Restoration experts will be available in the Eisele Gallery on Wednesday October 2nd from 9AM until 7PM to inspect and provide complimentary estimates to clean, restore and preserve your damaged or deteriorated Art and Antiques. Consult with Art Conservators, Silversmiths, Photograph Restorers, Picture Framers and Jewelry Repair Specialists at the same time and in one […]
Archive for September, 2013
Old World Restorations and Eisele Gallery host Art and Antique Restoration Event
September 25th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Art Off Pike
September 25th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Art off Pike is Kentucky’s premier urban art fair specializing in affordable artwork and lively creations for you and your friends. This year AOP features over 80 artists, designers, and makers to delight the senses. For more information you can visit their website for more details. September 29, 11 am – 5 pm Historic Downtown […]
viDEo sAVant w/ GEISHAFOLD: The Drowned World
September 25th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
viDEo sAVant w/ GEISHAFOLD: The Drowned World the theme: Extrapolationist Fiction Mash Up – live audio visual improvisation. the tone: “exploding pulses of ideation in a neuronic jungle” the venue: Other Cinema, 992 Valencia, San Francisco, CA the date: Saturday Oct 5, 8:30 pm The players: Geishafold- What happens when Django Reinhardt, Terry Riley, Cocteau Twins, Magnolia Electric […]
Affordable Art Sale Hosted by Shirley A. Hudson
September 25th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Looking for affordable art? Shirley A. Hudson is holding the second Affordable Art Sale. The sale is located at 124 W. Pike St. Covington, Ky this Sat. September 28 4 – 9 and Sun. September 29 11 – 5
13: Group Exhibition at the Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts in Toronto, Canada
September 22nd, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Thirteen is the infamous and mystical number we fear, dark, enigmatic and magical. The number thirteen is associated with ill-luck, the conjured, the dangerous, the forbidden and the unknown, but many have no conception of the mathematical laws which govern it. Most are convinced of its magical powers, and most are uninformed of its numerical […]
Les Albums des Jeunes Architectes et des Paysagistes
September 22nd, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
August 28-October 4, 2013 Philip M. Meyers, Jr. Memorial Gallery (UC, Main Street) 10 am-5 pm Sunday-Thursday Exhibition Reception on September 26, 2013, from 5-7 pm. DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati cordially invite you to the presentation of Album des Jeunes Architectes et Paysagistes (AJAP) 2010 exhibition in the Philip M. Meyers Jr. […]
You Know What I Mean: Joey Versoza and JR at the Contemporary Arts Center
September 22nd, 2013 | by Keith Banner | published in *, September 2013
You Know What I Mean: Joey Versoza and JR at the Contemporary Arts Center By Keith Banner Joey Versoza’s “Is This It,” at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) through February 2, 2014, offers continual clues to a mystery that’s disintegrating while you stand inside its contexts and riddles. Versoza uses video, found objects, photography, […]
“Vessels: All the Eyes Can Hold”
September 22nd, 2013 | by Karen Chambers | published in *
“Vessels: All the Eyes Can Hold,” Kennedy Heights Arts Center By Karen Chambers I don’t know how many exhibitions have been organized around the theme of “vessel,” or the number of shows of craft materials where the vessel form is the natural result — wheel-thrown clay, blown glass, lathe-turned wood, and spun metal. The final […]
“Balance: an exhibition of contemporary ceramics by Terri Kern”
September 22nd, 2013 | by Sara Pearce | published in *, September 2013
“Balance: an exhibition of contemporary ceramics by Terri Kern” By Sara Pearce Birds face off against one another at either end of a ladder-like seesaw, perch on the edges of nests, are trapped mid-flight by ladder rungs, and barely touch down atop stacks of ladders, branches and books. There is a sense of urgency – […]
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
September 22nd, 2013 | by Jane Durrell | published in *
LETTER FROM NEW YORK By Jane Durrell It’s slow going on a Sunday afternoon in the new installation of European Paintings (1250-1800) at the Metropolitan Museum. The handsome spaces have been spruced up and galleries once given over to temporary shows now are part of the logical flow of ideas and innovations that can be […]
