Ben Beres’s first big show of tiny-print, text-based etchings at Davidson Galleries only takes up half the gallery, but it would be a
four-floor retrospective if Beres didn’t work in near-microscopic
scale. His plates are shaped, not rectangular, and each print is a
singular color (mixed, not bottled) covered in a scrawl of words and
teensy images. At the opening, Beres worked the room,
proselytizing: “Prints are amazing. More people should be doing
prints.” His works spoke the same thing, even louder. (Davidson
Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-1324. 10 am–5:30 pm,
free.)
Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male... More by Jen Graves
This show was awesome! Etsuko’s work is great as well.