THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE VISUAL ARTS

Summer Quarter (July/August/September) 2023

Free Your Mind

Marissa Jezak examines the art made by individuals currently or previously incarcerated in Michigan prisons.

Mickey Gallery: Five Years of Experimentation

MICHEL SéGARD reviews this gallery's summer show that featured works exhibited in the past five years.

"Hide and Seek"

K.A. Letts Jeanne Bieri and how the work recalls and pays homage to past armed conflicts.

"Dear Louise: A Tribute to Louise Fishman"

PAUL MORENO reviews this posthumous exhibition of the late Louise Fishman's work and its ties to Abstract Expressionism.

"No Words Spoken: The Ordinary in the Works of Kyungwoo Chun"

Leandré D'Sousa chronicles the recent work of Kyungwoo Chun in Goa and Mumbai and how he enrolls communities into participation in his projects.

Worth a Thousand Words—Graphic Biographies of Artists’ Lives

Sean Bieri give us a overview of biographies of well known artists done in the form of graphic novels.

"Richard Haines
Paradise Lost"

PAUL MORENOexamines the work of this artist's images of men in various life activities—a flâneur’s observations.

"There Are Many Ways to Hold Water Without Being Called a Vase"

Michel Ségard ponders the work of Antonius-Tín Bui, Chinese paper cutting pieces of exceptional technical skill and deep social content.

"Then Is Now: Contemporary Black Art
in America"

D. Dominick Lombardi reviews the Bruce Museum's exhibition of significant Black art from the mid 20th century to the present.

"Gordon Parks
The Early Years: 1942–1963"

TOM MULLANEY analyzes this famous Black photographer's early works of street photography with an emphasis on children.

"Degenerate! Hitler's War  on Modern Art"

Diane Thodos ct of Hitler’s DEGENERATE! art exhibition on the lives of early 20th century European artists.

They Exists in the Multi-verse: {\}() {\}∆‡!(){\} (No Nation) at Comfort Station

John Thomure reviews an evening of performance at by
{\}() {\}∆‡!(){\} (No Nation), part
of Comfort Station’s “Force & Motion” series.

Tom Robinson & Loralyn Kumlin at Gallery SoNa

Annette LePique  reviews “Paintings, Miniatures, Wood Mosaics, and Imagery Boxes—Creative Emergence from the Pandemic,” works by Tom Robinson and LoryLyn Kumlin at SoNa Gallery, Chicago.

 

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