The Buzz at The Weston Art Gallery

Dungeon Thud, "Hairrier," 2000

Nate Larson, "Fortune Cookie

Mark Harris, "Meihaoyaodian"

Not to be confused with the Annie Bolling- Phyllis Westin Gallery, this Gallery is the one downtown adjascent to the Aronoff Center downtown. They often have cutting-edge, experimental and fabulously interesting shows. I would recommend heading down sometime in the near future to check out the three great shows currently displayed.

Harrier the Hovering Drone by Jimmy Baker and Nathan Tersteeg (Dungeon Thud)

Now- March 30

Gallery Talk Tuesday, March 5 at 7 pm (i'll repost it then to remind you)

These two artists have worked together before to create fabulous installations. For this particular one, they have assumed the single name of Dungeon Thud. Like many contemporary installations, this one combines the media of sound, video and performance and immerses the viewer in a completely sensory experience. It is set up in the street-level gallery, so those passing by might notice a key aspect of the display: artificial hair spewing from a Harrier Jet. It seeks to "synthesize the relationship of psychedelic rock to its symbolic association with war and aggression."

Miracle Pennies and Other Stories: Photography and Video by Nate Larson

Now- March 30

Gallery Talk Saturday, January 26 at 2 pm.

This photography exhibit forms a narrative exploring the way in which we construct meaning in contemporary culture. The artist explores skepticism, religion, consumer behavior, ordinary days that have become suddenly not so ordinary and the way that insignificant objects sometimes take on significant meanings. His work is self-conscious in the way that it examines the way that photography conveys both subjective and objective truth.

Utopian Bands and Related Works by Mark Harris

Now-March 30

Gallery Talk Tuesday, February 5 at 2 pm

Mary Harris, the director of the School of Art at DAAP, has created a highly-theoretical show consisting of painting, video, photography and artists books, which "examines the imagery of intoxication as a form of Utopian representation." Harris traveled to Beijing in the summer of 2006 and taped six Chinese rock bands in a concert he helped organize. It celebrates the return of the Utopian ideals which were once repressed by Communism.

http://www.westonartgallery.com