In his artist statement, Denton Crawford says that his latest multimedia exhibition, “Savage Sanctuary,” “investigates the relationship between mysticism and the absurd and how personal experience informs our experience of each.” Through a remix of iconic imagery, Crawford pokes at the relationship between religious belief, political affiliation, and individual rights and freedoms. Several very rad […]
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CRITICS PICKS: Rebecca Rafferty
“Confessions of a Prairie B;+@h” As a pre-teen, Alison Arngrim excelled at exaggerated petulance in her role as “Nasty Nellie” Oleson on TV’s “Little House on the Prairie.” Now 54, Arngrim brings her one-woman show, “Confessions of a Prairie B;+@h,” based on her book of the same name, to Rochester’s Fringe. Through standup and multimedia […]
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Lose thy bearings
Denton Crawford’s work finds a playground in the tension between the impossibility of utopia and our everlasting striving toward it. His current solo show, “You’re Not Here,” which closes tonight at Joy Gallery (498 West Main Street), includes older mixed media paintings and drawings, as well as new installations. The space has been transformed into […]
