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'HxWxD': Thirty Years of MFA at the University of New Orleansnew
You could call it an alumni show, but it's more momentous than that. HxWxD marks the 30th anniversary of the University of New Orleans' Master of Fine Arts program and also is part of the school's 50th anniversary celebration.
Double Exposure: Michael P. Smithnew
The work of cultural photographer Michael P. Smith, who died last year, is exhibited in two New Orleans venues, with one creating digital reproductions of rarely or not before seen images.
Tags: photography, Michael P. Smith
Raoul Dufy: The Controversial Aesthetenew
The Mississippi Museum of Art's exhibition, "Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty," is a reminder that the world can and should be beautiful.
Jackson Free Press |
Nientara Anderson |
03-06-2009 |
Art
Group Show Presents and Examines Women's Voice and Identitynew
In what is the largest project to date undertaken by the current curator of Baltimore's Park School, Rick Delaney, If I Didn't Care: Multigenerational Artists Discuss Cultural Histories is an exhibition that adds up to more than the sum of its numerous and diverse parts.
Baltimore City Paper |
Alex Ebstein |
02-24-2009 |
Art
Crowd-Sourced Graphic Design Has the Profession on Edgenew
Widely perceived as the wave of the future, Crowdspring has also been characterized as the design Antichrist, a force that will destroy the profession.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-23-2009 |
Art
The Mural King: Ex-Graffiti Bomber Serge Touissant Has Miami Coverednew
If you've been to Little Haiti, chances are you've seen his work: fat, glistening, cartoonish acrylic depictions of everything from hair grease tins to roast chickens to his trademark soda cans, which sport the brand "Serge" in place of Pepsi.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-23-2009 |
Art
'Grandma's Hands' Exhibit Examines the Quilt of Lifenew
"Grandma's Hands: Celebrating the Underground Raildroad Quilt Code" exhibition highlights a little known avenue used by escaped slaves to find their way to freedom.
Jackson Free Press |
Katy Rivlin |
02-19-2009 |
Art
A Conversation of Surprises at New Haven Gallerynew
Artists reinvent time. There is, of course, the new before and after of the work itself. The world is altered by each new making. But the best art can also render time as if it were powerless.
New Haven Advocate |
Stephen Vincent Kobasa |
02-17-2009 |
Art
Pretty Brutal: Work By Five Edgy Memphis Artistsnew
"Double Date" is an exhibition mounted by partners who are passionate about art and each other.
The Memphis Flyer |
Carol Knowles |
02-13-2009 |
Art
Chicago's Museum of Holography Could Soon Be Out on the Curbnew
Loren Billings lives out her days amid her memories at Chicago's Museum of Holography. But thanks to three mysterious "friends" and a million-dollar loan approved by Illinois state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, she could soon be on the curb.
Chicago Reader |
Ling Ma |
02-12-2009 |
Art
Two Artists Render the Mundane Mysteriousnew
Critics have long argued the differences between poetry and painting. Both Jess and Jack R. Smith validate the Roman poet Horace’s claim: "Ut pictura poesis (As is painting, so is poetry)."
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
02-05-2009 |
Art
Robert Crumb's Return to the Undergroundnew
Rembrandt and Durer explored faith; Crumb, with the help of some psychedelics, opens the doors of perception to the infinite. Same difference.
Boston Phoenix |
Greg Cook |
02-05-2009 |
Art
Tags: Robert Crumb, comic art
Henry Rayburn: Gone, Far Too Soonnew
The loss of Henry Rayburn — artist, architect, activist, volunteer, world traveler, and world-class charmer — is a shock to the art community, the LGBT community, as well as his many family members and friends.
San Antonio Current |
Sarah Fisch |
02-04-2009 |
Art
Tags: visual arts, Henry Rayburn
Breedlove the Beautiful Boynew
Artists know the long tradition of the Beautiful Boy, the male Lolita whose siren song has transfixed sculptors and painters for millennia and led many a hapless older man (and more than a few women) astray.
Willamette Week |
Richard Speer |
02-04-2009 |
Art
Shepard Fairey Talks Imaging, Obama, and Handcuffsnew
For the past 20 years, Shepard Fairey has stickered, wheatpasted, and postered the streets of cities all over the world.
Boston Phoenix |
Evan J. Garza |
01-30-2009 |
Art
Tags: street art, Shepard Fairey
