Cleveland Women’s Show at District Gallery
The District Gallery is a modern space for contemporary art based in the Van Aken District of Downtown Shaker Heights. Established by three art collectors, who represent an impressive roster of both US based and International artists.
In the Cleveland Women’s Show, they featured five of their local women artists, which despite working with very different mediums, complimented each other really well.
Leigh Brooklyn
My eye was immediately drawn to Brooklyn’s powerful work as soon as I walked through the door. She captures something in her portraits that makes me want to find out more about the people she paints.
Specialising in figurative painting and drawing, Brooklyn’s work stems from an interest in giving a voice to the voiceless. She sees her work as a form of activism and a contribution of protest used to demand equality and raise awareness of these social issues. Brooklyn began building her own militia through her paintings and drawings, bringing together her subjects in solidarity ‘to fight for the greater good and the shared humanity in all of us’.
More from Brooklyn: https://www.leighbrooklyn.com/ Instagram
Amber N. Ford
Ford has done an excellent job of capturing texture in her photographs. Feeders , in particular looked so real, I thought it was actually hair in a frame.
Ford primarily works in photography while occasionally exploring other mediums, she is best known for her work in portraiture, which she refers to as a ‘collaborative engagement between photographer and sitter’.
More from Ford: http://www.ambernford.com/ Instagram
Carolina Kane
There is something nostalgic yet unnerving about Kane’s work. Every time I look at one of her pieces I see something new.
Kane’s work explores the multiple layers of experience that influence human memory, perception, and identity. She frequently combines photographic techniques - traditional and contemporary, in order to examine how place is the intersection of culture, landscape, history, and nature, and has the power to influence individual identity. Kane’s work calls viewers to analyse their own process of perception and interpretation of place, and continuously evaluate and interpret what it means to have an individual, human temporal existence. Kane has shown work throughout Northern Ohio.
More from Kane: https://www.ckanephotography.com/ Instagram
Alejandra Núñez Advent
Spread throughout the gallery, Núñez Advent’s beautiful pieces really tied everything together. I was enchanted by the mysterious and colourful interiors of her Klübos. They really do call out to be touched.
Born in Caracas, Venezuela and now based in Cleveland. Núñez Advent explores different forms of creativity and artistic expression, finding her voice in the creation of Klübos. What sets the Klübos apart, is that their beauty is subjective, each spectator sees something different. Each Klübo moves people in different ways, as there is a tactile connection to the art that molds to the hand and wishes to be touched.
More from Núñez Advent: https://klubobyale.com/ Instagram
Paula Rubinstein
Rubinstein’s work reminded me of a cross between impressionism and surrealism, combined with collage. A riot of colour, I feel like she is trying to capture emotion in her still life.
Rubinstein’s most recent works are a new direction for her. They involve a fusion of paper and paint, which provides dimension and texture to familiar subjects. Rubinstein’s passion for flowers, colour and her environment can be seen everywhere in her work.
For more information about District Gallery and the women artists that they represent see their website.