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SPACES coming to Hingetown

April 22, 2014


SPACES is close to signing a long-term lease in Ohio City’s burgeoning arts district

 

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — A burgeoning cultural node in Ohio City on Cleveland’s near West Side could soon get a serious boost if the nonprofit art gallery SPACES can raise enough cash to move into the neighborhood.

 

After months of quiet negotiations, SPACES is close to signing a lease with developer Michael Chesler, owner of the 14,000-square-foot brick industrial building at the southeast corner of West 29th Street and Detroit Avenue.

 

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ArtSlant Reviews SUPERBLACK

April 16, 2014


Black as midnight on a moonless night
by Natalie Hegert

 

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“Black as midnight on a moonless night.”

 

That’s how Special Agent Cooper likes his coffee, and that’s what I thought of when viewing SUPERBLACK by Jordan Tate, at Transformer Station in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

“That’s pretty black,” says Pete Martell, as he pours a cup of coffee for Cooper in that first episode of Twin Peaks.

 

SUPERBLACK is pretty black all right. In fact it’s the blackest black you’ll ever see. It’s… excuse me… really fucking black.

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ArtHOPPER reviews the new shows

April 10, 2014


Fruit cake still costs 98 cents

April 8, 2014 by Jimmy Kuehnle

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Ray of Light. Christian Patterson.2007. Archival pigment print 40 x 60 inches. Collection of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell. Photo courtesy of artist.

 

Science wins. Check and mate.
Now on to tasty fruit cake.

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