Steve Rockwell – Page 32 – dArt International Magazine

April 5, 2019July 10, 2020

Pick a Number Between 1 and 99

The Artwork that Led to the Publication of a Magazine

by Steve Rockwell

Steve Rockwell, Pick a Number between 1 and 99 (detail), 1987, ink on printed bond paper, 42.5 inches x 12 feet 10 inches

I had dropped out of the art scene already in 1972. When I came up with the idea for Pick a Number Between 1 and 99 in 1987, my contact with people I had known from art school and the early studio days had all but ceased. To quote Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone, professionally I was essentially “…a complete unknown.” Distanced from my past efforts, my future presented a blank slate. The situation was at once liberating, yet tinged by a sense of urgency.

March 14, 2019February 24, 2020

Ron Milewicz: Circumstances

by D. Dominick Lombardi

Ron Milewicz, Sun and Oak, 2019 — Ron Milewicz, *Sun and Oak*, 2019, oil on panel 24 x 18 inches, all images courtesy of John Davis Gallery

The current offering at John Davis Gallery is the ideal combination of excellent art and a carefully prepared and perfectly installed exhibition. As a result, Ron Milewicz strikingly beautiful landscapes immediately capture and hold your attention as you enter the space. Opposite the entrance of the gallery hangs the most spiritual work in the show, Sun and Oak (2019). Continue reading “Ron Milewicz: Circumstances”

March 6, 2019February 24, 2020

Leah Oates: Photographic Monuments to the Ephemeral in Nature

by Steve Rockwell

Leah Oates, *Don Valley 2 # 15*, 2018-2019

Earlier in February photographer Leah Oates opened her Transitory Space # 9 exhibition at Black Cat Artspace, a small storefront gallery near Dundas and Roncesvalles in Toronto. Now a resident of the city, Leah Oates had founded and run Station Independent Projects, a Lower East Side gallery in New York City. Her recent work centers on Toronto’s Cedarvale Ravine and Don Valley, the ninth in the Transitory Space group of works. Continue reading “Leah Oates: Photographic Monuments to the Ephemeral in Nature”

February 17, 2019February 24, 2020

Four Outstanding Exhibitions at the Dorsky

by D. Dominick Lombardi

Angela Dufresne, Kerry Downey, 2016, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artist

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art stands as a consistent reminder that a regional museum can play a major role in the presentation and understanding of Contemporary Art, as well as offering a showplace for antiquity and Modern Art. Currently, the museum features four outstanding exhibitions that are presented thoughtfully and with a very high level of professionalism.

February 9, 2019February 24, 2020

Travel Light

by Christopher Hart Chambers

Mary Jones, Tinkering — *Mary Jones,* Tinkering, *oil, spray enamel, aluminum leaf, and acetate X-Ray print on canvas, 14″ x 11″*

My father had a brain tumor. His little sister, my aunt Peg, also had an acoustic neuroma. Her’s went malignant and she died. The fifth neurosurgeon screwed a specially built helmet onto Dad’s skull to blast his growth with radiation from 360 degrees. Continue reading “Travel Light”