Visual Arts
Rebecca Wing, Betty Spaghetty.
Wing’s entrancing sculptures elude purpose, even as they seem to long for utility. |
Mizin Shin Small World Network Model Vol. I
Through May 5, two compelling solo exhibits by big-name local artists. |
Tony Conrad making field recordings, Atlanta, 1965. Image courtesy Tyler Hubby. Photograph by Frederick Eberstadt/LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress.
An apt but inadequate way to describe Tony Conrad in a word: He was a revolutionary. |
David Schirm (b. 1945), Have a Nice Parade, ca. 1991; mixed media on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 1/8; courtesy of the artist.
The look of outsider art, with ample titles and handwritten text to make it clear what’s going on. And humor to make it palatable. |
All images courtesy of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library.
At the public library downtown, a superb exhibit that documents World War I as experienced by Western New Yorkers. |
Talking Heads by Robert Longo, part of a show culled from Gerald Mead's collection of work by alumni of SUNY Buffalo State.
At the Czurles-Nelson Gallery at Buffalo State’s Upton Hall, works by college alumni from the collection of patron and educator Gerald Mead. |
UB architecture students Mike Paraszczak and Liz Gilma present their studio project, which is part of an exhibit hanging in the Hayes Hall lobby.
At UB’s Hayes Hall, architecture students envision buildings with societal issues in mind. |
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), New Moon in January, 1918; watercolor and graphite on paper, 17 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Charles Rand Penney, 1994.
At the Burchfield Penney Art Center, a virtual portrait of its namesake artist as a young man. |