LETTER FROM CORTONA, ITALY
September 22nd, 2013 | by Kevin Ott | published in *, September 2013
LETTER FROM CORTONA, ITALY By Kevin Ott Cortona is a walled Etruscan hill town 1 ½ hours southeast of Florence by auto, mostly via the white-knuckling auto-strada. A bit less of a tourist destination than some other Tuscan towns—smaller than Siena, maybe less charming and trampled than San Gimignano—its nearly carless, cobbled steep and […]
DIS-SEMBLANCE: PROJECTING AND PERCEIVING IDENTITY
September 22nd, 2013 | by Marlene Steele | published in September 2013
DIS-SEMBLANCE: PROJECTING AND PERCEIVING IDENTITY By Marlene Steele “We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan 21C Museum Hotel Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio A multi-national array of artists dissect with various technological innovations the contemporary, multicultural perception of portraiture today. This artist is reporting a selection […]
One New Painting: Mark III
September 22nd, 2013 | by Jane Durrell | published in September 2013
One New Painting: Mark III By Jane Durrell It’s like a party at The Galleries at Frame Designs, Loveland, where individual works by twenty-six artists fill the walls and more for the third edition of a show called “One New Painting,” running through September 28. The resulting mix of styles and approaches is almost like […]
Landscapes Re-Framed: Sculptures By Celene Hawkins
September 22nd, 2013 | by Emil Robinson | published in September 2013
Landscapes Re-Framed: Sculptures By Celene Hawkins By Emil Robinson The traditional role of the frame in the presentation of art is not as simple as it once was. Many contemporary artists have found interesting ways to question it. Yet the frame continues to hold its traditional role as a way to assign importance to the […]
The Geometric Imperfection Of Design
September 22nd, 2013 | by Danelle Cheney | published in September 2013
The Geometric Imperfection Of Design By Danelle Cheney Typefaces, or fonts, sometimes have more complex histories than we might guess. Times Roman–or Times New Roman, depending on which OS you use–has a long and unclear history. It seems that it was created for British newspaper The Times in the 1930s and 40s, but that story […]
Happy Hour At The Academic Lounge
September 22nd, 2013 | by James Cummins | published in September 2013
Happy Hour At The Academic Lounge By James Cummins “Men don’t like men. Maybe it’s something we got taught, or ate, but if you like women, you don’t like men.” “Or maybe you don’t like women, either?” “But would that mean you like men secretly, or unconsciously, or both?” “Maybe it means you like women […]
Photo Essay by Raymond Adams
September 22nd, 2013 | by Raymond Adams | published in September 2013
Photo Essay by Raymond Adams Editor’s Note: Aeqai reviewed a new photography book by Raymond Adams a couple of issues ago, but we failed to include the photographs intended to go with the review. So, we asked Adams to create a small photo essay of his work to share with our readers, and what follows is […]
Doug Birkenheuer: 25 Year Retrospective
September 22nd, 2013 | by Doug Birkenheuer | published in September 2013
Doug Birkenheuer: 25 Year Retrospective Editor’s Note: Doug Birkenheuer was beginning his photography career in the early 90’s in Cincinnati, after his graduation from Antonelli College, where he studied photography. He has been in Chicago ever since, where he now teaches at the Art Institute of Chicago, and has had a flourishing career in both fine […]
“Jim Killy: Mostly Wood”
September 22nd, 2013 | by Larry Watson | published in September 2013
“Jim Killy: Mostly Wood” By Larry Watson As I began to wander the gallery at Brazee Studios, a young lady, Kayla, age 7, starts interacting with the sculptures with little hesitation, immediately reaching up and sliding the half-brick forward on a long, metal track, while instructing her mother to do the same with the opposing […]
Perishable: New sculpture by Shawna Gulp
September 22nd, 2013 | by Kenn Day | published in September 2013
Perishable: New sculpture by Shawna Gulp Phyllis Weston Gallery Photography by Tom Baril September 18 – November 9, 2013 By Kenn Day Perishable succeeds in producing a coherent symbolic experience of the human condition, at least from Shawna Gulp’s perspective. Her sense is apparently that we are fragile and perishable creatures in a natural world […]
