By ELENA SARNI “I want to say one word to you. Just one word…Plastics.” Yes, the quote is from the film The Graduate. I love that quote, and never pass up a chance to use it. And it’s the perfect…
By ELENA SARNI The exhibition Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell is making its last stop at the Portland Museum of Art after a two year national tour. The exhibit was organized by the David C. Driskell…
ROBERT INDIANA @ THE FARNSWORTH By Elena Sarni Walking through the five galleries bursting with Robert Indiana’s signature colorful work, stunningly displayed against muted gray walls, was like visiting the artist’s home, since most of the exhibition pieces were transplanted…
ANDY WARHOL: SCREEN TESTS & PHOTOGRAPHS @ COLBY MUSEUM By Elena Sarni Despite my Maine-based starting point, and rather heavy, highway driving foot, it was still a two-hour trip to Waterville, Maine, home to Colby College. But, it’s Warhol! “Andy Warhol…
2009 PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART BIENNIAL By Elena Sarni In a striking change of pace from the past nine Biennials, this year’s Portland Museum of Art Biennial jurors accepted about 1/3 of the number of works as their typical shows. In…
DEBORAH WING-SPROUL & LING-WEN TSAI @ SPACE By Elena Sarni There were no discernable signs of the country’s economic crisis among the crowded, music-filled streets of Portland, ME during this month’s First Friday Art Walk. My destination was SPACE, an alternative…
AMY STACEY CURTIS @ SANFORD MILL By Elena Sarni “No running. Notice where the exits are located. Enter at your own risk,” are unlikely messages to be associated with an art exhibit, but these are some of the instructional messages that…