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Solitary Journeys: Emma Farber and Zachary Cleve, through October at the...
A school bus sits in an overgrown field, along with an abandoned car. A pipe bursts bright liquid in the upper right corner, and a bird’s nest with blue eggs rests in the lower left. Keys dangle from...
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Illuminating Comics: “Graphic Language,” through December 11 at the...
Graphic Language: The Art & Literature of Comics (on display at the University of Iowa) traces the origins of comics, from the evolution of graphic style alongside printing technologies to their...
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Heroes Through the Lens of the Depression: “Beyond the Surface,” Through...
Artists use certain visual cues to make a portrait feel heroic: bright, clear lighting, a low viewing perspective, strong or kind facial expressions, adoring masses, flying flags. These techniques cast...
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Cuddly Monsters, Captivating Portraits, and Juicy, Gross Textures: The...
Jessica Teckemeyer’s Fawn or Foe is both a cuddly creature and a disturbing monster, with a lifelike aura that defies the porcelain from which it’s formed. In this year’s Rock Island Fine Arts...
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A Visual Menagerie: Diane Naylor, Louise Rauh, and Elizabeth Shriver, through...
The phrase “the elephant in the room” is a metaphor for the obvious things we choose to ignore. In The Great White Elephant, Diane Naylor treats those words literally to explore our often...
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Out of Time, Out of Place: “David Plowden’s Iowa,” through August 26 at the...
Iowa is hardly renowned for dramatic landscape or architecture. One can drive for miles with no sign of life other than a road and a tilled field. Bean Field & House, Grundy County, Iowa 2003 by...
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Connecting the Dots: “Waxing Poetic: Exploring Expression in Art,” through...
A museum patron expects to find informative signage near an artwork., including biographical information about the artist, a description of the piece’s historical context, or critical acclaim. Instead,...
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Elegant Amusement: Terry Rathje’s “Questionable Architecture,” at the Figge...
Tree house, snow fort, doll house, sand castle – most of us enjoyed playing with some kind of architecture as a child. The exhibition Questionable Architecture, by Terry Rathje in collaboration with...
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Timeless Treatments: Three Artists at the Quad City Airport Gallery Through June
Recently at the Quad City International Airport art gallery, two travelers were bluntly musing about twisting sculptures cantilevered off the display wall. “Normally, this would be considered a pile...
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Short on Legends, Loaded with Innovation: “Innovators & Legends,” through...
It is as if a Jimi Hendrix concert outfit collided and merged with great-grandma’s doily and potholder collection in the 2009 Soundsuit by Nick Cave, part of the exhibition Innovators & Legends:...
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