This winter, estudiotres mounts a group show of idiosyncratic yet occasionally compelling works. Rob Bondgren presents several collages, utilizing glossy found photos, spray paint and other such gritty media to create compositions hovering between recognition and abstraction, achieving compositions and color harmonies at times reminiscent of classic oil painting. Davin Young has an installation of dozens of his photographs, a network of the idiosyncratic moments and persons that populate his existence. Showing a series of drawing is Andrew Winship, and showing a few highly energetic paintings is Nate Wolf. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a sculpture by Samia Mirza, Conjoined Snowmen (We all Fall Down), a goofy yet engaging paper mache monument that is the (only?) emblem of this seasonal show. However unrelated to winter, or to each other, the works shown have an enthusiasm that will remind any frozen viewer of the spring yet to come. (Lisa Larson-Walker)
Through Mar 7 at estudiotres gallery, 5205 North Clark (773)271-0533, through June 27.
Repurposing AI: A Review of Stephanie Dinkins at Stamps Gallery While this show is timely for everyone, I consider its setting within a university art gallery and emerging tech hub like the city of Ann Arbor a subversive provocation which Dinkins invites the greater public—including members of the university community—to consider our own positionality to AI and technology.
Lost in Translation: A Review of Crip* at Gallery 400 The strongest works in the exhibition succinctly express the ways the artist relates to their own body while calling out how the artist’s body and body of work has been perceived or coded against norms or ideals.
