Amy Sands at Rourke Art Museum

January 29, 2018

“I am interested in the interaction of color, space and memory – both from a perspective of the artist’s process as well as from the viewer’s active interaction with a finished piece.  My art originates in my interest of the day-to-day experiences influenced by color, pattern and space, and how this is recorded in memory.…

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Paul Raphaelson: Sweet Ruin at Front Room Gallery in NYC

December 21, 2017

Front Room Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition of photographs by Paul Raphaelson, entitled “Sweet Ruin”. Featuring photographs taken at the site of Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery, Raphaelson’s images chronicle the final state of the once bustling industrial complex before its dismantling and demolition. Sweet Ruin Bin Distributor © Paul Raphaelson Photography Sweet Ruin…

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Norman Rockwell’s Christmas: Original Artwork for Hallmark

December 21, 2017

Hallmark has a remarkable legacy of collaboration with some of the world’s most renowned artists and designers. Perhaps none of these is more beloved than the American illustrator Norman Rockwell, whom Hallmark founder J.C. Hall commissioned to produce 32 paintings for the company’s greeting cards between 1948 to 1957, at the height of his career.…

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Michael Bentley “New Works on Paper” at Gruen Galleries

November 1, 2017

“Walking out to the shore every morning and looking out over the sea, I am still in awe of its beauty” — Michael Bentley With these new works, Bentley continues to explore abstract seascapes, with his unconventional use of gouache. Working with the medium’s brilliance and range of opacities and the intricate use of white…

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Heidi Hogden: Uncertain Terrain

October 31, 2017

Heidi Hogden: Uncertain Terrain consists of graphite drawings and paper sculptures created by Hogden while she was the Artist-in-Resident at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Through these works, Hogden explores the physical frailty of the natural world and the relationship between place and identity on a symbolic level. This work represents moments of transformation;…

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Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test at Art Institute of Chicago

October 30, 2017

The Art Institute of Chicago commemorates the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Revoliutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test, an exploration of early Soviet art and its audiences.  It is the largest such exhibition in the United States in more than 25 years. Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg. “The Mirror of Soviet Society,” cover for Red Field, no. 19 (May…

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Christine Ritchie at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center

August 15, 2017

Christine A. Ritchie (MFA Painting & Printmaking, Pratt Institute, NYC ) lived & worked in NYC for 23 years & currently lives & maintains a studio in the Detroit area. She has worked as an Adjunct Faculty member for Macomb Community College & Kendall College of Art, teaching drawing & foundation courses as well as…

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Rachel Doniger – Cut Paper Reliefs

June 27, 2017

Rachel Doniger’s paper reliefs investigate the graphic potential of paper. A simple process of cutting and folding thousands of similar shapes yields a field defined by moments of intensity and calm. As the viewer’s glance moves from one shape to the next, they see not only a crescendo from low to high, but also the…

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Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time at George Eastman Museum

May 30, 2017

For more than forty years, photographer Eugene Richards has explored complicated subjects such as racism, poverty, emergency medicine, drug addiction, cancer, family, aging, the effects of war and terrorism, and the depopulation of rural America. Until now, his work has been known primarily through international news and media outlets, for which he created images on…

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