Sketches: short takes on current exhibitions
The Nohl Fellowship Awards
Following are some brief notes on two of the current exhibitions
associated with the Mary L. Nohl Fund. Earlier in STI Debra
Brehmer probed into the Nohl Fellowship and the fact that the
recipients were all male, raising questions of male and female
representation in the Milwaukee art scene. A thorough review
of these shows will come in the next edition of STI, but for now,
here are some teaser tidbits.
And, we'd like to hear your take on these shows. Use the form
at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts and
comments – we’d love to hear from you.
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund
Fellowships for Individual Artists 2006 Exhibition
Inova/Vogel
3253 N. Downer Avenue.
www3.uwm.edu/arts/about/inova.html
October 12 – December 9
By Katherine Murrell
Kicking off the Nohl Awards season, we have the winners of the
Nohl Fellowhsip awards. Here are some brief notes…
Scott Reeder presents a scattering of three-dimensional pieces
in the gallery and two-dimensional works on the wall. Flatness
is largely accentuated throughout, in tone and technique. First
impression: deadpan and literal.
Christopher Niver uses the fine lines of embroidery in small
works that are like a study in “which one of these things is not
like the other?” Reminiscent of kids’ puzzles where the addition
or deletion of a few lines alters the composition as a whole.
Niver also explores portraiture of big burly guys in the fine lines
of thread. First impressions: investigating juxtapositions.
Donebestdone are a multimedia collective working in sound,
video, two-dimensional art and animation, among other things.
You can also see their work online at www.donebestdone.com,
including video submission How to be a Spy. First impression:
next generation South Park.
Marc Tasman’s submission is a proposal to change the US Flag
from the current 50 stars and 13 stripes to 99 stars (in rows of
9 x 11, representing Sept. 11), and 19 stripes (9 + 10,
representing Sept. 10). His installation includes a model of his
flag and many proposal documents. First impression: like
walking into a giant project notebook.
The majority of Dan Klopp’s installation is derived from his
recent travels in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He walked the city,
photographing people with their motorcycles, using a pinhole
camera. A sense of suspended time is accentuated by the
sepia tones of the large-scale photos. First impression: distant
nostalgia.
Santiago Cucullo presents works in various media, including his
pieces called Gorgon’s Head (Stheno) and Gorgon’s Head
(Euryale). They’re startling, chilling, and resonant. Shelves,
paper, and airline blankets are the materials used, which can
be read as significant on a number of levels. First impression:
visceral.
Chris Smith of American Movie fame rounds out this year's
selected recipients. He is represented by film as well as
photography. On the gallery walls, groupings of photos are
placed like specimens dwelling on a certain idea: modern
architecture holidays are just two of them. The subject surface
is banal but brilliant in color. First impression: very vernacular.
Out of the Suitcase II: Mary Nohl Fund Suitcase Award
Winners
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
273 E. Erie Street.
www.miad.edu
October 19 – December 15
By Debra Brehmer
The spirit of plurality fostered by artist Mary Nohl lives on in full
force at the exhibition, Out of the Suitcase II, currently on view
at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Frederick Layton
Gallery, lower level. This is one heck of a show featuring 22
artists who received Suitcase funding from the Nohl Fund. This
grant money supports travel needs for artists to show their work
out of the state.
This is one of those rare group shows that coalesces in
unexpectedly wonderful ways. Is it possible that because of its
lack of curatorial or jury involvement it succeeds in breathing
and resting in the happy harmony of diversity without all the
uptight packaging and verbiage? Well, maybe.
Yevgeniya Kaganovich’s big blog of inflated rubber occupies
the center of the gallery and one can’t help but smile at this
ridiculous “form,” as it seems to feed through its attenuated
snoutlike protuberance. From there, the show expands into the
conceptual as in Nicholas Frank’s roving library, to the painterly
in Jean Roberts Guequierre’s little Northern Renaissance
inspired tableax, to the bold as in Richard Taylor’s graphic
sculptures to the slight and hesitant as in Sonja Thomsen’s
photographs of water surfaces and Lynn Tomaszewski’s jittery
line drawings. It’s a greatest hits show.
Look for a more in-depth review next month in Susceptible to
Images. Out of the Suitcase runs through December 15.
The Nohl Fellowship Awards
Following are some brief notes on two of the current exhibitions
associated with the Mary L. Nohl Fund. Earlier in STI Debra
Brehmer probed into the Nohl Fellowship and the fact that the
recipients were all male, raising questions of male and female
representation in the Milwaukee art scene. A thorough review
of these shows will come in the next edition of STI, but for now,
here are some teaser tidbits.
