Treeline: Photos by Kent Krugh
It might seem flip to start a review of “Treeline,” Kent Krugh’s (American, 1955- ) rather magnificent exhibition of 22 black-and-white photographs* of the Angel
Meanwell at Mary Rand Gallery
In Cincinnati painting circles two names, from a recent past, keep their magic. The late
Manifest Gallery Wins National Independent Publishing Award
Congratulations to Manifest Gallery for winning a prestigious national independent publishing award. The following is their press release: The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) ceremony
An Afternoon with African Artists
Northern Kentucky University Hosts Five Ghanian Artisans Northern Kentucky University’s Ceramic and Sculpture Studio is brimming with teachers. They come from all corners of the
Huffington Post’s Top 10: AEQAI featured
Brett Baker, a painter, and Editor of painters-table.com, considers one of the Top 10 Best Posts of May 2011 to be Sheldon Tapley’s review of
Editor’s Corner, June
The June issue of AEQAI presents the first of a new, and ongoing, essays by area artists, asked by AEQAI to select one work of
WVXU Interview of AEQAI editor
Listen Here This was broadcast last Sunday, from WVXU’s Around Cincinnati. Jane Durrell, also a writer
For A Better World: SOS Art
Saad Ghosn Mobilizes Hundreds of Artists Yet Again Lady Liberty returns. Not the Neoclassical colossus on Liberty Island. It is the shrieking girl with the
Art For Change
Saad Ghosn – Art For Change as a Non-juried Enterprise Walking into the interior of Saad Ghosn’s house near The Cincinnati Zoo carries an almost
A Star is Born
A Star is Born: the Douglas S. Cramer Collection at the CAM. If you go to the Cincinnati Art Museum this summer you will see
Gerhard Richter
Æqai is asking a variety of area artists to select one work of art
Looking Back
U-turn’s organizers reflect upon their “medicine for misanthropy.” (The following interview took place Sunday, June 14, 2011 in U-turn’s gallery in Brighton. Attending were the
Versoza’s World
“All things resist being written down,” Franz Kafka writes in an October 13,
Carl Fudge
at Solway Gallery Carl Fudge is a sly fellow. Just as you think you’ve caught the drift for one of his series works, either paintings
Insects and Astronauts:
Jeff Casto’s “Future Tense” at 1305 Gallery Jeff Casto’s shadowboxes and assemblages in “Future Tense,” his current exhibit at 1305 Gallery ending July 15, 2011,
Yarn bombing in Garfield Place
In Garfield Place, the two bronze statues by Charles Henry Nihaus of former Ohio-born US presidents James A. Garfield and William Henry Harrison have been
Steve Kemple
Art Experience/Amusement: Steve Kemple’s recent work at Semantics Steve Kemple’s exhibition at Semantics, The World is Everything That it Isn’t, accomplishes what many exhibitions strive to do:
“Outsiderness”
Outside of “Outsiderness” Thornton Dial, Courttney Cooper, and other “Hard Truths” In an
Majr (Self) Gazn
Majr (Self) Gazn “Maidens of the Cosmic Body Running: Majr Gazr” is a collective exhibition featuring the work of area artists Denise Burge, Lisa Siders,
Meet The New Century
Same as the old century. (thankfully) Anytime an exhibition promises The New –whether by title or press release- I hear alarm bells. My immediate thoughts
A Painter's Eye
Jane Durrell comments on Creating the New Century. Now that we’re a decade deep into the new millennium, the impulse to slap “New Century” on
Bill Seitz
A Product of His Experience Bill Seitz has all the requisite credentials, but the direction he has gone has taken on a life of its
Odd Man Out
WHITE PEOPLE: A RETROSPECTIVE Photographs by Melvin Grier Quite a lot is going on in the engrossing exhibition of Melvin Grier’s photographs at Kennedy Heights
Narrative Figuration
Late Modernism, the last and least worthy phase of a wonderfully creative 150-year
2 Artists/2 Perspectives
Jeff Shapiro and Don Reitz Although the exhibition at the Thomas J. Funké Gallery is named “2 Artists/2 Perspectives: Jeff Shapiro and Don Reitz,” the
Barry Andersen
A conversation. With his usual reticence to tout his own achievements – “I don’t profess to have any particular insight other than doing it for
de Kooning
An Appreciation. Is he a misogynist or is he not? That is the question most art critics and historians quickly come to when discussing Willem de
‘New Male’ Portraiture at the Carnegie
Rob Anderson’s 24 small (3.5×5″) paintings (2009-present) of mostly male faces form a file along the south wall of the Rieveschl Gallery at the Carnegie.
