Cynthia Greig: Subverting the (un)Conventional – By Gabrielle Pescador

“Subverting the (un)Conventional”, curated by Dick Goody at Oakland University Art Gallery, is a retrospective exhibit of Michigan artist Cynthia Greig’s photography and video works, in which she explores the notion that the photographic image serves as a surrogate, but never a replacement for the actual person, experience or subject being represented.  The works, though [...]

A neighborly conversation:

Aaron Timlin on the left and Brandon Walley on the right

A neighborly conversation:
Today’s topic, a Robocop statue in Detroit w/ Aaron Timlin and Brandon Walley

We here at thedetroiter.com would like to create a new segment that promotes discussion about great debates that come up in the art scene here in Detroit. We want [...]

Pavel Olbrot

Name(s): Pavel Olbrot
Mediums known for: Painting
Years in Detroit: 28
Affiliations: Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge Campus
Contact: polbrot@yahoo.com

Sprout, watercolor, 23” x 16”
Now That’s Impressive, watercolor, 24” x 28”
Untitled, watercolor, 23” x 16”
OCC Ground, watercolor, 12” x 16”
Ball in the forest, acrylic, 24” x 30”
Outside Pethouse, acrylic, 18” x 24”
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“Christopher Samuels & Ian Swanson @ PCCA” review by Cedric Tai

Chris Samuels and Ian Swanson are back together again, this time at Paint Creek Center for the Arts. The main gallery has quite a few quirks to its architecture, but these two artists pride themselves on being able to activate challenging spaces, and this show was no exception.  It felt like a church, where most [...]

Andrew Thompson, “From Room to Room” review and interview by Michaela Mosher

In grade-school, the bathroom was a dramatic place. Here you separated men from women and adults from children.  Bathroom stalls are still scrawled with the beginning lawlessness of young minds.  The memories of your grade-school hallways are warped and twisted, visually and mentally.  They seem to close in upon you, the stairways smaller; more dark [...]

“Process and Form” review, by Lindsay Jewell

Process and Form, at Marygrove College, had three entrances or passageways that beckoned the viewer further into the gallery space.  The first entrance is to the Liberal Arts Building.  As we entered the building the clock tower chimed, adding to the sense of anticipation.  The show, curated by Nicole Parker and co-curated by Eric Froh, [...]