art current: Greta Van Campen at the Dowling Walsh Gallery

Greta Van Campen grew up surrounded by art, including that of her great-uncle, George Ault. Her recent hard-edged paintings show some affinities to this adherent of precisionism.

http://freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72&ArticleID=32524&TM=36598.29

art current: Prints at Waterfall Arts

Waterfall Arts in Belfast, Maine, has a very rewarding show of prints up right now, the result of an open call. My favorite work in the show is depicted here - as Carl Little said: Cathy Melio rocks!

http://www.freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=72&ArticleID=32258&TM=64794.19

Portland Phoenix: Andrea Sulzer and the space between things

Andrea Sulzer's solo exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art, throughoutsideways, is a stunning display of this artist's brainy and playful curiosity about the physical and conceptual limits of her materials and the making of images in general.

http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/158264-space-between-things/

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

Portland Phoenix: Bryan Graf's Protean Vision

Bryan Graf's show at the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA showcases his experimental use of photography.
http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/157709-photography-in-many-guises/ 

art current: Maine Wood at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship

 

The biennial juried show, Maine Wood, at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport always showcases a broad range of talents, techniques, and aesthetics. This year, my absolute favorite is Gregg Lipton's spare creation illustrated above.
http://www.freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=50&SubSectionID=268&ArticleID=31231
pictured below: Nick Barboza's bench