Three solo exhibitions at Haw Contemporary — by painters Warren Rosser and Alayne Spafford and ceramist Andy Brayman — offer rich rewards for lovers of abstraction.
“THE SUPREME POINT: Thresholds of Emergence,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
This month, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center hosts an exhibition comprising five contemporary artists that respond, in various ways, to 1920s and ’30s Surrealism.
“Earth Symphony: Rita Blitt,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
When I first read the title of Rita Blitt’s exhibition, “Earth Symphony,” visions of Wassily Kandinsky’s symphonic improvisations and compositions wandered through my mind.
“Visionary: The Work of Michael Brantley,” Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
“Visionary: The Work of Michael Brantley” at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is the artist’s first institutional solo exhibition, and the biggest little show this critic has seen in some time.
In the delightfully whimsical work of Ryan Fenchel’s “Odd Array” exhibit at Haw Contemporary, all 14 of his madcap bouquets function primarily as self-portraits, ranging from the zany to the foreboding.
“Adolf Dehn: At Home and Abroad,” Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing and Gallery
This season, Ward & Ward Fine Art Framing and Gallery presents “At Home and Abroad,” featuring the work of Adolf Dehn (1895–1968), American illustrator, lithographer and painter.
“Leon Jones: Camouflaged: Hidden in Plain Sight,” Studios Inc
installation view There’s a particular kind of exhibition that feels like the charged remnants of an idea mid-eruption — where trying to describe the experience..
