The All-Seeing Eye
If you had to pick one person as the ultimate observer of the past, present, and future of design—from cereal boxes to sneakers to web architecture—it’d be hard to go wrong with Steven Heller. His name...
View ArticleRE: Generations, Legacy & Tradition
Don’t let the title fool you. This exhibit showcases innovative, contemporary takes on traditional American Indian art forms. It’s a chance to see work by Kevin Pourier and Dwayne Wilcox, whose horn...
View ArticleWorlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes
Just as the Ash Can School turned to burgeoning cities for subject matter in the early twentieth century, suburbia has proven captivating to artists over the past few decades. But while many of them...
View ArticlePaul Shambroom: Picturing Power
Shambroom, our fellow Minneapolitan, is not a trendy name in contemporary photography, but he’s revered by insiders: In one recent book surveying 121 heavy hitters in this medium, more space is devoted...
View ArticleArts of Japan: The John C. Weber Collection
This show was organized by the National Museums in Berlin, and comes to Minneapolis via Boston. Weber, for his part, is a New Yorker-a doctor who’s no doubt made a splash among collectors of Japanese...
View ArticleFunctional Sculpture: Furniture from the Upper Midwest
When IKEA opened here a couple of years ago, critic Glenn Gordon contributed a fine piece to this magazine that carefully and wittily assessed the design quality and craftsmanship of the Swedish...
View ArticleStupidity on Two Wheels
So, it sucks to park the car on Hennepin Avenue in the winter – scaling the piles of snow hardened into ice, trying not to fall against (or under) the filthy auto, hoping that busses and SUVs will not...
View ArticleWith Liberty and Luxury for All
Luxury is big business these days, and not just because the world of the rich is more prosperous and populous than ever. The rest of us are also becoming avid consumers of goods and services that were...
View ArticleRevision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print
Printmaking has a history as a medium that renowned painters and sculptors turn to when they want to experiment; locally, our own Highpoint Center for Printmaking and the erstwhile Vermillion Editions...
View ArticleICY: Clear Views 02
Last year MCP inaugurated this annual exhibition “exploring linked portfolios of work” by a few selected photographers. We’re not sure how that makes it different from a small group show—the four...
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