The thoroughly enjoyable exhibit at Clifton Springs’ Main Street Arts gallery features the work of eight of our region’s most talented printmakers. It’s a fairly straightforward show, offering the chance to get better acquainted with the variety of techniques utilized by this small group, and the diversity of aesthetics that can be achieved with different […]
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Four printmakers thrive ‘Under Pressure’
Last Friday’s opening of “Under Pressure” at Rochester Contemporary marks a new collaborative series between the art center and The Print Club of Rochester, taking place annually for at least three years. The four artists featured in this go were selected for the striking ways they each push the media specific to their work, says […]
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‘War Stories’ exhibits document change, conflict, and memory
The two shows currently on view at Memorial Art Gallery each pack a walloping emotional punch. Using 45 textile works, “Afghan War Rugs” offers a measure of insight into a people and place, and in the exhibit “War Memoranda,” photographer Binh Danh and poet Robert Schultz explore the concepts of loss, memory, and renewal. Through […]
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‘Good Hair’ exhibit unravels identity and politics
Although her primary training is in art bookmaking, recent Genesee Center resident artist Amanda Chestnut has branched out to a variety of media to hit her points in her most recent body of work. Her compact show, “Good Hair,” includes photographic and letterpress prints, mixed media art books, and other objects, and treads the waters […]
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Progression of photography fascinates at Eastman Museum
With “Sight Reading,” the current exhibit in George Eastman Museum’s Project Gallery, curator in charge Lisa Hostetler reminds museum-goers of the importance of the institution’s vast and educational photographic artifacts. There are few flashy, attention-snatching pieces in the show, so a studied patience is required, but viewers are rewarded for their discipline with a more […]
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Eastman exhibit celebrates centennial of National Parks
A century ago, the United States created the National Park Service to preserve some of the continent’s most breathtaking wild spaces. Over time, the wilderness has also become a tourist playground. In celebration of this anniversary, the George Eastman Museum is hosting “Photography and America’s National Parks,” an exhibition of images and materials that explore […]
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Main Street Arts focuses on form and identity
Our bodies serve as our fragile interface with the world. It’s how we manifest our intentions; it bears the scrutiny of ourselves and others; it’s one important means by which we relate to and connect with one another. And it’s also often a politically-charged battleground. The current show at Main Street Arts, “The Human Figure,” […]
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Print Club show digs into archive for inspiration
In the tradition of creating artwork “after” existent artwork, the Print Club of Rochester’s 85th anniversary members’ juried exhibition, “Echoes of the Past,” presented participating artists with the opportunity to create a new work in response to prints collected in the club’s archives. The resultant show of 30 prints is currently on display in RIT’s […]
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Two exhibits include paintings of evolving identity
The first time I spied one of Shane Durgee’s paintings was during a punk show at the old Smugtown Mushrooms location near the Public Market. Pushing a narrow path between rooms, drink it hand, I looked up at the wall to see an oddly familiar element from my childhood: embedded in a riot of swirling […]
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Oxford Gallery hosts pantheon of myths
One of humanity’s defining qualities is our power of abstraction. We reflect on the past and fret over the future, and make up stories to help us understand natural phenomena and human behavior. Some of these stories fade into history as scientific explanations take their places, while others become religions. Oxford Gallery’s annual themed show […]
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Photos of time-eaten spaces at MAG
If you maintain a home or property, you know that taking care of the space is an uphill battle. Left alone, order returns to chaos. Photographer Robert Polidori is known for capturing entropy’s progress on man-made structures when, for various reasons, maintenance on those environments has ceased. The Memorial Art Gallery’s current show, “Chronophagia” — […]
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‘Sleeping Giants’ fill Makers Gallery
Andrea Durfee’s last six months of work, “Sleeping Giants,” currently fills Makers Gallery & Studio. Dozens of watercolor and ink drawings portray the female figure in diverse landscapes, visually representing “the dynamic between control and chaos in our lives, and how we reconcile opposing emotions and inclinations,” Durfee says. Some of the reclining figures dominate […]
