Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Nadia Stadnycki

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Published: Apr 9, 2008

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Inspired by her time in tropical Peru, Colombia and South Asia, Roberley Bell's sculptures incorporate bright colors and objects from nature. Several large gourd-shaped foam pieces — decorated with real and artificial butterflies, kitschy fake flowers and plastic praying mantises — stand atop pink and green inner tubes on the floor. Also on display is photography by Signe Vad (pictured), whose social commentary on globalization and Western media culture reflects stories she reads in the news.

A somewhat misleading name, "Cave Paintings" is a group show of bold, contemporary wall works united by their large size and explosive color. Our favorite, Mark Mahosky's Face to Face with a Great White, took an entire year to complete. Mahosky connected 29 feet worth of newspaper spreads, over which he painted an overwhelming number of tiny squares in opaque and translucent acrylics. When viewed through accompanying 3-D glasses, the squares seem to float at different depths like in a magic-eye picture.

Judith James' and Emily Richardson's textile works couldn't be more different: James overlays dark, heavy materials with abrupt borders and rough textures, while Richardson blends curvy strips of pale silk and cotton, sewn together with matching thread, so that the finished pieces look almost seamless.

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