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Luc Tuymans-heavy lifting for the viewer but satisfying

Post by Lauren Whearty I have been to the Luc Tuymans exhibit at the Wexner Center at least 5 times in the past few months.  There are four or five galleries set up to exhibit different stages of the work, which progress in a mostly chronological order.  Each room, or section is curated to summarize or reconstruct past exhibitions of Tuymans work, and to place his retrospective in context with the time and place where it was created.  Reconstructing these previous shows is important in that Luc makes paintings with the consideration of installation, as each painting in a room ... More » »

Weekly Update — First Friday picks

Here’s the link to my Weekly piece.  Below is my copy. Sage Projects “Tenuous Magic Parts” opened at the new South Street gallery in May to a crowd of 300 and is being held over for another opening Friday. The show asks the artists to find truth in a perplexing world. Fantasy abounds in comical portraits, nonsense posters, paintings that question reality, still lifes that aren’t still, and junk assemblage sculpture. Dustin Metz’s paintings and Karen Stone’s “hair trees”—fantasy 2-D portraits with art nouveau arabesques of long hair—are standout pieces. Curator Jon Manteau loves music at openings and “Fat Man ... More » »