-
Walk the Walk
Nina Liu informed me that, contrary to what you might think, happy tipsy people are not that free with their money (at least not always at galleries — I think restaurants benefit more by the walk than the galleries).
-
Hurricane Floyd Follies
I know nature is not completely predictable, nor should it be underestimated, but possible hits from Miami to Wilmington make me wonder about these computer models. … The only damage was to the tea set I chose to take with us, as it fell out of the car while packing….
-
A Slice of Humble Pie
Mark Woodward returned to his hometown from a master’s program in California, and from working as the chief sculptor for the Banana Republic stores. Banana Republic’s loss is Charleston’s gain. He clearly has amazing control over just about anything one could sculpt into a form, which is something rare even for a formally-trained artist, and…
-
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition
Just about all the art at this exhibition is very good, and it makes me wonder where all these artists are the other 11 months of the year. I hope the local gallery owners are busily trying to represent more than a few so we may see more of this kind of art in town.
-
It’s a Major Retrospective, Charlie … McAlister
Lowcountry artist gets a much-deserved retrospective at the McClellanville Art Center in McClellanville, South Carolina. …. From Sept 12, 2001 — “For this interview, McAlister let me experience a baked ‘record.’ He mixed up flour, baking powder, and some other stuff and then baked it to a flat crisp. He then placed it on his…
-
Piccolo Spoleto’s Fiber & Light Installation
The work is ethereal, intangible, and ever-changing with no two viewings alike. … Edith Kelman is an artist from Atlanta who has been working with large, interactive sculptural environments for the last 20 years.
-
Girl Power!
Works by Molly B. Right, Lin Kuhl Jay, Danielle D. Madore, Bea Aaronson, Maxine Sidran, Peggy Howe, Stephen Scott Young, Forrest Moses, and Frederick de Petiville, as well as art at the Avery Center.
-
Whoever Dies with the Most Toys Wins, Part II
I spoke with a Gibbes employee who was appalled by the exhibit and said that when schools came through the kids were thinking that this was a pretty strange thing: to be honoring wealthy men like Miles Brauton, who could pay Sir Joshua Reynolds to paint his portrait because he was “the largest importer of…
-
Dake’s Imprints
With the body prints and the sculptures, Dake is exploring how we leave an ‘imprint’ on each other.
-
Max Below Toledo Paris: A 50-Year-Old Eagle Scout?
“No negative. They’re all one of a kind. So it’s real-time. That’s the documentary part of it. There’s only one picture of the people we collaborate with.”
Kristen L. Rhodes
Art Reviews and Criticism
Kristen L. Rhodes 