Thanks!

Yesterday at work, a couple came into the gallery to look at a detroit artist's work. It turns out the couple are supporters and avid readers of this blog. The woman told me that because of pictures she saw on kristin beaver's show at meadow brook, they went out and purchased a piece of beaver's work! How cool is that! When things like that happen I get really excited because I feel that on some level the blog is making a difference! Thanks to all of you that read and follow detroit arts!

Motor City and Majestic

Rachel Timlin at Motor City: Generic Brand Ties

dry erase ties...for all those forgetful men...now you have no excuses!



Davin Brainard at Majestic Cafe: a production designer from the upcoming film "My Blueberry Nights" bought one of his paintings to use in the film! Pretty cool,huh?

A brief history of detroit arts

You all have probably heard by now that art critic for the News Joy Colby has stepped down and is moving to St Louis. She writes a farewell story for Metro Times and gives detroit youngsters a history of detroit arts! Check out her story...it is a great read! There will be a tribute for Joy at Lola's Tuesday July 11, 6-8pm comments at 7pm. Contact 313.962.0483 or mschwartz@roycemusic.com for more details.

RICHRICHRICH: round 3

Don't miss the third installment of RICHRICHRICH this saturday - THE PAINTING SHOW. The opening/gathering is from 8-12pm. I hear every third attendee will receive sparklers!

New York artist Wendy White







and Ann Arbor artist Curtis Glenn.

klimt in the news

The value of art is a funny thing. I am sure everyone hasn't missed this Klimt in the news. It sold for a record breaking $135 million dollars! It seems like what bits of art information that make it to the "real" news are always something about some ridiculous artist, a new museum or of coarse...have to do with money. I was watching the "Daily Show" and even Jon Stewart had something to make fun (bottom clip second to right, watch it it is really funny!) of about the piece going for such a high price. If you stop and think about it....what really makes this worth anything? Check out this story in the LA Times. Do old men, wealthy men only buy paintings as investments?

detroit cranbrook designer in the news...

The image above is a picture I took at Cranbrook of  Scott Klinker's (head of the graduate 3d design major) new furniture prototypes. The below image is from a current article in Newsweek! Klinker has joined forces with Bryce Moore, owner of Context - a furniture company in Royal Oak to sell Klinker's pieces. I first saw his furniture featured in the last issue of Interior Design Mag....which means these team has been receiving a lot of good press! Go Detroit!

When Making Art Becomes a Night at the Beach

Since when does art involve a whole lotta alcohol, selling booze without a license, trespassing on federal park property, hanging out on a beach with a bunch of hipsters in brooklyn? Well...that was the piece. Confused? Read the story in the times.

contemporary figuration: klein gallery

Do I ever love summer openings! This group show had an interesting variety of figurative work: everything from Pearlstein and ny painters to local detroit artists.

alex katz - litho

pearlstein

bo bartlett

charles pompilius - (detroit) above and below. Charles was at the show and I had the pleasure of chatting with him about his painting. I have high respect for his works that take such a long time to complete.

pearlstein

robert wilbert - this piece sold! I normally am not drawn to more traditional still life painting but I do admire wilbert's works.

katz - original painting - a nice piece to have if you are looking to start a collection but I really enjoy katz's large scale figurative/landscape works.

kristin beaver - these two beauties were snatched up at her solo meadow brook show by david klein. I think these pieces are great to see at the gallery mixed among other great figurative painters like Fischl, Freud, Pearlstein...and many others. They give vitality to an otherwise reserved show and balance a show of famous national talent and local talent. This is one of those shows that really highlights the detroit artists in the show...don't forget charles pompilius a detroit painter too!

dj hall - this piece was not a favorite...it's not that I don't appreciate realism but I don't like seeing a painted photograph. I like being able to read into a work and live with it for a while. Painting that leaves no question doesn't hold my attention.

pearlstein - I really love the way in which pearlstein uses the body as another object or pattern within his busy, well planned compositions. The figures always appear like mannequins - flat and devoid of life but intertwine between rugs, chairs, and other strange objects. All objects are in the same high focus and compete for attention as your eyes circle the canvas.

alyssa monks - ny painter. Again another piece that I am not able to fairly judge. I will say again, I can appreciate it but it feels like a sad, sensual art school self portrait ... but excellently done.

 

gallery project: first anniversary

Happy one year anniversary gallery project! Thanks for being such a consistently great place to see art and for keeping diverse shows with unique themes! Keep up the good work and we detroiters will continue to make our way out to ann arbor! By the way, I love ann arbor in the summer...you can't go wrong with a great meal, some shopping, an art opening and then a drink and pinball after! I will tell you again...if you haven't made it out to ann arbor yet...what are you waiting for?

brian nelson

peter williams

dan gay

dan gay

rocco depietro

andrew thompson- a month of uniforms. a month-long process of constructing a new set of clothes everyday before going to work.

gloria pritschet

kristin beaver

dick goody

michelle bowers

mike richison - this back room was a favorite for me!

jack summers

matt gordon

matt gordon

rocco depietro

matt gordon

brian nelson

kristin beaver

bobby campbell and jim cogswell

lisa steichmann

renata palubinskas

zachary schafer

ken brown

ed fraga

ed fraga

ed fraga

 For anyone who really knows me, knows that I am food obsessed...and especially when in ann arbor I like to see how many places I can eat. I started out with a super hot dog because I have been craving a good dog for probably over a year now! So I ate at Red Hot Lovers - ann arbor's famous hot dog place,   and then ended up getting a chili dog and some fries after eating the first one. Then I went to Jerusalem Garden where I had the best lentil soup around! After the opening I got some yummy raspberry sorbet and looked at the menus of the fancier restaurants as my mouth watered for more!