Embrace the Ambiguity: Illusion and Immersion
September 22nd, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in September 2013
Embrace the Ambiguity: Illusion and Immersion By Shawn Daniell We live in a world full of ambiguity. Like many people, I find myself having to travel this world with little or no direction. It gets confusing out there trying to interpret the signs, especially when some of those signs may have multiple interpretations. It stands […]
New Works on Findlay
September 22nd, 2013 | by Christopher Hoeting | published in September 2013
New Works on Findlay By Chris Hoeting New Works, which opened on September 6th, features a group exhibition of four-experienced artist from former gallery owner (PAC Gallery) now turned not-for-profit director (The Gallery Project) Annie Bolling. Bolling selected the work of the best and brightest female artists from her former PAC Gallery stable in an […]
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD
September 22nd, 2013 | by Saad Ghosn | published in September 2013
ART FOR A BETTER WORLD by Saad Ghosn • Images For A Better World: Kimberly SHIFFLETT, Visual Artist Kimberly Shifflett was born in Champaign, Illinois, grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and settled for a few years in Tucson, Arizona. After skipping her art classes at the University of Arizona to learn to weave, […]
AARON COWAN, DIRECTOR OF DAAP GALLERIES
September 22nd, 2013 | by Laura Hobson | published in September 2013
AARON COWAN, DIRECTOR OF DAAP GALLERIES By Laura A. Hobson As the son of a carpenter from a working class background with family based in Norwood, Aaron Cowan, 42, has risen progressively through the ranks to become director of the Design, Art, Architecture and Planning (DAAP) Galleries at the University of Cincinnati. There, he manages […]
B 4
September 22nd, 2013 | by Susan Amis | published in September 2013
B 4 By Susan Amis Today you are four years old. A time when you started thinking in a creative and lively way. There was no analytical thinking, no logic, just a pure unconscious mind. I suspect it is safe to say that each of you owned a box of colors. Some would call them […]
Book Review
September 22nd, 2013 | by Daniel Brown | published in September 2013
Book Review By Daniel Brown Years elapse between novels by Alice McDermott, one of America’s most accomplished novelists. It’s been seven years since her last offering, and her new novel, Someone, is one of those occasional perfect pieces of fiction that you read slowly, marvelling at the simplicity of her writing style, her easy narrative […]
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner
September 22nd, 2013 | by Maxwell Redder | published in September 2013
Maxwell’s Poetry Corner By Maxwell Redder Manta Mantra Like pulling a tennis ball ten feet beneath the water and releasing so the molecules inside, fiercely rejecting suffocation, jet through the liquid’s surface into careless air, so does the manta ray leap with force between the waves. Does it meet the air leaping vertically to […]
The Emperor’s Contemporary Clothes: Contemporary Art as Temporary Con
September 22nd, 2013 | by Regan Brown | published in September 2013
The Emperor’s Contemporary Clothes: Contemporary Art as Temporary Con. by Regan Brown I. This Page Left Intentionally Blank. II. To bleed or not to bleed? A Trickster’s Yip Echoes in Plato’s Cave. “Cage described Rauschenberg’s white paintings as ‘airports for the lights, shadows, and particles…’ “. —James Pritchett from “Writings on Cage”. [1] “To Whom […]
The Question Concerning Contemporaneity
September 22nd, 2013 | by Aaron Betsky | published in *, September 2013
The Question Concerning Contemporaneity By Aaron Betsky The question of what contemporary art is begs the issue of modernism. Strictly speaking, any work that is done now is contemporary; it is, in other words, modern, or our modern or current age. That in turns presumes that we are always making something new; that we live […]
A Contemporary Art Checklist
September 22nd, 2013 | by Cynthia Kukla | published in September 2013
A Contemporary Art Checklist By Cynthia M. Kukla “ALL ART HAS BEEN CONTEMPORARY” Neon installation piece above entrance to the Altes Museum, Berlin’s collection of classical antiquities. What is contemporary art? This increasingly important topic is complex and it is debated with no clear-cut conclusions, since current conditions fold back upon themselves and older conditions re-emerge […]
What is Contemporary?
