Annakatrin Burnham’s Flowstate At first glance, Annakatrin Burnham’s idiosyncratic sculptures are abstract and otherworldly — almost alien. Titling these quirky ceramics Trophies creates an immediate inroad for viewers to recognize their trophy-esque formal qualities: three-dimensional objects designed for display bearing a stable base adorned with a decorative stem or crowning object rising vertically from the […]
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A Drip is Slower Than a Tide
On March 15, the Morris Graves Museum of Art opened the once perennial exhibition Images of Water following a pandemic-induced hiatus. This return marks the 28th year of the juried exhibition — a tradition older than the museum itself, which opened on Jan. 1, 2000, with the turn of the millennium. This year, Images of […]
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Edging the Precipice
San Francisco-based artist Tamera Avery’s larger-than-life paintings on view at the Morris Graves Museum of Art through March 9 feature an idiosyncratic cast of characters, with every piece offering figurative representations that range between the whimsical, absurd, nihilistic and fantastic. The exhibition statement cites Avery’s optimistic appreciation for young folks as emerging champions of change, […]