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Wiley Reconsidered

June 8, 2017June 7, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

A Response to the Toledo Art Museum Retrospective My first encounter with the work of artist Kehinde Wiley was in 2006, when the Columbus Museum of Art commissioned his first significant museum show. At the[…]

Reconstructivist Art: Unstill Lives

March 16, 2017March 15, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

The works of contemporary artist Jason Godeke as an example of Reconstructivist Art. Originally posted September 2007. Artist Jason Godeke has a distinctive and recognizable oeuvre centered around paintings of toys and figurines, posed in[…]

Remembering Carol Herbin

February 23, 2017February 23, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

I recently lost my good friend Carol Herbin to a tragic housefire. After starting as a participant, Carol was a longtime volunteer vocal coach at the Monday Night music program I run at the United[…]

From the Columbus Dispatch

April Sunami, artist extraordinaire

February 16, 2017February 23, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

As many of you know, my wife is Columbus artist April Sunami. Twelve years ago (when I first shared with her that memorable last name!) she wasn’t nearly so well known. It’s been a pleasure[…]

image by Deborah Pino Solis

Across the Universe

February 9, 2017February 8, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

In honor of the film’s tenth anniversary, a repost from 2007. Julie Taymor is one of my artistic heroes, and the Beatles are the Beatles, so I had high hopes going into this film. Of[…]

Exquisite Corps(e)

February 2, 2017February 6, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

Exquisite Corpse was a game played by the surrealists, in which they collaborated on a story or artwork. Each person would contribute a piece, usually based on just a tiny fragment of what came before.[…]

Gallery of Echoes

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Chris SunamiArt

Shadowbox Live is a musical theater cabaret in Columbus that is best known for its seasonal shows combining original sketch comedy with live performances of well-known music, chiefly in the rock genre. A longtime institution[…]

Image by Cameron Stewart

A Prince Among Men

April 28, 2016April 29, 2016 Chris SunamiArt

As with so much of the art that has had the most impact on me, it took me a while to warm up to Prince. I was still a kid during the “Purple Rain” era,[…]

Common Cosmology: Sunami and Rond

April 21, 2016May 4, 2016 Chris SunamiArt

For fans of my wife, artist April Sunami: New Exhibition Brings Together Two Diverse Artists with Universal Theme Street artist Stephanie Rond and mixed media painter April Sunami will feature new work in the exhibition[…]

The Aesthetics of Football

October 29, 2015October 28, 2015 Chris SunamiArt

In honor of the OSU Buckeyes’ continued dominance, please enjoy my recent essay from Partially Examined Life. Whole volumes could be written, whole volumes have been written, about the ethics of American college football, a[…]

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Wiley Reconsidered

Reconstructivist Art: Unstill Lives

Remembering Carol Herbin

April Sunami, artist extraordinaire

Across the Universe

Exquisite Corps(e)

Gallery of Echoes

A Prince Among Men

Common Cosmology: Sunami and Rond

The Aesthetics of Football