Polish artist Ryszard Horowitz was creating visions of fantastical realities through photography since before the age of Photoshop. He is recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography who developed boundary-stretching analog techniques and was early to incorporate digital technology into his work. An exhibition of Horowitz’s images currently fills RIT’s University Gallery, and showcases […]
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A troupe of touring Trumps
UPDATE: The free art exhibit “Trumpmania” has been extended through Friday, April 29, at the Art Museum of Rochester. AMoR’s hours are 5 to 10 p.m., Wednesday through Friday. A traveling exhibit featuring artwork inspired by Donald Trump and his presidential campaign will be presented for one night only at the Art Museum of Rochester […]
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Paintings glimpse the divine in the mundane
As we move through life, we learn many of the same lessons everyone else has to learn, but the way those lessons reach us, and why they stick, varies widely from person to person. One of my personal favorite lessons is the power and freedom that comes through individual interpretation, which struck me during Kathy […]
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Lorna Bieber weaves together borrowed imagery at Eastman
“All of my work is about the search for spirituality,” says Lorna Bieber in the cell phone tour that accompanies “Fabrications,” an exhibit of her largescale, black and white work currently in the Project Gallery at Eastman Museum. “To me, spirituality means trying to connect to the unseen forces that lie beneath the material world,” […]
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Breathing cityscapes fill AXOM Gallery
I come away from some shows with a song mysteriously buzzing at my brain, implanted by associations with the imagery. While immersing in the gritty, dream-like urban realms of Isaac Payne’s “Rose-Colored Glasses,” currently on view at AXOM Gallery, my inner antenna picked Black Star’s “Respiration” out of the ether. Payne’s recent mixed-media paintings on […]
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Five takes on ‘Light and Spirit’ at Ross Gallery
At St. John Fisher, five artists take on a loose interpretation of “light” and “spirit.”
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Swarms of bees at Hartnett Gallery
Classical associations with bees have included abundance and order, but these days any mention of the miniscule marvels tends to spark anxiety about environmental doom, colony collapse, and the shadowy bearing that this could have on human life. And along with a sense of fascination, these were the associations that sprung to mind when viewing […]
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RochesTarot features familiar faces and spaces
After 14 months of diligent work, Rochester-based artist Jay Lincoln’s RochesTarot deck is finally complete. The much anticipated project will be celebrated this weekend with a deck release party and art show at Lux Lounge (666 South Avenue). Lincoln is known for his colorful caricatures of celebrities, which can be found in bars and cafes […]
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Eastman Museum celebrates Black History Month with Google Cultural Institute partnership
Earlier this month, the George Eastman Museum launched an online exhibition of 44 photographs as part of the Google Cultural Institute’s celebration of Black History Month. These images, part of a virtual exhibition in collaboration with more than 40 other cultural and archival organizations — including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, the Museum […]
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‘Birds of the West Indies’ connects Bond, birds, babes
Currently on view at Eastman Museum, Taryn Simon’s “Birds of the West Indies” is a two-part undertaking that connects Ian Fleming’s famous character with the American ornithologist whose name Fleming borrowed. In her oeuvre, Simon links the real James Bond’s captured birds with 007’s pursuit of “birds,” she becomes a hunter herself, and invites her […]
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Virtual fly on the wall
Luna Galassini’s “Monitored or Recorded” incorporates prison conversations and digital imagery for an anonymously intimate tension.
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“Inspiring Beauty” exhibits impact of Ebony Fashion Fair
The annual, traveling show spanned five decades, and helped bring color to the catwalk.
