Visual Arts
Oct 22, 2009
Everything and Nothing, All at Once
Ruben Nusz
Ruben Nusz weighs in the ongoing Rob Fischer exhibition, at Franklin Artworks through October 30, calling the artwork "challenging, but wholly worthy" of your attention.
Everything and Nothing, All at Once
Ruben Nusz
Ruben Nusz weighs in the ongoing Rob Fischer exhibition, at Franklin Artworks through October 30, calling the artwork "challenging, but wholly worthy" of your attention.
Sep 16, 2009
Healing the Wounds of War: "Combat Paper Project"
Alison Morse
Alison Morse looks into the "Combat Paper Project," at the MCBA Sept 21 - 28, with a profile of the artists who transform their uniforms and raw wartime experiences into work that offers a rare and personal window into the human toll of modern combat.
Healing the Wounds of War: "Combat Paper Project"
Alison Morse
Alison Morse looks into the "Combat Paper Project," at the MCBA Sept 21 - 28, with a profile of the artists who transform their uniforms and raw wartime experiences into work that offers a rare and personal window into the human toll of modern combat.
Sep 15, 2009
Inside the Cabinet of Wonders
Andy Sturdevant
An engaging essay by Andy Sturdevant on the perennial lure of strange and beautiful objects, written in honor of mnartists.org's inaugural ARTmn exhibition, "The Precious Object", which opens September 18 at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis.
Inside the Cabinet of Wonders
Andy Sturdevant
An engaging essay by Andy Sturdevant on the perennial lure of strange and beautiful objects, written in honor of mnartists.org's inaugural ARTmn exhibition, "The Precious Object", which opens September 18 at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis.
Sep 10, 2009
More than Words: The Re-purposed Book
Britt Aamodt
Britt Aamodt reviews the new Traffic Zone exhibition, "X-Libris: The Re-purposed Book," with a wide-ranging essay on the strange and wonderful terrain of contemporary book art.
More than Words: The Re-purposed Book
Britt Aamodt
Britt Aamodt reviews the new Traffic Zone exhibition, "X-Libris: The Re-purposed Book," with a wide-ranging essay on the strange and wonderful terrain of contemporary book art.
Sep 3, 2009
Celebrating 10 Years of the Northern Printmakers Alliance
Ann Klefstad
Ann Klefstad marks the 10th anniversary of the Northern Printmakers Alliance with a tribute to the distinctive, contemplative sensibility and quirky wit that drives the varied work made by this tight-knit community of accomplished Northland artists.
Celebrating 10 Years of the Northern Printmakers Alliance
Ann Klefstad
Ann Klefstad marks the 10th anniversary of the Northern Printmakers Alliance with a tribute to the distinctive, contemplative sensibility and quirky wit that drives the varied work made by this tight-knit community of accomplished Northland artists.
Aug 10, 2009
Space Exploration: MCAD/McKnight Visual Arts Fellows 2008-09
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle reflects on the fruits of a year of practice by the 2008-09 McKnight Visual Arts Fellows -- Jennifer Danos, Janet Lobberecht, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, and Megan Rye -- on view in the MCAD Gallery through August 12.
Space Exploration: MCAD/McKnight Visual Arts Fellows 2008-09
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle reflects on the fruits of a year of practice by the 2008-09 McKnight Visual Arts Fellows -- Jennifer Danos, Janet Lobberecht, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, and Megan Rye -- on view in the MCAD Gallery through August 12.
Aug 5, 2009
The Ghost of the Grid
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz offers an incisive, far-ranging deconstruction of the conceptual art on view in this year's "Summer Invitational" group show at Thomas Barry Fine Arts, organized in part by a promising if challenging artist, Justin Schlepp.
The Ghost of the Grid
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz offers an incisive, far-ranging deconstruction of the conceptual art on view in this year's "Summer Invitational" group show at Thomas Barry Fine Arts, organized in part by a promising if challenging artist, Justin Schlepp.
Jul 20, 2009
Telling Stories from the Inside Out
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant seeks out Gudrun Lock, an under-the-radar video artist whose work offers a fresh vision on the ties that connect people, places, and stories together.
Telling Stories from the Inside Out
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant seeks out Gudrun Lock, an under-the-radar video artist whose work offers a fresh vision on the ties that connect people, places, and stories together.
Jul 6, 2009
Eyes Wide Shut -- Karel Funk
Ruben Nusz
Artist and occasional critic Ruben Nusz took in the exhibition of paintings by Karel Funk at the Rochester Art Center -- read on for his incisive thoughts on the virtuosic technique and formal intelligence behind the work on view.
