept in like Sandburg’s fog only to arch up its back again. February 6, 2015
SOLUTIONS — HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, THROUGH SELF-UNDERSTANDING A BOOK FOR ALL SEASONS: THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
“Only three or four books in a life time,” Proust said through his character Swann in Remembrance of Things Past, “give us anything that is
Book Review: Preparation of the Next Life by Atticus Lish
Atticus Lish’s novel, Preparation for the Next Life, published by Tyrant Books in paperback only, is the finest debut novel I have read in at
Book Review: Hand to Mouth: Living in the Bootstrap of America by Linda Tirado
Barbara Ehrenreich, one of America’s finest journalists, brought contemporary American poverty to this country’s consciousness in two works of non-fiction, first in Nickel and Dimed,
December Issue of Aeqai is Online
Aeqai is back with our December issue. We’ve taken this opportunity to give you more profiles this month, as so many galleries and nonprofits are
Profile of Dennis Harrington
Dennis Harrington hasn’t used his artistic training to create much of his own art lately. He instead makes it his mission to optimize the artistic
Bukang Kim: The Completed Journey
All of the arts have been refreshed by waves of painters, writers, musicians and dancers, who fled their countries of origin between approximately 1933 and
Put a Bird on It: “Contemporary Narrative” at Clifton Cultural Arts Center
“Contemporary Narrative” is up through January 10, 2014 at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center, and it’s worth a look just to wander through the big
Looking Where the Focus Isn’t: A Profile of Brian Sholis
Brian Sholis, the new Associate Curator of Photography at the Cincinnati Art Museum, says from the start that he has no training—“none at all”—in Art
The Unbearable Lightness of Neon: Anthony Luensman’s “C A M P G R O U N D” at the Cincinnati Art Museum. A New Year’s Rumination
I. Man Versus Human Nature. “C A M P G R O U N D evokes a billboard one may still discover along a country
Anthony Luensman: C A M P G R O U N D Video and Interview
Anthony Luensman: C A M P G R O U N D
Letter from Miami Beach
Art Basel Miami, the most flamboyant art fair in North America ran December 3-7, 2014, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. More than 70,000 people
Lexinton’s Murals and Public Art Scenes
Over the years, Lexington, Kentucky has come to appreciate the value of art placed in our public realm. It has been a coughing, sort of
Letter From Italy: Christmas Past
We were in three cars, and two of them had missed a turn. It was foggy, it was dark, it didn’t seem like Italy although
Felix O. Eboigbe
“My artwork is personal. It is food for your soul,” said Felix O. Eboigbe, a local sculptor still showing his artwork nationally at age 70.
Clay Street Press: Cincinnati Portfolio I-IV At The Carnegie
Mark Patsfall started the Clay Street Press in 1981 as a printer of small edition art prints produced in a variety of media—etching, screen printing,
Spirit of Art Reigns in Three Solo Shows at Weston Art Gallery through February 22, 2015
Dennis Harrington, director of the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Downtown at the Cincinnati Arts Association’s Aronoff Center for the Arts, has
Art For a Better World
I. Images For A Better World: Halena CLINE, Visual Artist In 1988 Cincinnati-born visual artist Halena Cline visited a retrospective exhibition of Umberto Boccioni’s paintings
THE FOURTH OF JULY PORTRAIT PROJECT, JUNE 15-NOVEMBER 4, 2014
Poems By Huck Fairman
Mourning Chant Turning again, yes turning back to the bedroom in late afternoon when the door had closed finally, and seeing again, yes seeing on
Poems By Huck Fairman
Mourning Chant Turning again, yes turning back to the bedroom in late afternoon when the door had closed finally, and seeing again, yes seeing on
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
Guillian-Barre Onset What a way to wake up! One eye was stuck cocked to the side like a cartoon character who gets whacked in
Athena: Parthenos/Promachus by Huck Fairman
Huck Fairman takes a look at a declining contemporary American marriage through the lens of a vacation in Greece that is a “let’s give it
Best Fiction of 2014
1. Francine Prose, The Chameleon Club, Paris, 1932 Prose creates a club friendly to gay, lesbian and transvestite clienteles, at a time when the Nazi
November Issue of AEQAI Online
The November issue of aeqai has just posted. November was a very busy month in the visual arts, with some FotoFocus shows still going strong,
Modernist Directions and Misdirections: “Paris Night & Day: Masterworks of Photography from Atget to Man Ray” at the Taft Museum of Art, October 3, 2014-January 11, 2015
The art historical narratives of the history of photography and the advent of modernism are often intertwined, though in some of those narratives, photography helps
“Marcus Ratliff: Collages & The Art World: Forty Years of Graphic Design” and “Marcus Ratliff: Collages,” Carl Solway Gallery, through Dec. 20, 2014
Cincinnati should be proud that it has produced some of the most important artists of the latter half of the 20th century: Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004),
The Urban Landscape: Six Artists – Six Views Clifton Cultural Arts Center
How odd – not one of the artists whose works comprise The Urban Landscape: Six Artists – Six Views at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center
Profile of Stewart Goldman
Stewart Goldman’s career has shown many variations during more than 50 years of painting and drawing. Through it all, color has driven his art. Perhaps
“Beyond Pop: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective” at the Cincinnati Art Museum
I was invited to attend the Founder’s Opening of “Beyond Pop: A Tom Wesselmann Retrospective” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, which for me, felt like
Engine Trouble: “Beyond Pop Art: A Retrospective of Tom Wesselmann” at Cincinnati Museum of Art
When I think about Andy Warhol, I don’t just think about Liz Taylor. I often remember his series of car-crash and electric-chair screen-prints (plus those
Wesselmann and Women
To a millennial, the term ‘Feminist’ has negative connotations; it brings up images of Birkenstocks, short hair, and radical views that make most conservative Midwesterners
“Two Buckeyes: Fritz Dreisbach and Paul Marioni,” Atmosphere@Neusole
The Neusole Glassworks has moved from Walnut Hills to Forest Park, from a neighborhood where police crime scene tape and chalk outlines are common to
Face First, Extremities, and Losing Your Head at Manifest Gallery
Through a multi-dimensional compilation of works, Manifest Gallery presents a topically divided but conceptually supportive examination of the human form in three exhibitions. Indulging in
Mark Hanavan: Alone Together Expressions of Estrangement in the Technology World
Hanavan’s exhibit is titled and marketed to make a statement connecting the concept of self with the virtual self of social media and internet technologies.
Transfigurations
COLUMBUS – Any time you can bask in the presence of 19 superb works by Pablo Picasso within 111 miles of Fountain Square, you should
DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON FERGUSON PROTEST, NOVEMBER 25, 2014, The Archive Louis Zoellar Bickett
What makes Cincinnati Union Terminal an architectural icon?
Cincinnatians have heard a lot lately about saving our architectural icons, namely Cincinnati Union Terminal and Music Hall. A number of people have asked me
A Conversation with Cameron Kitchin
Cameron Kitchin, the new director of The Cincinnati Art Museum, firmly believes that “public service is in the DNA of this institution”, referring to the