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Exhibition Review by Emma Ahmad

Bonny Leibowitz: Adventures in Plunderland

In 2023, multidisciplinary artist Bonny Leibowitz’s world shifted when she stumbled upon an active demolition site in a shopping center in Richardson, Texas. She described the landscape as “both horrific and beautiful” – a scene of destruction and chaos situated right in the middle of the inner city Dallas suburb. Braving the sweltering Texas heat, Leibowitz made multiple trips to the site, photographing it extensively and collecting pieces of debris from the wreckage that would later comprise her series Adventures in Plunderland.

Tom LaDuke’s Dream Sets for a Lost Message
Exhibition Review by Stephen Wozniak

Tom LaDuke’s Dream Sets for a Lost Message

Across trippy, iridescent seas, massive, eerie interiors, and uncanny, translucent forms, Tom LaDuke composes intimate “letters” to the cultural ghosts that shaped him—poetic reflections on perception, memory, and the subtle currents of emotional drift.

Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write

–  Love Letters by Heyman and Young
Exhibition Review by Taylor Bielecki

Spectral Evidence: A deeper introspection on Color, Light, and Energy

Walking into this show on a cold, blustery night, you are greeted by large windows illuminated out by gallery light. Inside, you are met with a collection of color, light, and energy. Each piece in the exhibition Spectral Evidence uses mainly acrylic to illuminate new spaces by dissolving edges, blending colors, and allowing gradients to calmly and smoothly envelope the space within the works. While each artist in the show has their own take on creating their own spaces, they use many conventions of painting and abstraction to create new forms and environments to experience, and each piece seems to flow well into the next. The gallery layout lends itself to a meandering space.

In Dialogue by Etty Yaniv

Curatorial visions at Montclair Art Museum

During her more than thirty years at the Montclair Art Museum, Dr. Gail Stavitsky, Chief Curator, has shaped the institution’s vision through exhibitions that deepen public understanding of art history while highlighting under-recognized artists. Her work extends beyond the galleries to publications that introduce new scholarly perspectives — including the recent catalogue accompanying Tom Nussbaum: But Wait, There’s More! In this interview, Dr. Stavitsky discusses her curatorial approach and the ideas guiding the Museum’s current exhibitions by Tom Nussbaum and Christine Romanell.

Exhibition Review by Peter Schroth

Tom McGlynn: This Here at Rick Wester Fine Art

Tom McGlynn continues to grow a decade-long train of thought with a new selection of paintings in This Here at Rick Wester Fine Art. Consistent with his oeuvre, he arrays a selection of color rectangles suspended within various fields of color. An acquaintanceship with the origin of this direction, accompanied by a fresh pair of eyes, will enable a viewer to put aside the parallels with Mondrian, Albers, or even Hans Hoffmann, and see these works anew.

Maureen McCabe: Feminine Surrealism, Witch Culture and the Original Goth
Exhibition Review by Jac Lahav

Maureen McCabe: Feminine Surrealism, Witch Culture and the Original Goth

I’ve never been to a séance; however, walking into Maureen McCabe’s exhibition Fate and Magic at the William Benton Museum of Art invokes strong séance vibes. Artworks on black slate whisper, engravings of shooting stars, goddesses, brew potions, and long-forgotten stage magicians appear at the Benton like reliquaries of the past.  For over six decades, Maureen McCabe has been an overlooked alchemist of memory, transmuting her personal experiences and arcane cultural references into this intimate magical retrospective.

Beamsplitter curated by David Shaw at  Field of Play
Exhibition Review by Will Kaplan

Beamsplitter curated by David Shaw at  Field of Play

The artwork in Beamsplitter, a six-person show at Field of Play, functions as a series of portals.  Named for a scientific device that both transmits and reflects light, Beamsplitter opens up spectrums of material, concept, and time.  Using a mix of large and small works from artists across generations, curator David Shaw expands the Gowanus gallery’s 9 x 15-foot footprint into a dynamic array of gateways. The recurrence of circular forms and apertures presents a menu of windows to the artist’s interiority or world-view. Field of Play’s signature astroturf floor provides an idiosyncratic arena to home these loci.