Found Art, Photo by Alex Ebstein, Posted on http://thereweretentigers.blogspot.com
Earlier this summer, after MICA undergraduates emptied their rooms and studios, Michael Farley cleverly dove into the dumpsters. Surrounded by trash, he found treasures: plaster cast pistols painted with yellow day glow paint; a mysterious rope and boat anchor; and a photo of a grimacing woman.
His discoveries were on view in the thoughtful (and witty) show at Annex Theater and Gallery, Authorship & Appropriation: the Artist & the Found, where the “found” concept (pioneered by Marcel Duchamp) operated on multiple levels. The exhibition closed earlier this month, but there’s plenty of creativity flowing throughout the City until the fall exhibition season starts.
Art Work by Andrew Liang, Photo by Alex Ebstein, Posted on http://thereweretentigers.blogspot.com
Don’t miss Windup Space’s Double Dribble, a one-person show from Andrew Liang. For it, he’s plastered colorful characters across the walls, bringing to life a cockroach choir, mice driving sports cars on a cat-tongue road, running (literally) noses, dolphins, winged horses, and much more. All-in-all, it’s a dizzying, but delightful combination. Only a few items aren’t spoken for so hurry there if you’re looking to buy. (Andrew is one of the talented artists who recently reopened the multi-disciplinary Current Space. There, Baltimore vs the World is on view until September 5.)
John Chiara, Echo Lake at Meyers Grade
In Gallery Four’s amazing exhibition, You and Me Living Today: Vol.2: The Land, John Chiara uses old school techniques to brilliantly defy assumptions about art in our digital age. In Echo Lake at Meyers Grade, he arranges a series of photographs across a full wall, taking advantage of Gallery Four’s commitment to giving artists ample space to display ambitious work. Read Jessica Dawson’s review of Chiara’s “abject panoramas” in The Washington Post or watch the clip below to learn more about how John creates these remarkable works.
Letha Wilson's Pink Cairn on view at Nudashank, www.lethaprojects.com
Baltimore-based photographer Andrew Laumann selected examples of photography for the exhibition Day Glow at Nudashank. For those of you (like me) who missed the opening, check out the closing party on September 3 and Peter Boyce’s review with a slideshow on Radar Redux.
POMP, an all-women show exploring celebration and honor, opened at Fifth Dimension, on August 21—more about that next time!
Filed in: Annex Theater, Fifth Dimension, Gallery Four, MICA, Nudashank, The Windup Space.
Doreen Bolger is always on the move because she can’t stop seeing, supporting, and writing about the arts in and around Baltimore City. Her lengthy love affair for the arts began in Long Island when her father, an executive in the textile industry, brought home breathtaking fabrics every night from the heart of the garment district. 
