Sep
23
Unmasked and Uncomfortable
Aisha Motlani CityscapeAn air of uneasiness lingers over the “Unmasked and Anonymous” exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum and it has little to do with the severe, antiquated faces gazing at you from beneath glass vitrines. Perhaps it arises from the sense of history
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Sep
11
Nikki McGuinnis at UWM's Union Gallery
Aisha Motlani Cityscape
Every now and then a piece of art reminds you of the exquisite beauty that resides in fragility. Such is the case with Milwaukee artist Nikki McGuinness' photographs in the soon-to-end "Intimacies" exhibit at UW-Milwaukee's Union Gallery.
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Aug
31
Under Surveillance at the Kohler Center
Aisha Motlani Cityscape
When Richard Sennett
published his thesis on the diminishing boundaries between man’s public and
private selves in the late ‘70s, things like reality TV and the Patriot Act
were unheard of. Today they’re incontrovertible f
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Aug
25
Interview with Grace La from La Dallman Architects
Aisha Motlani Cityscape
Why do you feel you were chosen for this project?
One of the reasons I think [Discovery World] was interested in our work
was because our firm is interested in research and work which has its
root in the geomorphology of lands—the shaping and
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Aug
17
Should Artists Talk About Their Work?
Aisha Motlani Cityscape
Is it a mistake for an artist
to talk about his work - to allow the viewer to pierce the sumptuous veil of
illusion and gaze into the mundanities of his workaday existence? Can it really
do any harm to hear him groping for high-minded phrases, tr
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Jul
20
Conversation on Public Art
Aisha Motlani Cityscape
On Thursday evening UWM’s Inova-Kenilworth gallery hosted a panel discussion entitled “A Conversation on Public Art” in conjunction with its soon-to-end exhibition of five sculptures created by then-Milwaukee artist Gene Galazan in 198
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Jul
11
Book Review: Endless Cities (Phaidon)
Aisha Motlani CityscapeCities are like organized religion: richly layered, often paradoxical and uniquely qualified to bring out the best and worst in humankind. A new book edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic and titled The Endless City (Phaidon) conveys the oft-contradict
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Jun
26
Armoury Gallery's Second Show
Aisha Motlani CityscapeTwo artists whose work is currently on display at the Armoury Gallery north of downtown tackle the traditional medium of the landscape painting in was that areboth very cotemporary yet at the same time rooted in ancient means of depicting the landscape.
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Jun
16
Gilbert and George at MAM
Aisha Motlani Cityscape"Are you angry or are you boring?" asks one of the pieces in the new “Gilbert & George” exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM). The idea that nothing worthwhile exists outside these two states might explain why the work of the artistic
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Jun
12
Tackling the Triangle
Aisha Motlani CityscapeSome of you may be aware of plans to improve the 5th Ward/ Walker’s Point area that were outlined in a recent article in the Milwaukee Journal’s Cue section. I went along to 5th Ward Development Association on Tuesday night at the new Café Lun
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All Good Things, My Disaster March, and The Lillies have joined forces to help raise money and awareness for both the American Heart Association and Heart Disease. There is no cover, but we do ask for a $5 donation at the door. All proceeds go the the AHA.
Location: Central Milwaukee
Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best
friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he
met on the Internet. But the journey, filled wi
"Body of Lies" is based on "Washington Post" columnist David Ignatius' 2007
novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major
terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of J
Ry Cooder's California trilogy started purposefully and thematically with Chavez Ravine, turned old-time-radio wistful on My Name is Buddy, and now takes a complete header into the deep end for the concluding I, Flathead. Assuming the point of view
Genesis skipped Wisconsin during last year's reunion tour, but the three-DVD box set When In Rome 2007 spectacularly captures what we missed. Although original
frontman Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett passed on this tour,
the incarnation
Michael Polaski’s Umami Moto is already a familiar dining spot in Brookfield, where it has gained note for its menu of Asian fusion. A second Umami Moto opened in downtown Milwaukee this summer, located on Milwaukee Street in the former Eve. This ti
The Painted Parrot (8028 W. National Ave.) is a fun, colorful restaurant that follows a Caribbean theme. Jamaican murals cover the walls and reggae music blasts from behind the large bar. The menu wanders through the Caribbean with a few Louisiana touches
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