Robert Bielat: Absorbing Sculpture

In a contemporary art world seemingly devoted to the dictates of the market and the novelty that feeds it, the slow process of aesthetic maturation too often goes under-appreciated. Now pushing 60, Detroit sculptor Robert Bielat makes the case for recognizing the importance of mastery gained through material practice in the development of an artist’s

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Rick Parsons: The Salient Point

Rick Parsons’s sparely poetic sculptures combine the elements of earth with the simple alchemy of evaporation and oxidized steel. This confluence yields poignant statements about corporeal and environmental conditions. Their infused surfaces and surroundings imply memory altered and obscured by time; however, encrypted below the salt-encrusted forms, referencing chromosomes or crucibles, is a quiet outrage

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Alan Michelson: Light on Shadowed Ground

Sifting through layered realities, Alan Michelson locates critical junctures in the life of occupied sites. His visual enigmas, both substance and illusion, probe the most elemental of relationships—the link between human beings and place. Encompassing a range of media, Michelson’s work has evolved from his beginnings as a painter grounded in the pristine panoramas of

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