Visual Arts

ART REVIEW | Cindy Sherman at the Walker Art Center: When is a self-portrait not a self-portrait?

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #92 and (below) Untitled #474.

Introducing the new Cindy Sherman retrospective to the press corps at the Walker Art Center on November 8 (it opens to the public on Saturday, November 10), Museum of Modern Art curator Eva Respini mentioned the exhibit's relevance "in the age of Facebook." That's the kind of phrase that's often used synonymous with "in 2012," whether or not the speaker intends to actually say anything substantive about online identity—but in this case, it was apt. Social media, Facebook in particular, now force many of us to engage questions of identity, artifice, and representation on a daily basis, and those are questions that are very relevant to Sherman's 35-year body of work.

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Kofi Bobby Hickman featured in Almanac/Irrigate Arts banner project

By Staff, Saint Paul Almanac

This is the final piece in the Irrigate project "University Avenue Voices." Our team met all summer to curate the written pieces (originally published in the Saint Paul Almanac), design, and find the locations along the light rail corridor for the posters and this one big banner.

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At the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Young People's Ofrendas" showcase the lives and talent of Minnesota children

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Aunt Eliza by Ana, from Austin High School 

A unique partnership among the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) and several schools in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota that have high Spanish speaking populations offers a glimpse not only of the artistic capacity of some of these students, but of their ability to express emotion and honor those that are passed in a respectful, thoughtful way. Now in its fifth year, The Young People’s Ofrenda Project showcases student work within the Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos, where students create ofrendas (or shrines) honoring people who have died.

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Tammy Ortegon and the Colorwheel Gallery: Where art and politics meet

By Janet Contursi

When you walk through the door of the Colorwheel Gallery in South Minneapolis, owner, artist and hair stylist Tammy Ortegon will greet you with a warm smile and an invitation to passionately discus

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Art and eat: 'In Our Nature' and a FIKA lunch, at the American Swedish Institute

By Dale Connelly, Trail Baboon

Today’s guest blog is a group entry by Barbara in Robbinsdale, Sherrilee, Plain Jane, tim, and a bystander who took a pi

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Heidi Arneson paints Italy

By Janet Contursi

An exhibition of 25 Italy paintings by Heidi Arneson opened October 12 at the Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union in St. Paul.

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The Soap Factory's Haunted Basement 2012: Space invasion

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

The holidays are all about tradition—how many times have you watched It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown? If you're like me, twice this year already. Paradoxically, though, what's turned the Soap Factory's Haunted Basement into such a popular local tradition each October is the fact that the belowdecks horrors are always different. People are still talking about the blindfolded-wheelchair experience of 2009, but one of the few things you know as you descend into the depths this year is that you won't be blindfolded and strapped into a wheelchair. That was then, and this is now.

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Get ready for the St. Paul Art Crawl

By Janet Contursi

The St. Paul Art Crawl is just around the corner so it’s not too early to plan how you’ll navigate through so much art in so few hours (23 buildings, dozens of studios, 17 hours—do the math!).

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The Soap Factory's Haunted Basement 2012: What to expect? No one knows, but here's what happened in previous years

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

There's nothing in the world quite like the annual Haunted Basement at the Soap Factory: an übercreepy haunted house that's also a multimedia art installation, a multi-month creation by some of Minnesota's most talented visual artists and theater artists. The experience is totally different every year, which is one reason why it's so creepy—and why, every year, it's one of the hottest tickets in the Twin Cities.

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