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Chuck Close @ Contessa Gallery
The works at Contessa include one-of-a-kind pieces and rare limited editions as well as recent prints that have never before been exhibited. The result is a knockout show that proves Close, at age 69, to be continually increasing his range by delving into new media, formats and techniques. »
Andrea Joki
Crisp dark lines emerge from misty gray washes, forming skeletal structures that resemble scaffolding or netting. But just as easily as such images appear, they almost fade from view as deeper layers of information come into focus. In the newest works on paper by Andrea Joki, networks of lines and shapes coexist like stratum,... »
Audra Skuodas @ 1point618 Gallery
Many artists settle into a particular style of working at some point in their careers, and then comfortably continue on that way for the rest of their lives. Not so with Oberlin artist Audra Skuodas. Well-known in and beyond Northeast Ohio for her elegant figurative paintings dealing with spiritual and mystical themes, Skuodas has... »
Russell Maltz and Sara Eichner
The tangible and the abstract, though nearly opposite by definition, often coalesce in the works of New York-based artists Russell Maltz and Sara Eichner. Though each takes an entirely different approach to addressing issues of tactility and perception, both create works that urge us to reconsider the processes by which we understand visual information... »
Julian Stanczak @ Reinberger
A recent resurgence of optically oriented abstraction has stirred new interest in Op art. Luckily, its key pioneer, Julian Stanczak, lives right here in Cleveland. A major retrospective of Stanczak’s work, currently on view at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Reinberger Gallery, traces the progression of Stanczak’s art from his early studies through works... »