Claire Oliver -> Beth Cavener Stichter: On Tender Hooks

"Five Stars" "★★★★★"
On Tender Hooks Press Release (PDF)

Review of Claire Oliver -> Beth Cavener Stichter: On Tender Hooks Art show:

This show was spot on! Wonderfully skilled artist Beth Cavener Sticher really stole my night's attention. Her sculpture is not plaster but actually hollowed out clay which shows her extream attention to detail. Aside from the OOOhs and AAAhs of her craftsmenship is her subject matter. A starving rabit or two gay goats and some equally charged sculptures "On Tender Hooks" is a wonderful confrontation of large issues that plaugh our would today. Its always a relife when an artist doesn't present the matter in a pretentious higher than thou manner, but instead takes the more subtle route. That's exactaly what Stichter does and then takes it to anouther level by not only documenting issues that go on forgotten but she recontextulizes them into a creative bizare yet powerful way. The artists emotion is ratiating from the peices, i mean how could it not if you spend so many hours and days working stroke by stroke on a peice of art. I highly recomend heading over to the Claire Oliver Gallery for a look! Even though there aren't many peices its still worth the trip!

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Jenkins Johnson Gallery -> Rene Lynch: Behind the Garden Gate

"Three Stars" "★★★"

Review of Jenkins Johnson Gallery -> Rene Lynch: Behind the Garden Gate:

Very nice. The Internet pics are enough for me...I'm not a fan of the whole coming of age/ loss of innocence theme. Nice show! Boring subject unless you are into this type of thing. The Paintings do set up a nice atmosphere. Some of the models were at the show. *whispers* The paintings make them look better than they do in real life. *end whisper*

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Cavin-Morris Gallery ->Lidia Syroka & Tim Rowan: Nomadic Bodies & Stone Ridge Alchemy

"★★★"

Review of Cavin-Morris Gallery ->Lidia Syroka & Tim Rowan: Nomadic Bodies & Stone Ridge Alchemy:

This show was confusing for me. The art was well crafted and had a great amount of depth and certainly accomplished it's purpose. But, (there's always a but) some how the pieces seemed commercial like maybe you could find the same stuff in a home furnishings store in Tribeca.I just couldn't shake this feeling like the artists created the sculptures and paintings with the intent on selling for income. I'm probably wrong about that, but you'll have to see for yourself. Maybe I've seen similarly themed work appear in so many "bohemian" garden magazines and on the walls of "raw" "artistic" lofts that I've become so jaded and brainwashed so that when somebody who lives on the upper east side says "I designed my house, its so bohemian" I just think of the kind of art work that is in this show. That's not to discredit the work. They way it was displayed in the gallery was also odd considering the gallery's "L" shape. Visit at your own risk or if you want some great art for your roof garden.

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