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Story last updated at 3:44 PM EST on February 28, 2008

GALLERY HOPPING



"What's It Got to Do With Love" featuring the works of three artists at Biddle Gallery, 2840 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, concludes today.

Mrrranda Tarrow, Eric Krimmel and Joey Merchant display their unique artistic styles, which include paintings, photographs and handmade plush accessories.

Call the gallery at 1-734-281-4779 for more information.

River's Edge Gallery, 3024 Biddle Ave., is hosting "Underexposed," two floors featuring work by 12 underexposed artists ranging from sculptors and painters to photographers and potters.

Photographer Marianne Letasi's exhibit, "A Life," is featured upstairs in the Patricia Izzo Fine Art Photography Studio and Gallery.

The show runs through March 14. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

For more information, call 1-734-246-9880.

"Elements," an exhibit featuring the works of artists K. Carlton Johnson, John Albert Murphy and Dolores Slowinski with poems by Christine Monhollen, runs through April 4 at the Downriver Council for the Arts.

Johnson, a minimalist painter, explores issues of symbolic communication in her abstract and landscape paintings.


Ceramist John Albert Murphy's "Untitled" porcelain work is among the pieces on display through April 4 during the "Elements" exhibit at the Downriver Council for the Arts in Taylor.

Photo courtesy of DCA
Ceramist Murphy creates porcelain vessels suggestive of sacred ritual objects.

Slowinski constructs intimate mixed media structures, which will be accompanied by Monhollen's companion poems.

The exhibit is one of several events planned in celebration of the DCA's 30th anniversary.

The DCA is at 20904 North Line Road, Taylor. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays during the exhibit.

For more information, visit www.downriverarts. org or call 1-734-287-6103.

"Our Throwaway Society," an art exhibition exploring the stigma of mental illness, homelessness and poverty, is on display through March 16 at the Madonna University Exhibit Gallery, 36600 Schoolcraft, Livonia.

For more information, call exhibit curator Nancy Paton at 1-734-276-9376.

"Soup to Nuts: Special Dishes for Everyday Use," featuring the work of artists such as Lucy Breslin, Scott Lykens and Gwen Yoppolo, runs through next Friday at Pewabic Pottery, 10125 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Visit pewabic.org or call 1-313-822-0954 for more information.

"Drawing in Space: An Installation by Sheila Pepe" and "Weaving With Light and Shadow: Paintings by Janet Hamrick" are being shown through next Friday at the Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, 480 W. Hancock, Detroit, on the Wayne State University campus.

New York artist Pepe creates knotted, crocheted, tied and draped domestic and industrial materials to initiate profound interrogations of sculptural space while engaging the viewer in the process of her art.

Hamrick, a Detroit artist, will exhibit 12 abstract oil paintings weaving intricate patterns in monochrome fields reminiscent of woven jacquards.

Also on display in the Community Arts Gallery through April 4 is "MFA Thesis Exhibition II: Erica Bartels, Carol Tomasso and Darcie Trame."

The insightful and finely crafted works sum up the experiences of three of WSU's master of fine arts students.

Call the gallery at 1-313-993-7813 for more information. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays.

"ReFUSING FASHION: Rei Kawakubo," an exhibit of the unique clothing by Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, runs through April 20 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

The installation includes more than 40 key pieces, along with photographs and runway footage.

The museum is at 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 1-313-832-6622 or visit www.mocadetroit.org.




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