September 22nd, 2013 | by Tim Kennedy | published in September 2013
What is Contemporary? By Tim Kennedy In August I traveled to Chicago to see shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Institute. Recently when I visit these institutions I sometimes feel as if I am a citizen of one of those contested provinces such as Alsace, or a small state in the […]
Earth, Air, and Water: Contemporary Landscape Painting
September 22nd, 2013 | by Rick Bennett | published in September 2013
Earth, Air, and Water: Contemporary Landscape Painting By Rick Bennett Consider these two quotations about the place of landscape painting in the history of Western art: “All Art is to some degree symbolic and recognition depends on certain long accepted formulae. The symbols by which early medieval art acknowledged the existence of natural objects bore […]
What is?
September 22nd, 2013 | by Cole Carothers | published in September 2013
What is? By Cole Carothers -ism, -ion, -non, neo, -un, anti-, pro-. Create new words, agendas, manifestos, or movements. Then, with branding in place, promote. Bring the manufacturers together with your clients and vendors; consultants, critics, the cognoscenti, and curators. Let the galleries, museums and every other art starved location or fund raising event you […]
Contemporary Art Is A Moving Target
September 22nd, 2013 | by Matt Distel | published in September 2013
Contemporary Art Is A Moving Target By Matt Distel Contemporary art is a moving target. That is as close as I have ever come to hearing a suitable definition of contemporary art. It is also the reason I am still interested in some version of a career in the arts. Whenever I am confronted with […]
State of the Arts
September 22nd, 2013 | by Kevin T. Kelly | published in September 2013
State of the Arts By Kevin T. Kelly In observing the ever increasing polarization of virtually every facet of society, I’ve noticed the art world has also essentially split into two distinct camps: what I refer to, for lack of better terms, as the Conceptual and the Traditional. The Conceptual camp places more emphasis on […]
“What is contemporary art?”
September 22nd, 2013 | by Jason Franz | published in September 2013
“What is contemporary art?” By Jason Franz When asked to write something answering the question “What is contemporary art?” I was uncertain where to begin. I mean, isn’t it obvious? This is one of those situations where the question tells you far more than the answer ever could. The fact that it is asked, or […]
Letter From The Editor
September 22nd, 2013 | by Daniel Brown | published in Announcements, September 2013
Letter From The Editor The fall art season has begun, with exhibitions of high quality all over the region. Aeqai is back with its monthly reviews, profiles, and issues, following our one summer issue. Our September issue is the largest we have ever posted, reflecting the growth in numbers of venues showing art here. We have also, […]
Covington Arts Etsy Workshop teaches artists, designers, and makers how to begin and grow an online shop for business.
