Archive for January, 2011
Beautiful Creatures: An engaging and playful journey – by Gabrielle Pescador
Beautiful Creatures, curated by Billy Hunter and Jeanne Moore Hunter of Mosaic Productions, features regional artists Sandra Cardew, Mary Fortuna, Gwen Joy, Madeleine Barkey, Glenn Barr, Teresa Petersen and Robert Mirek, showing sculpture in a different vein, portraying the figure and organic form with a playful [...]
Considering the Emerging Artist
Two separate exhibitions over the course of the past week left me with a lot to be desired. At times these shows felt like they were grasping at straws to bring it all together. To be certain there was one artist in each show that stood out as presenting a knock out piece. However, both [...]
Can we write our way out of this hole?
It is a rare thing to find a critical engagement with the art in the city of Detroit. What happens when we put up artwork? People come to the opening, some people like it, some people even buy it, but unless someone hired some PR, no one reviews it.
In other cities there are magazines and [...]
“Ruin Porn or Artists’ Beacon—What is the 2010 take away for Detroit’s art scene?” By Colin Darke
With great pomp and revelry, Spain celebrated Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492. The discovery seems less of a finding in light of the civilization in America before 1492. But without that, I wouldn’t be here, and I like to be here. With catchy headlines and (at times) passive-aggressive compliments, the national news outlets [...]
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