Chris Bucher Goes the Distance at Prairie Gallery with Little Kings
The current show at Prairie Gallery, Little Kings, features documentary-style photography by Chris Bucher, who followed a group of youth boxers as they trained for
Susan Schuler
The Deep Blue Sea. Water Garden, a new exhibition of paintings by area artist Susan Schuler opened this past weekend (April 29, 2011) at the
Things Fall Apart
Nam June Paik and the Conservation of Video Sculpture A Symposium at DAAP Conserving the pioneering work of artist Nam June Paik was the subject
What Would Nam June (Paik) Do?
What Would Nam June (Paik) Do? The University of Cincinnati’s College of Design Art Architecture and Planning hosted the Nam June Paik and the Conservation
Cynthia Goodman
An Uncrowned Queen Cincinnati’s Cynthia Goodman enjoys international success as a curator, writer, corporate art consultant, documentary producer and former director of New York City’s
Haring’s Creative Approach and Its Reception
Keith Haring 1978-1982, the exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center representing the formative period of the artist, reveals the diversity of his early artistic engagements.
Tally
A Collaborative Show with Carrie Iverson and Nathan Sandberg “Tally: A Collaborative Show with Carrie Iverson and Nathan Sandberg” at Gallery One One at the
The American Circus Poster
Out Of Kitsch and Into Dream: “The Amazing American Circus Poster: the Strobridge Lithographing Company” allows art to encompass life in a way that transforms
For a Better World
Curators of exhibitions rarely receive more than a mention in exhibition signage–“curated” or
Statements
The Artists of “Narrative Figuration” discuss their work. Editor’s Note: Because Daniel Brown is both Editor of Aeqai and the guest curator for the exhibition
Gary Mitchell
Their Bare Feet Gives Them Away: Gary Mitchell at Gallerie Zaum There is something about a
Eric Ruschman
21st Century Pop Culture Man It’s Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This: New Paintings – Eric Ruschman at Aisle Gallery While the rest of us,
Disappearances
CAC’s Shinji Turner-Yamamoto: Disappearances from CincyCAC on Vimeo.
Into The Night
Off the Wall, Into the Night The environmental context is often an afterthought when we view art, although the surroundings set the stage for the
Made Space
The Forms and Absences of Everyday Landscapes In the religion of architecture, space is the deity, or the guiding spirit. It is the mystical property
Space Odyssey
Selections from the International Drawing Annual 6 This year’s Selections from the International Drawing Annual 6 at Manifest Gallery boil down to a duel between
Heimlich Maneuvers
“House, New work by Tony Becker” at Prairie I have lived in Northside for almost seven years now, so I am embarrassed to admit that
Jimmy Baker
Remote Viewing Jimmy Baker makes difficult art, and makes it extremely well. His solo show at Contemporary Arts Center, Remote Viewing, is only ten paintings
Tony Dotson
Weebles Wobble and Boy Do They Fall Down “Tony Dotson: Shock and Awe” (up through April 9, 2011 at PAC Gallery in Walnut Hills) pushes
Jun Kaneko
An Exhibition of Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings & Prints Entering Jun Kaneko’s solo exhibition at the Carl Solway Gallery, I was smacked in the face by