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May 31, 2003
Hard Rock Blues
Mark Oberg

Reprinted by permission from the Ripsaw News, an alternative weekly published in Duluth. Mark Oberg rants here about the influence of economic infrastructure on the experience of music: what a difference a chain makes.
May 10, 2003
Interrogating Inside and Outside
Andrew Knighton

Andrew Knighton reviews "Art Inside/Outside Space XVI," a group show of installation work, at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis. The show runs through June 14.
May 10, 2003
Too Much Skin?
Michael Fallon

Michael Fallon reviews "Skin 2003 part 2." It's at the Icebox Gallery in Northeast Minneapolis, 2401 Central Avenue NE, through June 14. Hours: Tues-Fri. 10 - 6; Sat. 12- 5. Thurs. open til 9.
May 8, 2003
Roofwalker: Submerged Spirituality
Tim Carnahan

Tim Carnahan reviews "Roofwalker," by Susan Power, published by Milkweed Editions ($20 hardcover).
Apr 26, 2003
Dalek – Two Fingers of Milk, and make that a stiff one.
Glenn Gordon

"Dalek: Two Fingers of Milk" is the local debut of the artist Dalek, working in a mode that derives in some ways from graffiti and in other ways from comics and commercial imagery.
Apr 22, 2003
Review: An Artist's Paradise: Minnesota Landscapes 1840 - 1940
Joe Lindeberg; Ann Klefstad

The show runs January 25 - June 22 at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, 505 Landmark Center, 75 W. 5th Street, in Saint Paul. A Curators' Panel and gallery talk happens Thursday, April 24, 6-9 pm.
Apr 13, 2003
Book Review: "Miniatures" by Norah Labiner
Cindra Halm

This review first ran in Rain Taxi, an Alternative Press Award-winning quarterly magazine published in Minneapolis.
Mar 29, 2003
Review: McKnight Fellows at MCAD
Jeffrey Kalstrom

The McKnight Foundation Fellowship recipients for 2002-2003 are Julie Buffalohead, Valerie Jenkins, Chris Larson, Margaret McGee, and Martin Meersman. The show is at MCAD Gallery at 2501 Stevens Ave. S. It runs through March 30.
Mar 17, 2003
Creature Discomforts: “Comfort Food” at Soo Visual Arts Center
David Jenemann

"Comfort Food" runs until April 6 at Soo Visual Arts Center, 2640 Lyndale Ave S., 612-871-2263. Gallery hours are Monday and Wednesday thru Friday 12-6; Saturdays and Sundays 12-4.
Mar 10, 2003
. . . But I Know What I Like: "Grotto" at MIA
Michael Fallon

Michael Fallon reviews Bill Klaila's installation "Grotto" at the Minneapolis Institute of Art's MAEP Gallery. The show runs February 28 - May 4.
Feb 24, 2003
A Look at Design in the Twin Cities
Glenn Gordon

Here By Design II, which opened February 16 and runs through April 20, is the second in a projected series of design biennials mounted by the College of Human Ecology’s Goldstein Gallery on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota.
Feb 18, 2003
"The Three Questions": Travellers' Tales
Jennifer Amie

The show can be seen through March 22 at Franklin Art Works, 1021 E. Franklin Ave. Also showing is a video installation by Ben Riesman, "Intimate / Anonymous." Gallery hours: Wed.–Sat. 12–5 p.m. Information: 612-872-7494.
Feb 8, 2003
Multitudes: If Thousands
Tim Anderson

Tim Anderson conveys the essence of two new releases by If Thousands, one of the most interesting ensembles in the state.
Feb 8, 2003
Running Well: "Road Work"
A. Klefstad

S. E. Szucs presents three bodies of work--"Deer Project," "Recent Invitations to Religion," and "Fort Centennial" --in the show "Road Work" at the Tweed Museum in Duluth. It's a revelatory experience. January 21 - March 23.
Jan 27, 2003
The Seer of Red Wing: The Art of Charles Biederman
Glenn Gordon

Glenn Gordon, who has been documenting the work and life of Charles Biederman, reviews a small retrospective of this eminent Minnesota artist's work: "Charles Biederman: An American Idealist," at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art through March 16.
Jan 14, 2003
A Field of Intention: Installation at Midway Contemporary Art
Andrew Knighton

"Alicia McCarthy; and Markus Lunkenheimer and Lucas DeGiulio (with Chadwick Rantanen)." The show runs January 3-26 at Midway Contemporary Art.
Dec 16, 2002
Two Plays for Voices: Neil Gaiman
John Eisler

The sound-play is a way station between fiction and drama. It's like a reading, but performed by a full cast of actors rather than the author or a single voice. Neil Gaiman's "Two Plays for Voices" are on Harper Audio.
Dec 16, 2002
Joe Geshick at Horst Galleries
Michael Fallon

Joe Geshick's paintings and giclee prints will be displayed until January 10, 2003. Hours: M-F 8:30-5. Horst Galleries, 315 Lincoln St. NE, Mpls. 612-617-2002.
Dec 11, 2002
"Imitations" at Soo VAC
Andrew Knighton

This high-concept show has artists imitating each others' works. Each of the 10 artists was charged with the task of copying another artist's work, producing a daisy chain of original imagery and more or less faithful copyage of same.
Dec 6, 2002
Slumming: "By These Hands" at the James J. Hill House
Glenn Gordon

This exhibition of photos from the book of the same title published this year by the Minnesota Historical Society Press take on a whole new meaning in the context of the opulent former home of James J. Hill.
Dec 3, 2002
Review, "Speedboat Art Conspiracy"
Jeffrey Kalstrom

Group Show at Speedboat Gallery, Oct. 26 - Dec. 6. 566 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul. 651-641-0538

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