AltWeeklies Wire
Ray Ruybal Made His Mark on Denver's Graffitinew
The longtime head of the city's graffiti unit fought to clean up the city -- until he felt he was beating his head against the wall.
How Portland's Museum of Contemporary Craft Made Itself Modern Againnew
Portland's Museum of Contemporary Craft was founded in 1937 (originally known as the Oregon Ceramic Studio). For 70-odd years it resided on the outskirts of the city, in Lair Hill, where even those who ventured out to it often got lost.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
07-10-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
A Mini-opia: Susan Meyer's Installation is a Brave New World in Glass and Silvernew
Susan Meyer appears to long for the ideals of peace and harmony. Her new exhibit at Redux Contemporary Art Center (in Charleston, S.C.), called Together, uses photography, sculpture, video, and sound to create an alternate universe in which people communicate through silent gestures without moving. The inhabitants of this universe are miniature figures, all of them the size of pencil points, which Meyer has arranged in positions that suggest tranquility, love, and repose.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Murphy |
07-09-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Rock Posters Supreme: The Scoop on Detroit's Emerging Artistsnew
There's an emerging crew of graphic artists who, in this MySpace age of ease, still opt to equip themselves with Sharpies, scissors and spray cans, sketching, screen-printing and staring at their computer screens for hours each night.
Metro Times |
Rebecca Mazzei |
07-01-2008 |
Art
Friendship Brings One of the Largest Mose Tolliver Collections to Colorado Springsnew
Mary Allen, a leisure-time art collector in her late 40s, resolved to track down and meet Mose T., the name by which the artist signed his works and became affectionately referred. Her quest, and her resultant foray into folk art collecting, would inspire an unlikely, enduring friendship.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
06-24-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Do Sports Inspire Art, or Vice Versa?new
Three Eugene galleries hope to capitalize on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials, with mixed results.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
06-19-2008 |
Art
Doctor Roadkill: The Natural Religion and X-Ray Art of a Medical Professornew
Roadkill is nature's way of getting intimate and a way for a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina to prove that "anatomy is beautiful."
Charleston City Paper |
Morrow Dowdle |
06-19-2008 |
Art
Comic Book Heroes: Madison Has Produced Greats of Graphic Storytellingnew
From lefty cartoonists to cutting-edge illustrators, underground comix got a start here.
Is Pasadena's Art Center Gehry-Rigged?new
Arts Center president Richard Koshalek says no, but students and fearful faculty beg to differ.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
06-13-2008 |
Art
What Happens When Corporate Art Goes 'Urban'?new
Since launching in 2004, the D.C. art collective AM Radio has found some key supporters for their urban art project: People trying to sell stuff to an "urban" demographic.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
06-13-2008 |
Art
Fresh Inknew
Don Inman remembers flexing his muscles in his front yard to show off his first tattoo. He was just 4 years old. It was 1937, still in the midst of the Great Depression, during a time when only sailors and strippers had ink.
Metro Spirit |
Staacey Hudson and Charles Tremblay |
06-04-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Photographer Paul Duda Captures China's Cultural Landmarks as They're Destroyednew
Duda has been documenting the way things used to be -- before the 2008 Olympics spurred a national call for modernization of Beijing -- and the way things are now, with crumbling walls and loose bricks around every corner. "I got to photographing these areas in Beijing without any prior knowledge they were going to wipe it out," he says. "Then I went back and realized they were gone, so I just kept going back, kept re-photographing."
New Haven Advocate |
Laura Yao |
06-03-2008 |
Art
'Dykes to Watch Out For' Goes on Hiatusnew
Alison Bechdel has announced she's taking a break from her biweekly comic strip to work on a memoir. "I'm calling it a sabbatical," she explains.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
06-02-2008 |
Art
Alternative Mapmakers Seek to Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Worldnew
What they share is a desire not only to learn more about how to get around, but also to figure out how things works. And not only do they want to learn, they want to show how communities are connected by things other than roads, bridges and waterways.
Is Art Dead in Las Vegas?new
As the Guggenheim closes and the downtown art scene struggles, the attempt to make art an appeal of the Strip may be hurting, but some say art in Vegas actually could be preparing for a renaissance.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Aaron Thompson |
05-16-2008 |
Art
