Brooklyn Williamsburg Art and Historical Center Having just closed an immense, exhilarating, exhausting show of “surrealist, fantastic, and visionary art” that inspired almost as much denunciation as delight (and that included a costume ball, an over-the-top “fashion show,” and a film series), the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center gave itself a well-deserved breather.
Liu Jianhua
New York Plum Blossoms The ceramic sculptures of Liu Jianhua are an exercise in desire, the consequence of skilled craft and unabashed sensuality. Liu Jianhua, born in 1962 in Jilan, Jiangxi province, began working while still a teenager in the ceramic factories in Jingdezhen; he then studied in the fine arts department of the Jingdezhen
Ulysse Comtois
Sherbrooke, Canada Originally a painter who hung out…see the full review in September’s magazine.
“Fantastic”
North Adams, Massachusetts MASS MoCA With the ascension of high speed internet the low-rent cultural outskirts – where hermetic, criminal, religious, sexual, paranormal, utopian & alt.tech eidolon once came together – a region heretofore known principally to initiates and ‘fanboys’ – are now (due to info-geek triumph) high traffic real estate.
Creighton Michael
Beacon, New York Creighton Michael’s aptly named…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Thomas Schütte
New York A student of Postmodernist painter…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Brant Schuller
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Brant Schuller is an artist who…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Christopher Wilmarth
New York Christopher Wilmarth said, in…see the full review in September’s magazine.
“Texas Uprising: Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture”
San Antonio Blue Star Contemporary Art Center “Texas Uprising,” which focused exclusively on the state of contemporary sculpture in Texas, clearly showed just how diverse contemporary art is here. The exhibition boasted over three dozen artists, most of whom submitted outstanding works.
Peter Barton
Hudson, New York The Hudson River corridor, extending…see the full review in September’s magazine.
