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Apr 26, 2006
American Dream? The Whitney Biennial
Michael Fallon

Michael Fallon writes on Minnesota artists in the Whitney Biennial (curated by the Walker's Philippe Vergne and the Whitney's Chrissy Iles). Click links at the article's foot for their conversation at the Walker, and for other reviews of the show.
Apr 23, 2006
Cheapscapes: Real Plastic, Real Film, and Some Really Good Eyes
Suzanne Szucs

Suz Szucs writes about a solid show of work done with plastic cameras--that avoids the "plastic camera esthetic." It's at Washington Galleries in the Washington Studios building in Duluth, through April.
Apr 16, 2006
Eternal Horizon: George Morrison at the Bockley Gallery
Ann Klefstad

The show of George Morrison's drawings (through April 22) at the Bockley Gallery is a joy to see, and the gallery is a fine addition to the cultural landscape of Minneapolis.
Apr 2, 2006
Lowbrow Highball: Juxtapoz Juxtaposed
Jeffrey Kalstrom

Jeffrey Kalstrom went to the big Juxtapoz show, spread over two galleries, Ox Op and Soo VAC. He elucidates the whole new thing for you. See the link at the foot of this article for Tom Hazelmyer's letter on Ox Op's closing and its life after death.
Mar 30, 2006
Learning to Talk: "The Mother's Tongue"
Erin Lynn Marsh

Erin Lynn Marsh reviews Heid Erdrich's book "The Mother's Tongue," a collection of poems on the stages of motherhood and the evolution of language.
Mar 30, 2006
A Neighborhood Visit: "Spring Cleaning" at Niche
Alex Starace

Alex Starace attends the “Spring Cleaning Show” at the Niche 3708 Gallery and discovers the work of some refreshingly talented and intelligent artists.
Mar 26, 2006
Ten Thousand Things in a Garden
Jaime Kleiman

Jaime Kleiman attends her first Ten Thousand Things performance (at Open Book, through April 2) and has expectations dashed.
Mar 26, 2006
The Last Saturday: Free Radicals at the Bowl
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst sums up the whole Saturday Is the New Monday Series, late of the Bryant Lake Bowl, and advocates for more of this kind of thing.
Mar 22, 2006
Saturday Is the New Monday: Pear Cowboy Planet
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst describes the third of these outings at Bryant Lake Bowl: look for the fourth and last in short order.
Mar 17, 2006
Mary Bergs at Augsburg: Overhearing the Things
Chris Atkins

Chris Atkins describes the experience of seeing, and sensing further, Mary Bergs' assemblages at Christiansen Gallery at Augsburg College in her show "Continuum."
Mar 17, 2006
Gotama: Delicious Theater, Well-Crafted
Dean Seal

Dean Seal would like a little more from the Heart of the Beast's production of "Gotama"--though he liked what he saw.
Mar 17, 2006
"Faker" in SCUBA: Best of Three
Camille LeFevre

To find out what this title means, read on! (Hint: it's Camille Lefevre's take on Morgan Thorson's work.)
Feb 27, 2006
To Buff or Not to Buff: Not a Question
Lightsey Darst, Jay Orff

Lightsey Darst reviews the second in the Saturday is the New Monday Series--a collection of local choreographers and dancers pushing various envelopes. “In the Buff” was curated by April Sellers, and was at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
Feb 27, 2006
Isabella's Sojourn: "Truth" at the Ordway
Camille LeFevre

Camille LeFevre applauds the choral ballet produced by TU Dance and VocalEssence that premiered at the Ordway Theater in St. Paul recently.
Feb 26, 2006
Moving Intelligence: "Only Human" at the MMAA
Suzanne Szucs

Suzanne Szucs covers "Only Human": portraits--both traditional and not--at the Minnesota Museum of American Art at 50 W. Kellogg Blvd. in St Paul. It's an adventurous and interesting show, up through March 26.
Feb 22, 2006
Fully Four-Dimensional: Impacted Nations at Ancient Traders
Dean Seal

Dean Seal went to preview the show "Impacted Nations" at the Ancient Traders Gallery. Native artists are working on environmental themes; it's good art on a desperate mission. It's opening with a reception Friday, Feb. 24, 5-9.
Feb 18, 2006
Combination, Transformation: Jelloslave
Lightsey Darst, Jay Orff

Lightsey Darst and Jay Orff listened to Jelloslave's new CD "Touch It" --an adventurous leap of cellos. Their CD release party is February 18 (Saturday) at the Southern Theater, part of "Catalyst: An Electric Mix of New Music and Images."
Feb 18, 2006
Quetico: Voyage Out
David Hopkins

David Hopkins speaks to Quetico (Kathy McTavish and David From) who will also be featured in "Catalyst: An Electric Mix of New Music & Images," at the Southern Theater, February 18 and 19.
Feb 15, 2006
The Moonscape in Our Backyards: Chuck Avery at MCP
Alex Starace

Alex Starace visits the Minnesota Center for Photography and finds the "Landscape of Progress" exhibition to be wonderfully focused and intelligent.
Feb 10, 2006
Open and Leashed at the Bryant Lake Bowl
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst reviews the first performance in the "Saturday is the New Monday Series" at Bryant-Lake Bowl. This Saturday (February 11), it'll be "In the Buff: Naked Choreography."
Feb 7, 2006
Mixed: "Bois Brulee" in Duluth
Julia Durst

Julia Durst reviews the show called "Bois Brulé" at the Duluth Art Institute. It featured collaborative work by Carl Gawboy and Jay Newcomb in a union of art and craft--things that in most cultures wouldn't occupy different realms.
Jan 31, 2006
Questions Never Posed, Investigations Never Made
Alex Starace

Alex Starace visits the “Random Strangers” exhibition at the Rogue Buddha Gallery, another meditation on the nature of the city.
Jan 31, 2006
The Hive: "Cities" at the Nash
Glenn Gordon

Glenn Gordon gives a full accounting of the work of some of the cities' best mid-career artists in the show Rochelle Woldorski curated for the Nash Gallery: "Cities."
Jan 26, 2006
Devil or Angel: In Our Own Image?
Dean Seal

Dean Seal reviews Outsiders and Others Gallery's annual religion show--a heady mix of diverse manifestations of the otherworldly.
Jan 24, 2006
New Prefab: Fabulous or Fable?
Stephanie Xenos

Stephanie Xenos looks at "Some Assembly Required," a show of new prefab designs at the Walker Art Center. She notes that architecture for the (middle-class) masses has taken a sharp turn toward modernism.

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