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her artistic work has appeared
at the Detroit Artists Market
and Wasserman Projects in
Detroit. Her performance art
duo, Tzarinas of the Plane, was
named a 2015 Kresge Visual
Arts Fellow.

MITCH COPE
Cope is showing at least one
large pencil drawing, the new-
est artistic form he has been
working on, and he thought
the form would fit in with the
theme of the show.
Snider and Cope have
known each other for many
years as fellow artists, and
they attended the College
for Creative Studies together.
Cope went on to get a mas-
ter’s degree at Washington
University in St. Louis.
“These current pieces are
a little bit different from
things I’ve done in the past,
”
said Cope, 50, who lives in
Southfield. “They represent
getting back to some of
the basics of drawing and
painting. I’ve done a lot of
different kinds of work.
“These specifically represent
a shift in my life and trying
to find a grounding and
something beautiful to look at
partly because of everything
else going on in the world as I
faced divorce. I was trying to
find some peace and beauty
amid a lot of ugliness.

“It was really focusing on
the idea of the lily and how it
grows out of muck. It’s this
beautiful flower that grows out
of the mucky bottoms of rivers
and ponds and symbolizes
regrowth and regeneration.
”
Cope, whose mother’s
family is Jewish, is glad to be
represented in a gallery with
ties to Judaism.
“I’m getting back to thinking
about Judaism and my family
that’s Jewish,
” he said. “It’s
interesting to think about
that and meditating on that.
The drawings are meant to be
meditative.
”
Although this is the
first time both artists have
displayed their work at the
Charach Gallery, Cope has
shown his pieces at the Detroit
Institute of Arts and the
Museum of Contemporary
Art Detroit (MOCAD). His
awards include a Kresge Arts
Fellowship, a Creative Capital
Award and juried award from
ArtPrize 2012.
“We have long admired the
work of Clinton Snider,
” said
Natalie Balazovich, gallery
director. “The opportunity
to host him in curating an
art show that calls together
such exciting and provocative
Detroit area artists and takes
on pressing modern issues
is an especially meaningful
opportunity.
”

Details
The free Beyond
Typography exhibit is
being shown Jan. 14-Feb.
21 in the Janice Charach
Gallery in the West
Bloomfield J (Jewish
Community Center).
There will be a reception
1-4 p.m. on Jan. 14.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-
4 p.m. Sunday-Thursday.
charachgallery.org.

An oil on canvas by Faina Lerman

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