Eyes Wide Shut -- Karel Funk
Ruben Nusz
Artist and occasional critic Ruben Nusz took in the exhibition of paintings by Karel Funk at the Rochester Art Center -- read on for his incisive thoughts on the virtuosic technique and formal intelligence behind the work on view.
Jun 9, 2009
Seeing "Six McKnight Artists" at the Northern Clay Center
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle calls this show of 2008 McKnight fellows' new work in ceramics "one of the most compelling of its kind in recent memory." Read on to find out what she found so striking about the exhibition (on view at Northern Clay Center through July 5).
Seeing "Six McKnight Artists" at the Northern Clay Center
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle calls this show of 2008 McKnight fellows' new work in ceramics "one of the most compelling of its kind in recent memory." Read on to find out what she found so striking about the exhibition (on view at Northern Clay Center through July 5).
Jun 8, 2009
Saraceno's Floating Worlds
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre reflects on the airy, utopian constructions of architect Tomás Saraceno, a number of whose creations are on view this summer at the Walker Art Center.
Saraceno's Floating Worlds
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre reflects on the airy, utopian constructions of architect Tomás Saraceno, a number of whose creations are on view this summer at the Walker Art Center.
Jun 4, 2009
Life in Tom Arndt's Minnesota
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle offers a thoughtful critique on the retrospective of Tom Arndt's extensive body of work in light of the ongoing exhibition, "Home: Tom Arndt's Minnesota," on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts through August 23.
Life in Tom Arndt's Minnesota
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle offers a thoughtful critique on the retrospective of Tom Arndt's extensive body of work in light of the ongoing exhibition, "Home: Tom Arndt's Minnesota," on view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts through August 23.
Jun 4, 2009
Otherworldly Realms in Your Own Backyard
Andy Sturdevant
Artist, raconteur, and gentleman scholar Andy Sturdevant offers a mini-history of one of Minnesota's most exciting and quietly revolutionary public art projects: Franconia Sculpture Park.
Otherworldly Realms in Your Own Backyard
Andy Sturdevant
Artist, raconteur, and gentleman scholar Andy Sturdevant offers a mini-history of one of Minnesota's most exciting and quietly revolutionary public art projects: Franconia Sculpture Park.
May 18, 2009
Improvisations on Some Very Big Themes
Ruben Nusz
Ruben Nusz weighs in on two high-minded exhibitions currently on view, focusing on work by two philosophically inclined artists: Isa Newby Gagarin ("Beru," now at Midway) and Kris Martin (part of the Walker's "The Quick and the Dead" group show).
Improvisations on Some Very Big Themes
Ruben Nusz
Ruben Nusz weighs in on two high-minded exhibitions currently on view, focusing on work by two philosophically inclined artists: Isa Newby Gagarin ("Beru," now at Midway) and Kris Martin (part of the Walker's "The Quick and the Dead" group show).
May 13, 2009
Of Transgenic Petunias and Glow-in-the-Dark Bunnies
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre offers some historical context for the "Edunia" and breaks down the thorny issues raised by the eagerly anticipated unveiling of bio-artist Eduardo Kac's latest creation, a "plantimal" hybrid combining his own DNA with that of a petunia.
Of Transgenic Petunias and Glow-in-the-Dark Bunnies
Camille LeFevre
Camille LeFevre offers some historical context for the "Edunia" and breaks down the thorny issues raised by the eagerly anticipated unveiling of bio-artist Eduardo Kac's latest creation, a "plantimal" hybrid combining his own DNA with that of a petunia.
May 6, 2009
Domestic Disturbances
Hannah Dentinger
Hannah Dentinger reflects on Robb Quisling's new show, "(ISP) Individual Service Plan," on view at the DAI. She finds it to be an incisive exploration of modern domesticity, by turns lyrical and lurid, and evidence of a playful, sometimes dirty mind.
Domestic Disturbances
Hannah Dentinger
Hannah Dentinger reflects on Robb Quisling's new show, "(ISP) Individual Service Plan," on view at the DAI. She finds it to be an incisive exploration of modern domesticity, by turns lyrical and lurid, and evidence of a playful, sometimes dirty mind.
Apr 29, 2009
How to Make a Conceptual Art Show
Ruben Nusz
A five-way interview done via IM with the artists behind the high-concept show, CAPRICE, opening at Art Of This Gallery on May 9. Ruben's question -- so, what the heck are you planning to do? -- is straightforward. It turns out the answer is anything but.
How to Make a Conceptual Art Show
Ruben Nusz
A five-way interview done via IM with the artists behind the high-concept show, CAPRICE, opening at Art Of This Gallery on May 9. Ruben's question -- so, what the heck are you planning to do? -- is straightforward. It turns out the answer is anything but.