And, we'd like to hear your take on these shows. Use the form
at the bottom of the page to share your thoughts and
comments – we’d love to hear from you.
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund
Fellowships for Individual Artists 2006 Exhibition
Inova/Vogel
3253 N. Downer Avenue.
www3.uwm.edu/arts/about/inova.html
October 12 – December 9
By Katherine Murrell
Kicking off the Nohl Awards season, we have the winners of the
Nohl Fellowhsip awards. Here are some brief notes…
Scott Reeder presents a scattering of three-dimensional pieces
in the gallery and two-dimensional works on the wall. Flatness
is largely accentuated throughout, in tone and technique. First
impression: deadpan and literal.
Christopher Niver uses the fine lines of embroidery in small
works that are like a study in “which one of these things is not
like the other?” Reminiscent of kids’ puzzles where the addition
or deletion of a few lines alters the composition as a whole.
Niver also explores portraiture of big burly guys in the fine lines
of thread. First impressions: investigating juxtapositions.
Donebestdone are a multimedia collective working in sound,
video, two-dimensional art and animation, among other things.
You can also see their work online at www.donebestdone.com,
including video submission How to be a Spy. First impression:
next generation South Park.
Marc Tasman’s submission is a proposal to change the US Flag
from the current 50 stars and 13 stripes to 99 stars (in rows of
9 x 11, representing Sept. 11), and 19 stripes (9 + 10,
representing Sept. 10). His installation includes a model of his
flag and many proposal documents. First impression: like
walking into a giant project notebook.
The majority of Dan Klopp’s installation is derived from his
recent travels in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He walked the city,
photographing people with their motorcycles, using a pinhole
camera. A sense of suspended time is accentuated by the
sepia tones of the large-scale photos. First impression: distant
nostalgia.
Santiago Cucullo presents works in various media, including his
pieces called Gorgon’s Head (Stheno) and Gorgon’s Head
(Euryale). They’re startling, chilling, and resonant. Shelves,
paper, and airline blankets are the materials used, which can
be read as significant on a number of levels. First impression:
visceral.
Chris Smith of American Movie fame rounds out this year's
selected recipients. He is represented by film as well as
photography. On the gallery walls, groupings of photos are
placed like specimens dwelling on a certain idea: modern
architecture holidays are just two of them. The subject surface
is banal but brilliant in color. First impression: very vernacular.
Out of the Suitcase II: Mary Nohl Fund Suitcase Award
Winners
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
273 E. Erie Street.
www.miad.edu
October 19 – December 15
By Debra Brehmer
The spirit of plurality fostered by artist Mary Nohl lives on in full
force at the exhibition, Out of the Suitcase II, currently on view
at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Frederick Layton
Gallery, lower level. This is one heck of a show featuring 22
artists who received Suitcase funding from the Nohl Fund. This
grant money supports travel needs for artists to show their work
out of the state.
This is one of those rare group shows that coalesces in
unexpectedly wonderful ways. Is it possible that because of its
lack of curatorial or jury involvement it succeeds in breathing
and resting in the happy harmony of diversity without all the
uptight packaging and verbiage? Well, maybe.
Yevgeniya Kaganovich’s big blog of inflated rubber occupies
the center of the gallery and one can’t help but smile at this
ridiculous “form,” as it seems to feed through its attenuated
snoutlike protuberance. From there, the show expands into the
conceptual as in Nicholas Frank’s roving library, to the painterly
in Jean Roberts Guequierre’s little Northern Renaissance
inspired tableax, to the bold as in Richard Taylor’s graphic
sculptures to the slight and hesitant as in Sonja Thomsen’s
photographs of water surfaces and Lynn Tomaszewski’s jittery
line drawings. It’s a greatest hits show.
Look for a more in-depth review next month in Susceptible to
Images. Out of the Suitcase runs through December 15.
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| Santiago Cucullu, Gorgon's Head (Stheno) and Gorgon's Head (Euryale), 2007. Photograph by Katherine Murrell. |
| Work by Yevgeniya Kaganovich in the Out of the Suitcase exhibition at MIAD. Photograph by Debra Brehmer. |
| Installation view: works by Scott Reeder. Photo by Katherine Murrell. |
| Installation view: works by Marc Tasman. Photo by Katherine Murrell. |
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Marketing and the
Martín Ramírez
Exhibition at the
Milwaukee Art Museum
Wifredo Lam in North
America at the
Haggerty Museum of
Art
Bronze, Fonze, and
Folly?
Jason S. Yi: Yellow
Mountain and Other
Places at Dean
Jensen Gallery
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