94 | SEPTEMBER 26 • 2019
Arts&Life
art
Art
Milestone
Lynne Avadenka’
s work fi
nds
homes in four major exhibitions.
I
t’
s a four-exhibit milestone
for Lynne Avadenka and
print art enthusiasts.
In October, Avadenka will be
represented in four overlapping
exhibits — two local, one in
Jerusalem and one touring.
“Intimations,” her first solo
show in 10 years, will be on
view Oct. 4-Nov. 23 at K. Oss
Contemporary Art in Detroit.
“PaperWorks,” a group show
curated by Meighan Jackson for
the Janice Charach Gallery in
West Bloomfield, is scheduled
Oct. 27-Dec. 5.
“Living Under Water,” a
group show based on Jewish
thinking about climate change,
runs Oct. 11-Nov. 28 in
Jerusalem. “Breathing Mud: The
Lesson of the Golem,” intro-
duces “AI: More Than Human,”
which explores ideas of artificial
intelligence and is touring out-
side the United States.
“It’
s great to be part of these
almost-simultaneous exhibi-
tions,” says Avedenka, active
in the Detroit arts community
since receiving a master’
s degree
from Wayne State University in
1981. “An artist works alone,
but the hope is to have opportu-
nities to share what’
s created.
“Throughout my career, I’
ve
always looked to Jewish culture
as a resource, and I’
m always
interested in the traditional
sources; but as a contemporary
artist, I try to find a way to share
that with a larger audience.”
The artist, who explores image
and text with ideas connected
to book format and content,
began sharing her skills more
intensively after 2013, when she
was named director of Signal-
Return, a Detroit nonprofit
letterpress print shop and com-
munity arts center. She lives in
Huntington Woods.
“‘
Intimations,’
the solo show,
is a mix of not-so-old and very
new work,” says Avadenka, 64,
who was presented with a Career
Achievement Award in 2016
from the Fine and Performing
Arts Department at Wayne.
“None of the pieces have been
exhibited in Detroit.”
“Traces,” one series represent-
ed, holds photos of floor shad-
ows she noticed while viewing a
New York exhibit. The shadows
were made by jeweled objects
linked to medieval Jerusalem.
“The Reunion of Broken Parts”
shows prints with algebra terms
she found in an old dictionary.
The “Empty Cities” grouping
has prints related to the Book
SUZANNE CHESSLER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
PHOTOS COURTESY LYNNE AVADENKA
details
Lynne Avadenka’
s local exhibits run Oct. 4-Nov.23
at the K. Oss Gallery, 1410 Gratiot, Detroit
(kossgallery.com/(248) 559-2232) and Oct.
27-Dec. 5 at the Janice Charach Gallery in West
Bloomfield (galleryjccdet.org/(248) 432-5579).
The “Empty Cities” grouping has prints
related to the Book of Lamentations
LEFT: Afterward .
Artist Lynne Avadenka