Sunday, April 13, 2014

Portland Phoenix: A Gathering of the Finest Surrealist Photography - Yet Barely Scratching the Surface

 

Under the Surface: Surrealist Photography, on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, comprises a selection of first-rate photographs, yet its didactic materials and presentation lacks in complexity appropriate to the subject.
http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/157957-superficial-surrealism/


Hans Bellmer, German, 1902–1975, Poupée atop Broken Wicker Chair, ca. 1935, gelatin silver print. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

art current: Paper at Åarhus Gallery

Belfast's Åarhus Gallery is celebrating the artistic potential of paper in a current show.

http://www.freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72&ArticleID=31715&TM=59990.2