Lack of battery power didn't stop Christopher Columbus for sailing for the wrong continent; it didn't stop Marie Antoinette from thinking peasants could just eat cake; and it didn't stop me from me from bringing you another taste of the shows up at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions. At least not for more than a couple days. So, in addition to the preview I did last week, here's a couple more takes from the two shows up through May 9:
Upstairs featured lino-cuts by Tom Huck (above and below) exclusively, centered around his new triptych, "The Transformation of Brandy Baghead" (above):
Downstairs is the group show, "Dark Americana," which included a couple pieces by Derek Albeck (below):
Focused on the more sinister aspects of American life, the show included works that touched on notions of American racism by Roger Shimomura (below right) and Charles Browning (below left):
While less specific in its reflection on the show's theme than many of the other works in the show, I enjoyed the mood of Grant Barnhart's painting (below):
Taking a more lighthearted approach, Maria Forde's series of "Fifties' Ads" (below) looked at American consumerism:
