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ArtPrize Artist Profile: Pete Weatherhead's 'G Rap City' a prize to behold
by (Robert R. Wilkinson)
Submitted 09-28-2012 under OPINION
Peter Weatherhead, a life-long musician and ArtPrize entrant, tends to prefer not to have the title of artist hung around his neck. He is compelled by music. It is all he thinks about day and night. Having lived on the northwest side of Grand Rapids...
What do you see: Song of Lift by Martijn van Wagtendonk
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-26-2012 under OPINION
"Is there work up there?" "I'm not sure." "I think I hear voices." "Well, okay, let's go check it out." My companion and I almost didn't go upstairs at UICA late Monday afternoon as we raced around...
Space: SiteLab makes it new, while UICA is swallowed up
by (alexfluegel)
Submitted 09-25-2012 under OPINION
"Abandon your expectations" can be solid advice when viewing art, especially contemporary works. Doing so frees you to give way to the process of untangling meaning and allows you to fully embrace the context of a work. Quality...
ArtPrize Artist Profile: Andrew Hawkes claims responsibility for "it's not my fault"
by (PFeutz)
Submitted 09-25-2012 under OPINION
“I was boiling lye in the kitchen, and my mom freaked out. I had to use drain opener, since it’s 100% lye. I had gloves and a respirator on, boiling this big pile of death. And I don’t know if I had the wrong chemicals or if it...
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...
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...
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...
What do you see: Amass by Margery Amdur and Art Fitness
by (Holly)
Submitted 09-19-2012 under OPINION
Margery Amdur's work at (106) Gallery (Calvin College's downtown gallery at 106 S. Division) looks, at a distance, like children's toy blocks. Up close, however, if the viewer takes a bit of time to investigate it they'll discover...