by Paul Krainak | Jan 1, 2026 | Blog
Most of us who were conscious in the late 1960s, or students of that era, would recall the growth of a peripheral body of work previously undetermined by the art media. A new discourse became established by artists who took over the production and dissemination of a...
by Paul Krainak | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
A finely tuned exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Photography calls attention to issues of media, social practice, fuzzy logic, and humanistic philosophy’s influence on modern and contemporary art reception. Artist curators Joan Giroux and Alice Maude-Roxby have...
by Paul Krainak | Nov 3, 2025 | Blog
The “Gig’s Up: 50 Years of Milwaukee Punk Posters” exhibition at Real Tinsel Gallery argues zealously for more critical attention to the era of Milwaukee’s alternative rock foundations shown in its vast promotional optic co-narrative. If you’re already familiar with...
by Paul Krainak | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog
There’s a lot that’s fated about the “Revival of the Dance of Death” print exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, much more than an October flirtation with witchcraft and the Day of the Dead. The exhibition consists of a series of prints by the extraordinarily...
by Paul Krainak | Aug 30, 2025 | Blog
Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman have been collaborating on visual culture for more than 40 years from their studios in Chicago and Milwaukee. Recognized originally for their dauntless photographic critiques of the artworld’s male-centered authority, they have...