September 13th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Covington, KY – Covington Arts announces Etsy Workshop presented by Larry Watson on September 18, 9 am to 12 pm. The workshop teaches the fundamentals of how to show, sell, and ship artwork and guides attendees through step-by-step directions for creating a quality customer experience geared towards building trust and generating sales. It serves as a catalyst for those considering […]
FRESH PAINT An International Survey of Contemporary Painting: A Call for Paintings
September 13th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
CALL FOR PAINTING Deadline: September 30, 2013 For details and to enter visit: http://www.manifestgallery.org/freshpaint FRESH PAINT An International Survey of Contemporary Painting At some point many generations ago society reached a level where ordinary people could spend a lifetime perfecting their ability to mix and apply paint, in extraordinary ways. For only its second time in ten […]
Judy Pfaff at EXPO CHGO
September 13th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Judy Pfaff, a MacArthur grant winner, will have her artwork displayed at the EXPO CHGO, the International Exposition of Contemporary/Modern Art & Design, September 20-23, 2012 at Navy Pier. Works: 1984 – 2013 Booth 217 September 19 – September 22 Vernissage Thursday, September 19 from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Hours Friday, […]
Galloping Pig: A Cincy Polo Event Benefitting the Bowtie Foundation
September 13th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Enjoy a Fine Day of Polo & Support The Cincinnati Art Museum & Breakthrough Cincinnati! When: Sunday, September 15, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Where: Wilshire Farm, 6065 Goshen Road, Goshen, OH 45122 Cincinnati Art Museum Trustee, Dhani Jones’ BowTie Foundation will host its first polo event at Wilshire Farm, […]
THE WESTWOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: 5th Annual Westwood Art Show
September 12th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
On Saturday, September 14, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., the Westwood Civic Association presents the 5th Annual Westwood Art Show. This Saturday’s event includes artwork by more than 70 artists, live musical performances, local food vendors, crafts for kids, performances by the MadCap Puppets, face painting, and much more. The festival takes place at the Westwood […]
Brazee Street Studios’ gallery One One Announces MULTIPLICITY/HANG IT UP Call for Entries
September 9th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Deadline to apply: October 7, 2013 Oakley, OH – Brazee Street Studios’ gallery One One has opened its annual call for entry for MULTIPLICITY/HANG IT UP. MULTIPLICITY is a group show centered on the idea of art in multiples or a series. HANG IT UP will feature and sell unique ornaments in a separate room. […]
The Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center and NKU Presents Walking Tours of Cincinnati and Covington
September 9th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Northern Kentucky University and the Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center work together to present an informative 5 week session focused on historical preservation. This program includes two walking tours of Covington, KY and Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information you can visit NKU Connections for more details.
4th THESSALONIKI BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART in Thessaloniki, Greece
September 9th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
The beautiful and vibrant city of Thessaloniki will be transformed into a mega- laboratory of contemporary art, with works signed by artists from all over the world for four months, from September 18, 2013 until January 31, 2014, during the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. The organization aims to attract the art lovers’ interest […]
19th-Century Cincinnati’s East Side/West Side: A Walking Tour
September 9th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
What did Cincinnati look like in the 19th century? Take a walking tour and explore the historic Lytle Park neighborhood outside the Taft (19th-century Cincinnati’s “East Side”) with former Taft Associate Curator of Public Programs Cate O’Hara. Then travel to the Betts-Longworth Historic District (19th-century Cincinnati’s “West Side”) for a guided tour with Taft Manager […]
Landscape Re-Framed: Sculptures by Celene Hawkins
September 9th, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Cincinnati-based artist, Celene Hawkins, has her artwork currently on display at the Taft Museum of Art through October 2o. Celene Hawkins will give a free talk on Sunday, September 15 at 2 p.m. Reception to follow. Reservations are requested. Call (513) 684-4515 or register online .
New offerings from Manifest
September 3rd, 2013 | by Shawn Daniell | published in Announcements
Manifest is offering a variety of programs this Fall. Programs include: THE FIGURE IN PLACE WORKSHOP DRAWING LAB FALL SPECIAL! HALF PRICE SUNDAY LIFE DRAWING (through Sept. 15) FREE HIGH SCHOOL SAMPLER LIFE DRAWING DAY: Sunday, September 15. Registration required. Session free for current high school students and teachers only. UPCOMING SPECIAL WORKSHOPS & […]
