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>) I°·" ·•\. _1 Pag_e SD tlbt. Key,t,80ple , · · lost to . local art scene ■ Established·institutip!JS offered Art draws fewer- but ol{ls{anding -·· exhibi­ • tions to Columbus·ga[le ,y-goers. : '. Viewers Some of the mostsi�cant 'chiruges in the Columbus art scene in,:19?3 involved personalities. Many of the art comrrnlnity's most fu.miliar and · out of city influentialpeople have gone, · · · When those who follow the visu­ After a Jong lr.lttle against cancer, Roberta al arts in Columbus venture outside Kuhn died last summer, and her. gallery closed, the city, they've learned to point leaving many local artists wi!hmlt their mentor ' · ' theircars toward Lancaster. and the city short one' sol- In the past year, Lancaster's id, professional gallery. Hammond Gallelies - the Festival Sally Wmdels closed and the Ruthven - have heen im­ her sophisticated Short portant factors in central Ohio's cul- North gallery. Jane Con­ tural life. nell, a curator at the•·Coe In July, each gallery pulled out lumbus Museum of , Art thestops for the Lancaster Festival. and organizer of the,Eli­ Pierce The Festival Gallery joined the jah show, has. Jeft. ,. big league with "Labylinth of the And Byron Kohn, long a · Spirit," created by guest curator pillar of t.Jie local art com- ·. Rohert Stearns, former director of munity, left his welk JACQUELINE theWexner Center for the Arts. known German Village·. This thematic show was chal­ gallery for a more plivate HALL lenging, even prov.ocative, and pre­ studio and.lower profile.· : . sented American artists of inter­ Many newcomers hold · promise for ftlling national stature: Robert Smithson, thosevacuums. Terry Fox, Bill Viola lmd Andres Shem Geldin, · formerly associate director of Serrano. It was showa worthy of any the Museum of ContemporaryAri; in Los Angeles, majorart museum in the country. hecame director, of the Wexner Center for· the Gerwuums' Myrennes Vi/logeby Alice Schille from Riffe Galleryexhibit The more conservative Ruthven Arts in Septeml:ier.. Re�ca McCabe Ihel and Gallery celebrated. the festival by Iana �ihail Slmeonov hav1Hbrought international ernist art. "Ohio Metals: A Legacy," which runs importing paintings by contempo­ training and connection& to their · Short North through Jan. 8, highlights the contiibution of rary French artists. French art has gallery, AllezJes Flies. Sp,ingler'Cummings, who regionalcrafts artiststo the metaltradition. hecome a main interest of the galler­ left Columbus several years ago, has returned to Bold, provocative exhibitions followed one ies' owners, Who, earlier this month, 1 ■ "Labyrinth of the Spirit," Festival Gallery, Lancas� opena gallerywhere Roberta Kuhn'sused to he. aft er another at the Wexner· Center, introducing ter opened the Festival Gallery for an 1 Three former Coltihibus Museum of Art do- viewers to Russian conceptual art in "Africa"; the "Reel to Real: The Hollywood Designer Aller excepti'onal (and loImpressionism," Keny Gafferfes Several es .their "Art of ltalo Scanga," Riley Hawk Galleries tim a year th, ·-· Ohio artists to GaJ¼rY;.V. Iq_ Gahanna,David garde in "Fragmented Memory." ■ ven Gallery presents oliginal Bryan is beginningto,make a mark with his Vetro Among p1ivate gallelies, the Keny Gallelies ■ "Fragmented Memory: the Chinese Avant-garde · in ■Exile," Wexr:ierCenter for the Arts by Amelican, Blitish and Marmo Arte.{;ajlery,,,.· -:'·. . and the Riley Hawk Galle,ies continue to provide "Heritage ·of ihe Brush,-" Columbus Museum of Art artists; these shows have Established' instltu,- , , , · · supedor fare. Keny Gal- ■ "Alice Schille: The French Legacy, Watercolors attractive tocollectors. tions continue the quali, leries, specializing in From■ France and French North Africa," Riffe Gallery Another worthy Lancast ■ "Ohio Designer Craftsmen: The Best of 1993," tyof their offerings. . tum-of-the-cer ntury lery is The Gallery at Stu Though the Colrim-.: : Ame1ican at, is gaining Columbus Cultural Arts Center specializing in three-dimensirn bus Museum of Art re,· a national reputation "The liturgical Art Guild of Ohio: Contemporary "Swface and Substance," 011 Works■ of Faith '93," Schumacher Gallery duced its activities. in . with museums, gallelies "Todd Slaughter: landscapehats," Wexner Cen­ for the Lancaster Festiva 1993, it nevertheless ,' and collectors. With the ter■ for the Arts impressive. mounted . three · out,'., Ohio Arts Council, it or- "The Columbus Art League 8th Curated Exhibi­ The gallery's space is id standing and vastl,t•dif- ·�: ganized the Schille ex- tion■ - Phase One and Two," Columbus Cultural Arts large works. Columbus arti: ferent exhibitions: the· · hibit at the Riffe · Gal- Center and Fort Hayes Visual Art Gallery. Wabling'(who used to exhibit Elijah Pierce folk°. aft ,. . lery. now-closed Gallery 200) often show; "Reel to Real: The:f The Riley Hawk his unusual fibersculpture thei· Hollywood Designer.Af� \. Galleiies, specilllizing in League's julied spling exhibition in the Short The Cleveland Museum ter Film," with guest "' · art glass, are beginning North was powerful and disquieting but should was the destination for )llany I curator Charles Klei,,' to establish themselves have been in a more accessible place. bus viewers who took in the , bacher; and · °!'.' -�ti'•�,Lydia � in i, Gankn 111th a Dogin HerLap by on the na�onal market._ Two special events marked the visual arts in tion "Degas to Matisse: the .M ful, scholarly. Hentage )_ Mary,91,ssattfrom Keny Galleriesexhibit Breathtakmg exhibits 1993. The Pontifical College Josephinum received Wertheim Collection From the of the Brush: The .. Roy -.,--._; ' . , , have presented works the loan of an impressive, monumental 18th­ Vard UniversityArt Museum." and Marilyn Papp Co��oil'· of/Chinese Paint- by Chlistopher Ries, Halo Scanza and William century tapestry, Faiih, Justice and Charity, This .show dealt with the ing." The lasttwo :co!itinue tln!otigh 'Jan. 2. Morris. from the Vatican collection. In October, Israeli iar subject of impressionisn The Riffe Gallery, off� fewer shows, but The Columbus Art League, the city's oldest rutist Yaacov Agam shared his·, philosophy and postimpressionism - but wici their quality was hign.j"We, the,Human Beings" art organization, took advantage of gallery space expeiiences in art in three days of lectures and standing, rarely seen painting, searcl! . r workshops at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Commu­ exhibit offered new insight in addressed the 'by.Ame,rican Indian artists offered by the Columbus Cultu al Arts Center nity Center. His art remained on display for a lected artists· and was an exce1 for identity. "Alice Schil,le: The French Legacy," and the Fort Hayes Visual Art Gallery to present month. visual treat - probably the surveyed the Columbus',d�lighter's assimilation its annual, two-part curated show. The shows visual artsshow in Ohio in 1993 and adaptation of Euro� and Amelican mod- wei-e strong and exceptionally well-focused. The is Dispatch critic.. - Jacquelin, ' ·.• ,. ' Jacqueline Hall art