Artists: Glen Armstrong & Ben Bennett-Carpenter aka Cruel Garters Location: The Clique Breakfast: GA – Coffee (cream), spinach & red pepper omelet, potatoes (?) BB-C – Coffee (black), omelet with spinach, peppers, maybe meat (?) SRS – Coffee (black), two eggs (over hard), sausage, potatoes, side of pancakes If I […]
Aesthetically, the three-person show Cosmologies, which opened at the CCS Center Galleries on January 23rd and runs through the 27th of this month, reminds me very much of a Hubble telescope picture series of a formation called “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula—a star-forming region. Works by New York-based […]
Artist: Michelle Perron Location: Cass Cafe Breakfast: MP – Water (lemon), lentil burger (w/ cheddar), side salad (mustard vinaigrette) SRS – Coffee (black), reuben (corned beef & cole slaw), caramel cake I thought it was appropriate that Michelle Perron and I ended up meeting for this BWTA at the Cass […]
Video still, “Mating Ritual of the Lumpbutt Bouncer” – image by and courtesy of Sidney Mullis So excited to see that one of my picks for the upcoming Borders show is breaking big in SoHo: “inti.mate, a solo exhibition by SoVA MFA student Sidney Mullis is on display through May 12 […]
There are few places as lovely and peaceful as the DIA’s Kresge Courtyard.
Artist: Chris Riddell Location: Royal Kabob Breakfast: CR – Coffee (cream), soup, vegetarian wrap sandwich, mini-pita & garlic sauce SRS – Hot tea, fatoosh with lamb shwarma, mini-pita & garlic sauce Chris Riddell’s reputation precedes him. There are poet’s poets and athlete’s athletes – Chris is something of an artist’s […]
DETROIT — You can’t really talk about expatriate American artist Ryan Mendoza‘s “The White House” project without talking about appropriation. Appropriation has a long and storied history within the context of art, and that makes it easy to intellectualize a process that, at its heart, means taking something from someone else. […]
Artist: Ryan Standfest Location: Bai Mai Thai Breakfast: RS – Hot tea, Tom Yum soup (with chicken), Drunken Noodles (with chicken) SRS – Hot tea, Be Mee Moo Dang If you’re ever heading out the door to meet me and find yourself wondering, “Should a bring a grab-bag of small […]
DETROIT — If you happen to be prone to synesthesia, you may want to give Kari Cholnoky’s exhibition Semi Lucid Steaks, at David Klein Gallery, a wide berth. The artist’s multi-dimensional wall hangings and freestanding sculptures layer texture upon texture to create a critical mass of pustulant foam, fringes of […]
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