From Interim Editor Marlene Steele Under the auspices of the Aeqai board, we are continuing the mission of Aeqai as a regional review of art events and exhibits. As this platform strives to connect artists and the art-consuming public, we express our appreciation to our readership for their continuing support and interest. This month’s reviews […]
Archive for October, 2021
The Taft Museum of Art Promotes Tamera Lenz Muente and Ann Glascock, Ph.D.
October 31st, 2021 | by Laura Hobson | published in *, October 2021
Tamera Lenz Muente, curator at The Taft Museum of Art, said, “I think every museum has a responsibility to respond to its day and age. At the Taft, we continually consider how to make our collection–put together by a wealthy white couple between about 1900 and 1920–relevant to today’s audiences.” “Our latest endeavor has been […]
“No Dark in Sight:” Photography by Bill Davis at the Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University
October 31st, 2021 | by Laura Winn | published in *, October 2021
In Alexander Brest Gallery’s first exhibition of the 2021-2022 academic year, Bill Davis, photographer and Associate Professor of Art at Western Michigan University, asks his viewers to reevaluate their relationship with darkness and become more cognizant in how the presence of synthetic light in the nocturnal landscape creates an unhealthy imbalance in ourselves and the […]
Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You A major solo exhibition devoted to the work of renowned artist Barbara Kruger. Art Institute of Chicago, September 19, 2021 through January 24, 2022
October 31st, 2021 | by Cynthia Kukla | published in *, October 2021
The apparent art works of Barbara Kruger are instantly recognizable. She is most known for her collage style that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. The work is overlaid with phrases that often include pronouns such as “you”, “your”, “I”, “we”, and “they”, addressing cultural constructions […]
Narducci: Transcendental Aesthetics
October 31st, 2021 | by Ekin Erkan | published in *, October 2021
It is a genuine tragedy that the art of Antonio Pietro Narducci (1915-1999) is not a staple within Abstract Expressionism but, luckily, curator Inhee Iris Moon has prompted what is hopefully the first step in changing this unfortunate art historical shortcoming. One reason why Narducci’s work and name is perhaps not as well-known as it […]
Land, Space and Everrrything in Between
October 31st, 2021 | by Josh Beckelhimer | published in *, October 2021
Before heading to the LA Arts District for Hauser & Wirth’s presentation of Everrrything by Lorna Simpson, one would benefit from a brief reflection on the history of the artist. While working on her MFA in Visual Arts at the University of California at San Diego in the 80s, one of her teachers was the […]
