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“The Modern Table” at The Riffe Gallery

“The Modern Table” at The Riffe Gallery By Sara Pearce Workmen were setting up large, plastic-topped folding tables outside the Riffe Gallery in Columbus just as I began wandering through “The Modern Table” exhibition. I could see them through the gallery’s large glass windows. The sight provided a perfect juxtaposition: ugly, mass-produced tables versus beautifully […]

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“What’s New: Fashion and Contemporary Craft,” Cincinnati Art Museum

“What’s New: Fashion and Contemporary Craft,”  Cincinnati Art Museum By Sara Caswell-Pearce   Some exhibitions are big, but lackluster. Others are small, but juicy. Happily, the latter is the case with the Cincinnati Art Museum’s What’s New: Fashion and Contemporary Craft. The basic idea – comparing works to one another – is hardly new. Yet, […]

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“Balance: an exhibition of contemporary ceramics by Terri Kern”

“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 – […]