Art

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  • John Sand
Feb. 21, 2008
"Little boxes on the hillside. Little boxes made of ticky-tacky … Little boxes all the same." The opening theme to the popular Showtime comedy "Weeds" hums of the constant horizontal expansion of the American suburb, critiquing the homogenized ...
Feb. 21, 2008
"Little boxes on the hillside. Little boxes made of ticky-tacky … Little boxes all the same." The opening theme to the popular Showtime comedy "Weeds" hums of the constant horizontal expansion of the American suburb, critiquing the homogenized ...
Feb. 14, 2008
Women know that apples have had a sour taste ever since we bit in and wound up being blamed for original sin. But when Altered Esthetics came up with the title "Bitter Fruits" for their recent exhibit, they definitely weren't suggesting that feminist ...
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  • Becky Lang
Feb. 14, 2008
Women know that apples have had a sour taste ever since we bit in and wound up being blamed for original sin. But when Altered Esthetics came up with the title "Bitter Fruits" for their recent exhibit, they definitely weren't suggesting that feminist ...
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  • Becky Lang
Feb. 07, 2008
Ever seen a commercial for Sandals resorts? A slim, white-haired couple drinks pi
Feb. 07, 2008
Ever seen a commercial for Sandals resorts? A slim, white-haired couple drinks pi
Jan. 31, 2008
Punch Neapolitan Pizza has been proclaimed as having Minneapolis' best pizza by everyone from picky critics to poverty-stricken college students. The restaurant boasts its membership in Vera Pizza Napoletana, an "organization ...
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  • Becky Lang
Jan. 24, 2008
You may not notice by looking at his paintings, but Leonardo da Vinci probably didn't like drawing hair. Most of his portrait sketches are deeply shaded faces that seem to emerge out of another dimension, their hair not quite formed, still in the ...
Jan. 24, 2008
You may not notice by looking at his paintings, but Leonardo da Vinci probably didn't like drawing hair. Most of his portrait sketches are deeply shaded faces that seem to emerge out of another dimension, their hair not quite formed, still in the ...
Dec. 06, 2007
The comments book poised on the gallery wall is plain and unassuming. But as local artist Ta-coumba Aiken opened it up and began reading aloud, a smile formed across his face. "That's what I'm talking about," Aiken exclaimed as he peered ...
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  • Sara Nicole Miller
Dec. 06, 2007
The comments book poised on the gallery wall is plain and unassuming. But as local artist Ta-coumba Aiken opened it up and began reading aloud, a smile formed across his face. "That's what I'm talking about," Aiken exclaimed as he peered ...
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  • Sara Nicole Miller
Nov. 01, 2007
Stop at any dusty truck stop along Southwestern America's highways, and you're bound to discover a shelf full of cottage industry Frida Kahlo artifacts: plastic matchbox shrines, keychains and charms all sporting the likes of the famous Mexicana...
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  • Becky Lang
Oct. 25, 2007
We're used to seeing giant-sized walls of soup cans at Cub or hundreds of decked-out Barbies at Target, but tunneling through rows of skeletons might still have the ability to make us feel small. In "Art of the Catacombs," a collaborative exhibit...
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  • Haily Gostas
Oct. 04, 2007
When you were a kid, you knew - you just knew! - that your toys were more than toys; that their shiny plastic or fur-and-button exteriors were easily transcended. These objects had names, personalities, even alternate worlds...
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  • Stephanie Dickrell
Oct. 04, 2007
Depression. Suicide. Molestation. Nightmares. Nudity. Mickey Mouse's high, squeaky voice. All are subjects of Altered Esthetics' newest group art show, "Dirty Little Secrets." The show is conceived as confessional art, in whatever form...
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