K.R.M. Mooney at Miguel Abreu Gallery | Orchard Street

Janice K. Johnson

K.R.M. Mooney’s first exhibition with this gallery (and in New York) features a selection of suggestively deformed equipment, from architectural and industrial materials to nearly figurative compositions. Take the wall-mounted assemblage Housing (c.) ii (all works 2022), with its bent, expensive-looking, copper-colored sheet. This aspect nearly resolves into something that […]

In ‘Blow Out,’ Artist Genesis Belanger Lures the Uncanny and Anxious Out of Everyday Objects — Colossal

Janice K. Johnson

 Artwork Foods #Genesis Belanger #installation #sculpture #stoneware #surreal October 28, 2022 Grace Ebert Installation views of ‘Blow Out’ (2022). All visuals by Pauline Shapiro, courtesy of Perrotin, shared with authorization Explained as fostering “a perception of lobotomized capitalist productivity,” artist Genesis Belanger coaxes tension from the mundane. Her stoneware sculptures are at […]

Erwin Timmers at Artists & Makers Studios

Janice K. Johnson

Artists & Makers Studios on Parklawn Travel in Rockville will welcome invited Artist Erwin Timmers together with Artists of the Washington Glass College for the show “A Show of Hands” with two additional displays and an Open Studio celebration.  The November 4th Initial Friday evening opening will operate from 5pm […]

Rudolph von Alt – my daily art display

Janice K. Johnson

Self-portrait (1890) The focus of my blog today is to look at the life and work of the nineteenth century Austrian painter Rudolph Ritter von Alt.  The word “Ritter”is used as a title of nobility in German-speaking areas.  It translates approximately to the British designation “Sir”, denoting a Knight.  It […]