Art Review: The Frist’s Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea

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Art Review: The Frist’s Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea

While working in Kentucky this winter and spring, I am lucky to be just two hours from Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts. A few days ago, I was there for Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea.

Secrets was a stellar show, almost overwhelming in its significance. We were there for a few hours before heading out to lunch (Sitar, an Indian restaurant I’d highly recommend) and then returned once our eyes and minds had rested a bit.

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Art Review: Elizabeth Nelson at the Vermont Supreme Court

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Art Review: Elizabeth Nelson at the Vermont Supreme Court

This review first appeared in the Vermont Art Zine in November 2010. It was a result of a“Writing About Art” class at Studio Place Arts led by Marc Awodey.

Elizabeth Nelson’s “In Between” show at the Supreme Court is a series of puzzles to be solved. Nelson works in mixed media, but largely acrylics, in this show and in many of the two dozen pieces photographs are hidden, painted over and into the work. A sideways glance down the hall of the exhibit reveals the slightly shiny spots in the pieces that contain the photos, drawing the viewer into a search-and-find game.

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