Featured photo: Detail from “Permeable Facades and Internal Alterations,” as installed at the Tempe Center for the Arts in 2015. Photo courtesy of Christine Cassano. As proof that biology and technology, the organic and the industrial, can dialogue with each other in the name of art, Phoenix need look no further than the mixed-media wall pieces, sculptures and … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Christine Cassano
Featured photo: Cherie Buck-Hutchison, “Sisters Lead at Dinosaur National Monument.” Courtesy of the artist. If you’ve been a regular visitor to the Roosevelt Row art scene, then you most likely have seen the work of Cherie Buck-Hutchison, a member of Eye Lounge and an artist whose digital photo montages prompt vital questions about women’s roles, … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Cherie Buck-Hutchison
Featured photo: Pedro E. Guerrero at home, by Marilyn Szabo. Courtesy of Tilt Gallery in Scottsdale. Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum has once again filled all five of its galleries with attractive shows this season, including dozens of vibrant works by Chicano artists from the collection of actor Cheech Marin. Complementing the Latino theme is the … Continue reading In appreciation of Pedro E. Guerrero
Featured photo: Central Arizona Project, Arizona, 2014, by Marilyn Szabo. Archival inkjet print, 18″ x 27″ — Image courtesy of Tilt Gallery. Through June 26, 2015, you can glimpse the magnificent black-and-white photography of Marilyn Szabo at Tilt Gallery on Main Street in Scottsdale. The solo exhibition highlights Szabo’s work from the recently released coffee-table … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Marilyn Szabo
February 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of Fritz Scholder’s death, which should give us pause to appreciate his crucial role in redefining Native American art. Through hundreds of paintings, drawings and graphics that not only question Native American stereotypes, but also shed light on American culture and society as a whole, Scholder became celebrated internationally, … Continue reading In appreciation of Fritz Scholder
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I was invited to participate in the Grand Blog tour by artist Laura Barbosa: Like Laura, I was asked the following questions: 1. What are you working on now? Good China in the Bad Desert, Acrylic on panel, 48 x 20 in. After an April show, I… Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Cindy Schnackel
Longtime followers of the Phoenix art scene must have done a little happy dance upon hearing of Annie Lopez’s solo show at the Phoenix Art Museum. Lopez is a fourth-generation Arizonan and has been a steady presence in the Phoenix-area art scene since the early 1980s. Remember MARS Artspace? Lopez showed her inventive photography and … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Annie Lopez
If you’re OK with visual art that not only provokes thought, but also produces a little emotional discomfort, then I recommend following the work of Phoenix-based fiber artist Ann Morton. Here’s what you can see — and squirm about — in her current show at Modified Arts on Roosevelt Row, a four-part installation called “Unentitled: … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Ann Morton
Editor’s note: This question-and-answer session was originally conducted for a spring 2012 article in Art + Culture North Texas magazine, out of Dallas. — DR When she paints, Forrest Solis likes to split the canvas: two seemingly divergent ideas play off each other on either side of the composition. In her new series of 12 … Continue reading Arizona artist profile: Forrest Solis
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