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Cool doesn’t look so hot at the art fairs

Two of Bruce Wilhelm’s low-tech-looking videos at ADA Gallery I was definitely stunned by art overload at the fairs last weekend. But here’s my biggest art thought on what’s going on. Videos and technology are in rebellion against high-tech. The chill is gone. On the other hand, paintings are increasingly high tech looking, thanks to the glisten of resins and other shiny media. In fact they’re so thick and object-like that they’re starting to look like sculpture. And sculpture hasn’t really come down on either side, with low-tech cardboard and carving and ceramics and high-tech resins and electronics. It was ... More » »

First Friday roundup

A bust by resident artist Harin Lee, at the Clay Studio, one of the warmest of his portraits of people between worlds First Friday caught Roberta and me at just a few places. Here are my quick takes: Before I met up with Roberta, I ran into the Clay Studio to check out the stylized ceramic busts by by resident artist Harin Lee. The subjects are at once androgynous, seductive and chilly. They remind me of store mannequins, with mannered gender neutrality and prominent sexual traits like popping nipples and giant packages in their pants. Black and white and sensual ... More » »