Rosetta, by Alyssa di Edwardo. By Lucy Lazarony Abstract expressionist Alyssa di Edwardo lives and works in West Palm Beach, but for her paintings for her solo show, opening today at the Cultural Council, she travels to mystical medieval gardens and late 19th-century London, when Sherlock Holmes would be afoot solving his crimes. The eight paintings in the exhibition, … [Read more...]
Artist Ren draws attention to vanishing animals
Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon, by Agata Ren. By Lucy Lazarony Agata Ren wants to raise awareness of endangered and extinct animals and plants with her art. Her subjects include an Eastern cougar, a Northern rockhopper penguin, a Florida green turtle, and a south Florida rainbow snake. And she is doing it with sparkle. There is lots of glitter in her work, and bright … [Read more...]
Young Nigerian artist explores dualities in Norton show
5 Umezebi St., New Haven, Enugu (2012) by Njideka Akunyili Crosby. By April W. Klimley It isn’t often that an artist comes along who says something new in an original way. But that’s just what Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby has done. Her colorful mixed-media artwork makes big statements about the dualities of life, while intriguing the eye with their abstract … [Read more...]
‘Artist and the Model’ finds depth in beauty
Jean Rochefort is now 83, with a résumé of more than 150 films to his credit. Many of them are great — The Clockmaker of St. Paul, The Phantom of Liberty, Man on the Train — but it may be that it’s taken him five decades to contribute his defining role. In Fernando Trueba’s The Artist and the Model, a twilight sonata of passion and frustration both artistic and sexual, … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: Goofy fun at Summer Shorts; moving ‘Lughnasa’ at Dramaworks
When you are trying to capture audience attention and tell a complete story in about 10 minutes, you might as well stick to comedy. That is apparently the lesson that Miami’s City Theatre has learned in its 18 years of producing Summer Shorts, an annual seasonal festival of playlets that accentuates the humorous and occasionally the out-and-out wacky. In recent years, Shorts … [Read more...]
At the Liman Gallery, Emily Zuch emerges
Ellen Liman has been following the career of the young Emily Zuch since she saw her work during the New York Studio School Masters exhibit. “She’s our featured emerging artist of the season,” said Liman, whose Palm Beach gallery is presenting Emily Zuch: The Land of Fake Nature through March 16. “She’s outstanding.” The exhibit contains more than 40 of Zuch’s paintings, … [Read more...]
Blues heiress Cassie Taylor a musician worth following
She’s only 25 years old, but Colorado-based vocalist, bassist and keyboardist Cassie Taylor brought her Soul Cavalry trio into the Bamboo Room on Friday with 10 years of touring experience already under her belt. The Lake Worth venue hosted her several times as she toured with her father, noted modern blues artist Otis Taylor, from 2002-2010. She’s since released her debut … [Read more...]
Barnet exhibit shows artist quietly going his own way
Forget garlic: When it comes to art, passion and honesty will get you far or, at least, get you to live forever. In case you have any doubts, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is currently offering a large dose of pieces by an artist who has always been far from extravagant and is now about to turn 101 years old. Will Barnet at 100: Eight Decades of Painting and Printmaking is … [Read more...]
Artist Cervetti brings color, spirituality to her work
By Tom Tracy If you were to stroll past Talia Cervetti’s studio on Lucerne Avenue in artsy downtown Lake Worth earlier this year, you might have found her seated low to the floor, listening to an old Sade CD while stitching a design into one of her acrylic paintings. Or she might have been drawing one of her abstract figurative series in black-and-white using pencil, graphite … [Read more...]
Oscar predictions: ‘Artist,’ Clooney, Streep, Plummer, Spencer
2012 will officially become the year of the silent, black-and-white film after Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. That is when The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius’s clever homage to the early days of the movies will be anointed as the best picture of the year. Of course, it is not. The Descendants is, but there is no denying the groundswell of affection in Hollywood for the band of … [Read more...]