Any one interested in art in Cincinnati should be familiar with Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center. The Arts Center was started in 1939, by Betty Pollak Rauh, Peggy Frank Crawford and Rita Rentschler Cushman. More history on the CAC can be found on their webppage http://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/about
Our class visited the CAC a few weeks ago. We spoke with the head curator Steven Matijcio. While Steven said his interest in art started from an art practitioner pov he was focused now primarily on his curatorial pursuits. Curation is not something I’ve ever been interested in, but hearing Steven speak I wondered why I had never considered it?
There where two shows on display at the Museum, the UC MFA show and Do Ho Suh’s show titled, Passage. While both shows were impressive, it was clear to me that Do Ho Suh’s work was more mature. It’s not entirely fair to compare an established artist to graduating students, but I think there was utility in trying to discover the rhetoric that Made Do Ho Suh’s work so compelling. His process and content seemed perfectly aligned, and while the work was at times felt cerebral it always felt personal.
Besides showing Rad Contemporary Art, the CAC also offers lectures, performances, and fun events like Drink and Draw.
Ryan Strochinsky Art 