Tag Archive for ‘East Crossroads’
Indoor Playground: Waseem Touma
Waseem Touma’s installation is fully immersive, inviting close-up inspection and creating a sort of obstacle course through the gallery space.
She Wonders as She Wanders: Teresa Magel
Teresa Magel reveals just enough with each viewing to keep one coming back for more … and before you know it, you too might be down a rabbit hole.
Apocalyptic Beauty: Jeff Olschki
Jeff Olschki’s new work continues his run of striking, beautifully edgy (and vice versa) images.
The Fine, Strong Ties that Bind: Jessica Simorte
Small though Jessica Simorte’s pieces might be, there’s a strength in them which resists any efforts to pat them on the head and dismiss them with an indulgent “Awwww …”
Tugging at the Strings:Yaina Kulp
Yaina Kulp’s work, while beautiful, contains a strong undercurrent of haunting (or, perhaps, haunted) introspection.
A Welcome Return: Ed Lesyk
The stories Ed Lesyk tells through his lens are both spare and nuanced … and like his drawings, accessible and haunting at the same time.
The Power of “It”: Wacker
Wacker’s sensual, energetic images reflect his fascination with light, eyes and the female form.
Toy Stories: Guinotte Wise
Clearly, Guinotte Wise had fun making the sculptures in his latest show; there’s a sense of purposeful playfulness to each of the pieces, and a rightness to even the most haphazard-seeming arrangements.
Soft, Colorful, Personal: Maddie Kamphaus
Maddie Kamphaus’ fiber art is soft, colorful and intensely personal, with moments from her life woven into each piece.
Intricate by Any Name: Murf
Murf’s acrylic paintings, currently on display at Next Space Gallery in the East Crossroads, are accessible without giving everything away in one quick viewing
The Other Sides of the World: Lydia Katharine Boehr
Lydia K. Boehr’s “Trip” deals with the blend of familiarity and unfamiliarity that comes from spending time abroad in a culture which shares our language but not our customs.
Among the Living: Steven Shalowitz
Steven Shalowitz’s work Shalowitz’s work is a reminder of all the small stories that don’t make it into our news: stories of comforting routines, quiet conversations, sudden smiles … all the things that make this human existence worth living, no matter where you live and how much you have.
Multiple Exposures: Chadric Devin
Chadric Devin’s “This Boy” is an intensely human show, a celebration not of some unattainable physical ideal but of real people, dressed or no. The portraits are as intimate and immediate — as exposed, if you will — as the works which show more skin.
Line by Line, a Mystery Revealed: Nicole Brinkman
Nicole Brinkman deftly navigates her chosen territory and manages the neat trick of concealing … and revealing … just enough to keep a viewer coming back to play some more.
Permanent Records: Megan Mantia
Megan Mantia’s photography is both documentation and art, capturing moments both authentic and carefully composed.
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