Portland Phoenix: William Wegman at Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Wegman's World is upon us: http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/141562-wegmans-world-of-lateral-and-literal-logic/

interjections

What invariably and indisputably makes things art are the meanings we give them, which can turn a little nothing into a significant something, and give a potential liability a touch of poetry. 

– Holland Cotter

Portland Phoenix: Isabelle Pelissier

A review of Isabelle Pelissier's sensitive installation at Coleman Burke Gallery in Brunswick, Maine.

http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/140916-lines-of-steel-and-graphite/

art current: Jesse Gillespie at Pascal Hall

Jesse Gillespie is a young artist working with found objects. His art successfully walks the line between abstraction and representation, forcing us to remain in a state of not-knowing.
 
http://freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72&ArticleID=20349&TM=39978.46

art current: Robert Pollien at Dowling Walsh

Robert Pollien creates Maine landscapes of a different kind - searching for a beauty that may not be pretty.
http://www.freepressonline.com/main.asp?ArticleID=20046&SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72

Portland Phoenix: Martha Groome at ICON

Martha Groome creates quiet geometric abstractions, which impart their stillness and balance to the viewer.
http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/140154-extreme-reduction-yields-to-openness/?page=1#TOPCONTENT

art current: Checking in with Christopher Brownawell at the Farnsworth

The man at the helm of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine. (...on the left)
http://www.freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72&ArticleID=19750&TM=39782.01