Matt Nolen Rough Trade The Bowman~Penelec~Megahan Art Galleries Allegheny College, Meadville, PA [link] Matt Nolen pieces together vintage, found ceramic objects to re-member disparate experiences. The works tell a story of self-understanding by combining geometric shapes, eyes, faces, body parts, goblets, and collectible figurines. These amalgamations, while at first appearing to be cacophonous, are in […]
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PLURAL: Beth Cavener
PLURAL: two authors review one work. Linda Ganstrom and Ryder Richards. Beth Cavener Tangled Up in You [2014] ceramic, acrylic Tattoos designed and painted by Alessandro Gallo Tangled Up in You by Beth Cavener hangs suspended, gently swaying. Gripping a thick rope, the snake strives to consume a large captive hare depicting a conflict with no resolution, […]
Elenor Wilson
Elenor Wilson American Tourister Still Life ceramic Milwaukee Art Museum, 2014 Formed of fragile white porcelain, American Tourister Still Life by Elenor Wilson displays how luggage becomes furniture to a traveler. Speaking to the fleeting nature of style, the feet of the “furniture” and the lady’s high-heeled shoes, discarded nearby, underscore the transient nature of fashion. Trends flow through […]
Matt Ziemke
Matt Ziemke Adrift 2014 ceramic, mied media “Didactic Ambiguity” Matt Ziemke’s recent exhibition Adrift, speaks to familiarity’s ambiguous nature through relational investigations of form. A collection of disparate objects allude to the viewer that there is a meta-narrative within the relational proximities. This ambiguity supports the work by leaving the viewer enough space to derive […]