First Fridays were started about 15 years ago and have evolved into great way to see artists in action at beginning of the month. So go visit a studio!
by Lisa Nelson Raabe • • Comments Off on Inland Art: Naked & unafraid
After all his digital manipulations and distortions, Jack Crouch preserves primitive nature of his forms. He challenges us to think about our own identities, our preconceptions, vulnerabilities, voyeuristic tendencies, and the role of sexuality as part of the human experience.
by Lisa Nelson Raabe • • Comments Off on Inland Art: Intelligent design by Sydney Swisher
She is a graphic designer who began using Artificial Intelligence to create images that are memory laden spaces. … Unlike some artists who print imagery after using AI with Photoshop adjustments, Swisher has the technical skill to create precise images with oil paint.
by Lisa Nelson Raabe • • Comments Off on Inland Art: Picture this true treasure ‘hidden’ in Tremont
Nichole Gronvold-Roller contours the edges of our surroundings. the geometry of human organization, of perspective of our way of negotiating the land around us. She pits that geometry against the interior world of household domesticity — it’s decor and lived-in architecture.
by Lisa Nelson Raabe • • Comments Off on Inland Art: ‘Synthetic Being’ — petri dishes of paint
‘Synthetic Being’ by Vera Scekic spread through Contemporary Art Center recently with moderately sized paintings, full of forms reminiscent of petri dishes repeating across colored surfaces, recalling the ringed expressions of laboratory tables.