Sharon Garbe sees works by David Kettner at Arcadia University that keep the eye and mind engaged with their psychologically puzzling imagery dealing with childhood, memory, and the hidden depths that can lie below a simple surface.
Read MoreAn artist’s visit to her mother’s birth place in Puerto Rico awakens her to the complexities of immigration and family – and to the dubious socio-political actions and inactions by the U.S. government in its far-flung territories. Our reviewer Andrea Kirsh is moved by the powerful collage works and double-sided quilts of Amber Robles-Gordon. The show closed Dec. 12.
Read MoreNew Artblog contributor, Corey Qureshi, pens a poetic review of the beloved Jonathan Lyndon Chase’s new book, “Wild Wild Wild West / Haunting of the Seahorse.”
Read MoreIn the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”
Read MoreIn the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”
Read MoreIn the face of COVID-19, Artblog is hosting an open call, non-juried, first come first-served online exhibition entitled “Artists in the time of Coronavirus.”
Read MoreNew Artblog contributor, JuWon Park, reviews “Face Tan/Night Swim,” the current solo show by Haiti-born, Virginia-based installation artist, Abigail Lucien. On view at Vox Populi through October 20, her show critiques popular images of the Caribbean as an exotic tourist haven through the subtle arrangement of artificial smells and man-made materials.
Read More“Remembering, Repeating, and Working-Through” is a short but extraordinary paper written by Sigmund Freud in 1914. I have been reading it for years with unshaking enthusiasm.
Read MoreTanner’s works on paper are initially gorgeous, a respite for the senses. But fragile, awkward moments point to uncomfortable relationships between forms.
Read MorePerkins curator Alan Willoughby says about Poacelli, who teaches a class in mixed media at the art center: “I love her work. She has a great sense of color, layering, space and vibrancy. She is constantly producing, and people are not tired of looking” at her art.
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