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Dec 21
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New Ground, Dec. 2 - Dec. 29, 2010

New Ground, Dec. 2 - Dec. 29, 2010

New Ground Reviewed by Brad Bynum

RN&R, Dec. 16, 2010

 
Throughout the history of art, and painting in particular, two subjects are omnipresent: the human figure and the landscape. The human figure attracts the eyes of artists for reasons that should be obvious: We’re a vain species , and we’re all attracted to human bodies for one reason or another. But what about the landscape? Why do landscape paintings continue to appeal to artists and art lovers after all these years? Read More

Nov 12
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Belingheri Among Top Exhibitions in Western US

By Artists, Exhibitions, John Belingheri, News, Shows
John Belingheri, ''Cyprus,'' 2010, mixed media on linen burlap, 60 x 60''

John Belingheri, ''Cyprus,'' 2010, mixed media on linen burlap, 60 x 60''

The Huffington Post recently reviewed the current top exhibitions in the Western United States. John Beligheri’s latest solo show was among the standouts.

 

John Belingheri

at Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recommendation by Dewitt Cheng, Visual Art Source

 
The idea of art defining and being defined by its medium was one of the prime directives of the modernist credo that was superseded a generation ago by the aesthetic free-for-all that is postmodernism. Hybrid combinations of media that deal with multiple definitions of art? More like artists jumping from medium to medium as ideas dictate, as if from one dying warhorse to another? Fine. Immaterial art made of nothing more substantial than words? Tell us more!

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Oct 25
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Williamson in RGJ

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Larry Williamson, "Ancient Bird , Old Face", 39 x 27 x 33.5 inches

Works of Art: Local fauna inspires sculptor’s work on display in new exhibition

by Geralda Miller, 10.24.10

 
Sculptor Larry Williamson loves to run the hilly terrain near his Gold Hill home with his dogs. He jokes that the daily 2 to 3 mile runs are so his wife of 45 years, Lorna, can stand him. That might be true. However, Williamson’s love of the Nevada landscape is the real reason why the 68-year-old wouldn’t miss starting a day in his running shoes.

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Sep 15
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Michael Sarich: Hush & Babel

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Michael Sarich: Hush & Babel

Missoula Art Museum, September 17 – December 23, 2010


These recent works by Michael Sarich include paintings, ceramics, and large assembled puppets, all laced with his characteristic imagery and wry social commentaries. Read More

Sep 08
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Uttech Acquired by Crystal Bridges

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Tom Uttech, Enassamishhinjijweian, 2009. Oil on linen, 103 x 112 in. © Tom Uttech, courtesy Alexandre Gallery, New York.

Tom Uttech was honored by a resent purchase from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Crystal Bridges houses a permanent collection of masterworks of American art ranging from the colonial era to contemporary work.

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Sep 03
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Leonard Koscianski: Fierceness is Useful

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Painter Leonard Koscianski turned 58 in April, and a fair amount of water has flowed under the bridge of his life. There have been losses along the way, including a son and a first marriage, but his art is burning brightly. When his solo exhibition, which Koscianski feels is his “most visceral show ever,” opens at OK Harris Works of Art on September 11th he will unveil a suite of paintings that have the clarity of waking nightmares.

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Aug 31
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Ann Weber: Sculpture on the Grounds

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"O California, Best Loved Land" from Ann Weber's new sculpture series, Ode to Montalvo

In June 2010, Montalvo Arts Center collaborated with East Bay sculptor Ann Weber to create a series of new commissioned works. Weber created large-scale, site-specific impermanent sculptures constructed of recycled cardboard. The series will be on view from June 30 to October 31. Read More

Aug 20
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Tom Judd: The World Is Flat

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Tom Judd. "The World is Flat" mixed media on reclaimed cardboard. 12 feet by 25 feet. 2010

“The World Is Flat” by Tom Judd – 8200 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

 
Philadelphia-based artist Tom Judd transforms the “old” Magarity Ford building in Chestnut Hill into a temporary studio – resulting in the creation of The World Is Flat, a large-scale site-specific installation.

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