The art historical exhibit pivots around one of the PMA’s blockbuster items, Peter Paul Rubens’ “Prometheus Bound,” a tour-de-force figure painting of the big-muscled god being killed by an eagle in a particularly gruesome fashion. It’s a large painting both beautiful and terrifying, a scene of torture that accentuates the vulnerability of flesh.
Read MoreIt’s fitting that Jaffe worked with the Engineering Department at Rowan to create the animatronic programming of the puppets. Suspended in the air and controlled by a complex system of computer commands, the puppets of the inventor/artist/engineer Nikola Tesla haunt the space, twitching, speaking, raising their arms, moving their heads.
Read MoreIndependently run artist exhibition spaces play an important role in today’s world of contemporary art. But the public has in large part tragically abandoned them for an art world dominated by big-box commercial galleries, blockbuster museum shows, and mega-mall art fairs.
Read MoreThere is something fascinating, even profound, about the notion of an African immigrant community in China, as there is about the large population of Chinese, who have received much attention, now living in Africa. Little Road North is part of the narrative that documents and studies the viability of such immigrant communities.
Read MoreThe 28 Mexican artists in Strange Currencies mainly developed time-specific, action-based, and socially engaged practices. In documentary photographs, videos, sculptural and auditory installations, and intermedia assemblages, their works visualize a DIY mentality.
Read MoreDisrupting our sense of sight and ability to touch, Kip suggests that constructing the familiar is a habit of our senses. In upsetting our patterns, he causes us to acknowledge that we build our worlds through objects that nourish the tendencies of routine.
Read MoreImmortal Beauty. The title of the show is self-explanatory. The Robert & Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection shows us a well-curated, well-preserved fragment of fashion history that displays the creme de la creme of fashion’s finest moments in history.
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