Sorrow and angry grief smacked my brain when I saw the work in the addiction-themed group show currently up at AXOM Gallery. This past summer, when I was moving the last of my belongings into the house I currently live in, I paused setting things up to gather around a backyard fire with my new […]
Rick Muto
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Paul Garland’s broken symmetry
Nearly half a century has passed since Paul Garland’s first professional solo exhibition of paintings, which was held in February 1967 at Rochester’s since-closed Janus Gallery. In celebration of Garland’s five decades of intensive studio work and numerous solo shows in New York City, Toronto, Chicago, Buffalo, Minneapolis, and elsewhere, AXOM Gallery is currently presenting […]
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Heavy mettle
I’m fascinated by the way people like Gareth Fitzgerald Barry view the world. The recent RIT graduate and emerging artist works for Atlas Builders, a construction company subsidized by the government to revitalize the inner-city landscape with new single-family housing. It’s easy to see where his field of work has influenced his art — Barry […]
