Heather Ujiies use of fibers, textiles, fashion, and visual art strikes a dreamlike chord evoking shared visual histories and global mythologies. Lost in Paradise displays massive printed textiles alongside sculptures and paintings that transport the viewer to the world Ujiie sees. See the show at James Oliver Gallery before it closes August 12th.
Read MoreArtblog writer Sharon Garbe wanders through the labyrinthian gallery that is HOT BED to explore the vast and wild group show that is WACK! See the exhibitions paintings, sculptures, and more before it closes on August 12th.
Read MoreVriddhi sees an important exhibition shedding light on the arts and cultural heritage of people brought from British India to the Caribbean islands in the 1800s to work as indentured laborers in the sugar cane and other plantations.
Read MoreVriddhi explores the Asian Arts Initiative’s collaboration with six artists of East and Southeast Asian descent, in the exhibit “The Body You Want.” The show covers adult themes of sexual and erotic content, and you must be 18 years or older to visit the exhibit.
Read MoreSee Libby Rosa’s solo-exhibition at Blah Blah before it closes June 30th! Corey explores the strange mythology that Rosa creates in Vox Populi’s newest exhibition space focused on uplifting non-binary and female artists. See how Rosa sees red through a fresh and softened approach to the inherently violent term.
Read MoreBlaise Tobia sees two exhibitions of note, one of which has connections to Philadelphia, at the Asheville Museum of Art, and comments that he saw the influence of nearby Penland School of Craft on the art scene’s many craft exhibitions.
Read MoreRun right over to Vox Populi to catch this miraculous intergenerational painting show before it closes June 11. But first be sure to read Lane’s poetic and analytical review.
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