Mr. Sousaphone, the main character in Jay Bolotin’s remarkable 22-minute video “Kharmen,” makes it back home after a long and dangerous and partly hallucinatory urban trek. He puts an old vinyl—or possible even shellac—version of Carmen on his turntable.
Hot! Hot! Hot! with art to match the climate at the downtown YWCA gallery. Big, juicy masses of color fan the flames of energy in nearly every one of the works by Barb Ahlbrand and Jackie Frey.
Covington’s Artisan Enterprise Center currently is chock-a-block with art, with ideas, with good reasons to spend time looking at the two linked exhibitions on view there as The Human Face: A Revelation. You may spend more time than you expected – there’s a lot to see.
One of the first non-commercial alternative art spaces in New York City, 112 Greene Street was an epicenter of artistic experimentation for much of the 1970s. The six-story industrial building in then-blighted Soho was a place where collaborations among young artists resulted in innovative cross-pollination between disciplines.
With Kentucky positioned at the confluence of its seven neighboring states, The 7 Borders exhibition at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft ambitiously seeks to interpret and expand the mission of the institution by widening the scope of artists it considers and justifying that choice through thoughtful reinterpretations of what it means to identify with Kentucky’s geography, aesthetics and craft traditions.
Thunder-sky, Inc. Gallery is one of Cincinnati’s most unusual. The current exhibit, INNCE/EXPCE, running through Aug. 10, 2013, is inspired by a collection of poems / prints written by the great 18th & 19th Century English poet, painter, print maker, William Blake.
In 1930, Beatrice Warde gave a speech entitled “Printing Should Be Invisible.” Later printed under the name “The Crystal Goblet,” she explores concepts that graphic designers will invariably encounter at some point during their careers. Warde begins by asking whether you would rather be served your favorite vino in a solid gold vessel or a crystal clear goblet.
It would be hard to argue that downtown Cincinnati was not in need of a hip boutique hotel. 21C does much more than just fill this void: it adds a refreshing approach to exhibiting contemporary art in a welcoming setting in the heart of our “arts district”. A third top notch venue for art, the 21C, is now working the block, bookended by the CAC and the Weston Art Gallery on Walnut between 6th and 7th Streets.
Growing up in Cincinnati, Kip Eagen at age twelve was transported to a different time and place by the mummies at the Cincinnati Art Museum. It was his introduction to the world of art, which he never left. Now, he is nationally recognized as an arts administrator, public art consultant, curator and museum professional.
