Pamela Olin brings figures to life with her creative sculpting techniques. SRQ Magazine | January 2024 By Phil Lederer In Visual Arts Hidden away in a garage like many others in Sarasota, a cheerful god breathes life into her creations. Made of metal and fire, all long limbs and lumpen bodies, they emerge as things…

Artist: Kristopher Young Medium: Acrylic on Wood Chattanooga native Kristopher Young was inspired to pursue art by his older brother. He was a student at the Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, where he worked on his craft before moving away with his family after his junior year. While he was away, he struggled…

In 2013, photographer Magda Biernat and her husband, illustrator Ian Webster, traveled from Antarctica to the Arctic, visiting 17 countries. They voyaged for the entire year, using every conveyance one can imagine: car, bus, train, plane, boat, bicycle. Meanwhile, the couple were writing and taking photos. Their monthly reports were published on the New Yorker…

Following the passing of founder Joyce Goldstein in September, her namesake gallery is set to close in January after a final exhibition, “Horizon Line.” Planned roughly a year and a half before Goldstein’s death, the showcase presents the work of over 30 artists who have each contributed a painting, drawing, or wall sculpture with a…

Rather than using a camera to convey verisimilitude, Jada Fabrizio combines photography with mixed media to bring her off-kilter inner visions to life. Fabrizio sculpts characters, then builds, lights, and photographs sets to create “freshly minted fairy tales for adults.” Her recent “Land” series is directly influenced by the silence she experienced during the pandemic.…

Dalí, Picasso, Van Gogh and Warhol are indisputably iconic artists. Their works have left lasting impressions on generation after generation, and have been torn apart and examined in every which way. These dissections, which grow tiring after some time, embody the art world’s attempt to redefine what it means to be iconic in a contemporary…

By Bill Marx For over a decade, Harry Blume provided “some quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.” Harvey, a fine writer, tenaciously professional arguer, and a good friend of mine and the magazine, passed away in 2023. I have decided to continue the feature in his honor. So, though not nearly as…

Sunday, December 31, 2023 “Munition Makers” (1939) by David Smith at the Harvard Art Museums. (Photo: Caitlin Cunningham) The permanent gift of 14 cast bronze pieces called “Medals for Dishonor” by sculptor David Smith – a 15th is on long-term loan – makes for a good reason to visit the Harvard Art Museums. (The museums…

In late 1945, around the end of World War II, Harry Smith arrived in Berkeley, California, eager to advance his anthropological studies. He was swiftly whisked into the the Bay Area’s burgeoning culture scene. A few years later, Smith (born 1923, Portland, Oregon) moved to San Francisco’s Fillmore District, an emerging mecca for African American…

DRESSES AND VEILS AS GALLERY ART At the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Fashion Fictions, Burnaby Art Gallery’s Karin Jones: Ornament and Instrument, and the Audain Art Museum’s Gathie Falk: Revelations Divine dresses and veils took on socio-political weight at stunning exhibitions throughout 2024. At the Vancouver Art Gallery’s massive Fashion Fictions, Ronald van der Kemp’s Overcoat…