Miles Orvell goes to New Jersey to see Ellen Harvey’s ‘The Disappointed Tourist’ and cant get it out of his mind. Miles salutes Harvey’s crowd sourced project for the “universality of her major theme — precarity and loss.
Read MoreArtblog contributor Mary Murphy sees the multi-media exhibition of Virginia Maksymowicz at Rowan University Art Gallery and reflects that delving into the past is a way to come to terms with the present: “At a time when we are so focused on the dubious future of humanity, from our possible extinction via climate change, violence, and war to our gradual replacement with 3D laser-cut body parts and genetically manipulated DNA, it’s refreshing to see work about our past: it extends and broadens the context for considering what it means to be human at any given time.”
Read MoreCorey Qureshi visits Rowan University Art Gallery for ‘SuperCellular,’ billed as an immersive experience. Corey grapples with whether he felt immersed, but said ultimately he enjoyed the installation by Carolyn Healy and John Phillips, commenting, “There are open-ended, wordless notions to be explored.”
Read MoreSyd Carpenter’s Farm Bowls are mini-portraits of the farms and people she met on trips through the South. Named after these family farms, the Farm Bowls are “remarkable variations on the same, simple form” says reviewer Andrea Kirsh, who also comments about the “Mother Pins” that “they have stunning ranges of textures, coloring, and forms.” The exhibit is at Rowan University Art Gallery until March 26, 2022.
Read MoreSometimes it looks like a science fair and sometimes it looks like an art exhibit. Either way, Michael Lieberman says the exhibition, How Food Moves: Edible Logistics, is a good one to sink your teeth into.
Read MoreThe paintings share a single attribute, which animates and adds coherence to the collection: they are bold. Even when they are humble or uncertain, they bespeak grandeur.
Read MoreIt’s fitting that Jaffe worked with the Engineering Department at Rowan to create the animatronic programming of the puppets. Suspended in the air and controlled by a complex system of computer commands, the puppets of the inventor/artist/engineer Nikola Tesla haunt the space, twitching, speaking, raising their arms, moving their heads.
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