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A Difficult Pair
In "A Difficult Pair," Detroit artists Victoria Shaheen and George Vidas use materials associated with industrial and commercial applications to probe questions of identity, hierarchy, and material culture. Shaheen uses commodity culture, image saturation and the history of decorative arts and design to create contemporary environments that deconstruct hierarchies, expose absurdity in social systems, and simply make viewers laugh. Vidas also uses humor to convey witty concepts and ideas through his neon work.
Opening Reception, Saturday July 21st,
6-9pm
[MacDougal-Hunt, Detroit]
2845 Gratiot Ave.
On view through August 18th.
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Daybreak
Holding House will be showcasing the paintings of Dustin London in a solo exhibition, "Daybreak". Signals of information marked with repeated intervals of paint shows Londons' preference for mesmeric processes. London presents the value of accumulation in a series of chromatic oil paintings. Through planned layers of color, the paintings resolve into a playful landscape of shape and form.
Opening Reception, Saturday July 21st,
6-9pm.
[Southwest, Detroit]
3546 Michigan Ave.
On view through July 22nd.
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Rejecting Reality
REJECTING REALITY with Detroit Bureau of Sound and architect Aaron Jones will fuse avant-garde music with immersive architectural installations into an apparatus for sensory escape. This escape mission will defamiliarize the familiar through unconventional relationships in music, self, and infrastructure. A diversion for your senses showcasing a spectrum of sound experiments and special guest performer Pamela Z within a fully transformed environment at Red Bull Arts Detroit. A one-night-only, up close and personal glimpse into another dimension.
Sunday July 22nd,
7-10pm.
[Eastern Market, Detroit]
1551 Winder St.
One night only!
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DAM's Hidden Treasure Flash Sale
Over the last 17 years, DAM has amassed a collection of donated artwork that has been carefully hidden away in storage. We believe every work of art deserves a good home, so for one day only, we are hosting the Hidden Treasures Flash Sale! Join us on July 21 for a fun day of music, refreshments, and great artwork priced to sell! All purchases are a donation to DAM.
Saturday July 21st,
11am-6pm
[Midtown, Detroit]
4719 Woodward Ave.
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Wishful Thinking- images of meaningful beauty and purposeful luck
Included in this solo show are 40 recent artworks with mixed media on wood and paper by Gail Borowski. Goldleaf, fumage, watercolor and graphite are used to show symbols of purposeful luck and meaningful beauty.
Opening Reception, Friday July 20th,
6:30-8:30pm.
[Huntington Woods]
26415 Scotia Rd.
On view through August 24th.
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Breath Exchange with JeSung Lee
Join our second Summer Resident, JeSung Lee, in a Breath Exchange. Using balloons as a tool for exchange, he has been trading breath with strangers in lieu of the traditional handshake, wave, or head nod. This seemingly childish ritual-and its residual by-product-is an opportunity to re-think social interactions in public spaces at the micro level. Lee is a South Korean architect working through low-tech/high tech prosthetic devices to investigate what it means to experience the world through another person's body and senses.
Opening Reception, Thursday July 19th,
6-9pm.
[Pontiac]
523 Highland Ave.
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Lectures and Other Events
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David Klein Gallery:
Please join us for an artist talk with Mario Moore on Saturday, July 21 at 4:30pm.
Saturday, July 21st, 4:30-5:30pm. [Downtown, Detroit] 1520 Washington Blvd.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - MOCAD:
Please join the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and Science Gallery Lab Detroit as we present The Intersection: Constructed Realities The Neverending Paintings of Michael Luchs and the Art of Attention Restoration Therapy.
Saturday, July 21st, 1-3pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 4454 Woodward Ave.
The Studio Theatre at the Hilberry:
The Underground Theatre proudly presents the final show of our fifth season A HAPPY LIFE. Works by Charles Mee have the propensity to showcase the extraordinary in the ordinary everyday life.
Thursday July 19th, 8-10pm. [Midtown, Detroit] 4743 Cass Ave.
Pewabic Pottery:
Join us as we honor the talented makers and mentors chosen to be part of Pewabic's 47th annual staff and student exhibition.
Thursday July 19th, 5-8pm. [East Side, Detroit] 10125 E. Jefferson Ave.
Cranbrook Art Museum:
A passionate social history of The Sex Pistols; a ragged, raw band of working-class brings who left their legacy spitting out a caustic brand of rock & roll that became the rallying cry for disaffected youths in late 1970s England and defined the punk movement.
Saturday July 21st, 1-2pm. [Bloomfield Hills] 39221 Woodward Ave.
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Short essays, Workshops, and Events
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NEW! 104 Chris Riddell
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Punk Rock Graphics 1976 - 1986 @ Cranbrook Art Museum
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Michael Luchs @
MOCAD
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Gertrude Kasle Collection & See Through @ UMMA
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