ArtPrize2012
High Five offers innovative take on ArtPrize curation
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 09-24-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
High Five (55 Campau) is unlikely to be a venue the average ArtPrize viewer will just stumble into. It takes a little deliberation, locating the small elevator that will transport the viewer to the building’s fifth floor. Before entering, the...
Gaspard Gallery combines poetry and photography
by (alexfluegel)
Submitted 09-24-2012 under OPINION
ArtPrize foot traffic tapers off somewhere on South Division between Rumors Nightclub and the Goodwill. Though the area between Fulton and Wealthy Street contain the highest concentration of year-round art galleries, few seem interested or...
Role/Play at Kendall College shows that sometimes less is more
by (alexfluegel)
Submitted 09-22-2012 under OPINION
Exhibition Centers have become the foundations of many people’s ArtPrize experience, often hosting the largest bodies of work, giving folks the ability to see more in less time. This year, one of the those Exhibition Centers, Kendall College...
What do you see: Plexus No 18 at Kendall College
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-22-2012 under OPINION
In a beautifully curated space at Kendall College's new use of the Old Federal Building, in the middle of quality work clamoring for attention, Gabriel Dawe made me stop and get curious with Plexus No 18. Created from brightly colored...
"Cup of Life" takes a closer look at coffee
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 09-22-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
Alysha Lach, a local student, is entering ArtPrize this year with a series of 365 individual illustrations that document the various ways coffee factors into daily life. The piece is called "Cup of Life" and Lach, an employee at The Bitter...
Redefining Habitats: a juxtaposition between nature and design
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 09-21-2012 under OPINION
New York-based artist Alois Kronschlaeger returns for his second year participating in ArtPrize with his new installation, Habitat. Using the space in the old Grand Rapids Public Museum building, Kronschlaeger put the museum’s abandoned...
McDaniel works through "Anxiety" with sculptural installation at UICA
by (NeuronInertia)
Submitted 09-21-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
For ArtPrize 2012 Ryan McDaniel has a piece titled, "Anxiety," exibited at the UICA. McDaniel's art has changed substantially over the years. He started making paintings that one could match up with an obect in reality. His work has...
What do you see: Breathing Room at SiTE:LAB
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-21-2012 under OPINION
Upstairs in the expansive venue at the old Public Museum curated by SiTE:LAB, one room, seemingly unfinished and filled with boxes, leads to another room with curious little breathing piles of bubbles. The entry is "Breathing Room" by...
Thumbs up or thumbs down: The Rapidian hosts a Debate
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-20-2012 under NEWS
You see two things everywhere at ArtPrize: people taking pictures of art and people talking about art. Well, here at The Rapidian we decided to combine the two in one big forum: The Debate. The Debate is a forum for discussing the ArtPrize...
Beerhorst family and MadCap Coffee give ArtPrize a lift
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 09-20-2012 under LOCAL LIFE
The Beerhorst family, a local self-proclaimed “artist version of a circus family”, will be returning to ArtPrize this year with their new piece Perspective Lifters. The exhibit’s installation is housed at MadCap Coffee...