Untitled by Paul Klee
Over Thanksgiving holiday while visiting friends and family in New York I went to the Museum of Modern Art. On the sixth floor of the museum the exhibition Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity was going on. Bauhaus, or house of building, was a School in Germany that was famous for its unique workshops that forged new disciplines in design, architecture, fine art and crafts that contributed advances in modernist architecture and art. Continue reading
Arts writer Geoffrey Dobbins has thoughtfully reviewed Soul within Structure, my current exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center, in WireTap Magazine:
Cox’s fragmented style — he often refers to it as “quilt-like” — is in full force in this latest exhibit. The artist sprinkles his cityscape “quilt” with references to the 19th century architecture found throughout OTR, like Italianate ornaments, Greek columns and Gothic arches.
Read more at WireTap Magazine.
“You must start from the general to get to the specific.” “It’s not how much work you do in one day that counts, its how much work you do well in that day.” These are just a few of the memorable and helpful words of encouragement of Professor Tarrence Corbin that echo in my mind as I work in the studio. Continue reading
Here are some quick photos from today’s opening reception for Soul within Structure, an exhibit of my new paintings at the Contemporary Arts Center‘s UnMuseum in downtown Cincinnati. Thanks for coming, everybody! Continue reading
Check out the Contemporary Arts Center site for my interview about my artistic development, creative influences, and the neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine as my muse. Soul within Structure, my solo exhibit of new paintings, opens at the CAC tomorrow, 1-4pm.
Cedric Michael Cox 