by Jeff Maisey | Mar 15, 2022 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
(Len Jenkin, “Coming In On A Wing and a Prayer,” on loan from Linda Matney Gallery) By Betsy DiJulio The need to create has long been a fascinating, somewhat mysterious, aspect of human nature. Perhaps this drive is nowhere more evident than in the work of...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 14, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
(Elizabeth King and Richard Kizu-Blair, What Happened) By Betsy DiJulio Springboarding from the Barry Museum’s collection of historical automata, this three-prong exhibition highlights intersections between art, science, and emotion asking, somewhat paradoxically, how...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 19, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
Muhammad Ansi, Untitled (Hands Holding Flowers through Bars), 2016, acrylic on paper, 11 x 8.5 inches By Betsy DiJulio Six artists. Over 100 artworks. Fifteen years, give or take. The artists in this rare exhibition include both current detainees at...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 15, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Cedric Baker’s Aunt Lou won Best of Show for the Made in VA exhibition.) By Betsy DiJulio A trio of new winter exhibitions is arguably Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art’s most captivating in years. Here’s my take on each. Shaping Memories: Expressions in Clay...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 19, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
(Trumpeting: “I created this painting at my studio in downtown Washington, D.C. after a stay in Norfolk and learning about the history of the Attucks Theatre.” — Matt Sesow) By Betsy DiJulio Everyone, it seems, has heard of Matt Sesow even if they don’t own a...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 21, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(April Bey, And I’m Calm, Calculated and Perfectly Aligned, 2020, Watercolor, drawing, acrylic paint, epoxy resin, hand-sewn African fabric, oil impasto, 40 x30 inches. Courtesy of the artist.) By Betsy DiJulio Virginia MOCA’s unabashed embrace of women-identifying...