Apr 1, 2009
Farm Accident: A Secret History
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant investigates the elusive history of Farm Accident, an ephemeral art gallery which lay at the center of the disco era's elite Minneapolis contemporary art scene, notorious for illicit, star-studded exhibitions in the IDS building downtown.
Farm Accident: A Secret History
Andy Sturdevant
Andy Sturdevant investigates the elusive history of Farm Accident, an ephemeral art gallery which lay at the center of the disco era's elite Minneapolis contemporary art scene, notorious for illicit, star-studded exhibitions in the IDS building downtown.
Mar 25, 2009
Territories Real and Imagined
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle offers a round-up of three gallery exhibitions: "LandEscape" at Thomas Barry Fine Arts, "Corridor Views: Industrial Landscapes of Minneapolis and Saint Paul" at Groveland Gallery, and Dietrich Sieling's "Giraffe-man" at Bockley Gallery.
Territories Real and Imagined
Mason Riddle
Mason Riddle offers a round-up of three gallery exhibitions: "LandEscape" at Thomas Barry Fine Arts, "Corridor Views: Industrial Landscapes of Minneapolis and Saint Paul" at Groveland Gallery, and Dietrich Sieling's "Giraffe-man" at Bockley Gallery.
Mar 4, 2009
Unsung Alchemist: Hollis MacDonald
Sean Smuda
In the '60s Hollis MacDonald enjoyed the recognition of critics and gallerists alike. On the verge of hitting it big he disappeared mysteriously from view--until Sean Smuda ran into the reclusive artist living in the apartment downstairs from him.
Unsung Alchemist: Hollis MacDonald
Sean Smuda
In the '60s Hollis MacDonald enjoyed the recognition of critics and gallerists alike. On the verge of hitting it big he disappeared mysteriously from view--until Sean Smuda ran into the reclusive artist living in the apartment downstairs from him.
Feb 25, 2009
It's Written All Over Your Face
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz reflects on the very different sorts of inspiration and poetry gleaned from the human face by two artists, Elizabeth Peyton and Melba Price, each of whom has a new exhibition of painted portraiture on view.
It's Written All Over Your Face
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz reflects on the very different sorts of inspiration and poetry gleaned from the human face by two artists, Elizabeth Peyton and Melba Price, each of whom has a new exhibition of painted portraiture on view.
Feb 25, 2009
Exhibitionists
Andy Sturdevant
Artist and sometime local historian Andy Sturdevant investigates the shadow gallery circuit of in-home exhibition spaces, and talks with these DIY gallerists about the hows and whys of opening their homes to the public to show artwork.
Exhibitionists
Andy Sturdevant
Artist and sometime local historian Andy Sturdevant investigates the shadow gallery circuit of in-home exhibition spaces, and talks with these DIY gallerists about the hows and whys of opening their homes to the public to show artwork.
Feb 11, 2009
Line and Labor
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz puts on his critic's hat, weighing in on the new MAEP exhibition, "Expanded Drawing" at the MIA through March 15. Nusz finds the four artists' work, if not the show's title, to be layered, meticulously wrought and satisfying.
Line and Labor
Ruben Nusz
Artist Ruben Nusz puts on his critic's hat, weighing in on the new MAEP exhibition, "Expanded Drawing" at the MIA through March 15. Nusz finds the four artists' work, if not the show's title, to be layered, meticulously wrought and satisfying.
Feb 3, 2009
VISUAL ART: Out of the Gallery and Into Everyday Life
Article by Ann Klefstad
Artist and writer Ann Klefstad talks with Terrence Payne and John Alspach, the artists behind Broad Cast, a floating exhibition program using new, unoccupied properties as gallery spaces.
VISUAL ART: Out of the Gallery and Into Everyday Life
Article by Ann Klefstad
Artist and writer Ann Klefstad talks with Terrence Payne and John Alspach, the artists behind Broad Cast, a floating exhibition program using new, unoccupied properties as gallery spaces.
Jan 20, 2009
VISUAL ART: An Eden of One's Own
Article by Mason Riddle
Art critic Mason Riddle weighs in on a newly published, beautifully rendered book of collages and personal nature journals by Minnesota artist and author David Coggins, EDEN (Cobalt Press, 2008).
VISUAL ART: An Eden of One's Own
Article by Mason Riddle
Art critic Mason Riddle weighs in on a newly published, beautifully rendered book of collages and personal nature journals by Minnesota artist and author David Coggins, EDEN (Cobalt Press, 2008).
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