The Light Room’s 5th Annual Summer Photography Exhibition demonstrates the daunting curatorial challenge of presenting a coherent exhibition of the work of eight photographers working without an organizing theme. I do not think that the members of the Light Room and the 3rd Street Gallery have accomplished that, but there are some wonderful pieces here, and obviously a group of talented and skillful photographers.
Read MoreThis week on the artblog Reader Advisor: Get a little higher with a newly patented space elevator and a play about Sylvia Plath and Frida Kahlo smoking up; new Android updates; and the jerk who let a tiger loose in the Packard Plant without permission. — the artblog editors
Read MoreHolland has headlined at major concert halls, jazz clubs and cabaret rooms, in addition to performing in theater, developing a diverse fan base in the process. Her previous studio album, Before Love Has Gone, received acclaim from jazz, pop, and cabaret critics alike, and made the critic’s list as a Top CD of the Year at USA Today and as an Album Pick by All Music Guide.
Read MoreTim Portlock, an Artblog favorite, is MLAC’s first Digital Artist in Residence, and on Oct. 24, 5 to 9 pm, Portlock will “light up the night with a presentation of site-specific work,” according to the Center (I think that may mean outdoor video projections). Other activities that night include music, food trucks, art-making, digital demos, and more.
Read MoreWe may think we know what we mean by the term “contemporary art,” forgetting that all art of the past was contemporary to its own time.
Read MoreIvey’s work leaves a lasting impression of concern for the true victims left to suffer following nuclear warfare. Amid the sculptures depicting skeletal remains and an overturned tricycle at the center of the room, it is safe to say that Ivey sees the negative impacts of these events as all-encompassing.
Read MoreThe monochromatic, intricate world that Fensterstock created in “Colorless Field” with thousands of strips of cut paper, polished plexiglass, and crushed charcoal suggests that creation of the universe was an immense, complex, laborious evolutionary task if it was not accomplished with a magic wand.
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