Sad news for the Detroit area the other day when we lost radio personality Mike Clark of the former “Drew and Mike Show” on WRIF.
I got to work with Mike on a couple of occasions and he was a super nice guy in person, and also funny as hell.
Gone too soon.
Hey folks, if you are up in the outer rings this weekend looking for some culture, check out this show at Oakland University. WHO WERE THEY THEN [image from oakland university]
I am specifically recommending this show because the artist Clinton Snider is simply OFF THE HOOK when it comes to Detroit based paintings. His work is both comforting and disturbing in it’s familiarity, and Clint is able to describe for the viewer what it feels like to walk through the wild interiors of the City in a way no photograph or video could ever do. The images are hallucinatory in their vivid twisting rambling presentations of the post infrastructure states one might find in the lost areas of Detroit. It is one thing when somebody paints so well, but it is something special when they have such an amazing ability to communicate vivid new worlds and viewpoints to the viewer. Somebody who you should definitely check out.
Morgan Barrie, Carole Harris, Mel Rosas, Clinton Snider, Bryant Tillman
gallery hours
September through May
Tuesday—Sunday: Noon to 5 p.m.
Evenings during special events &
Meadow Brook Theatre performances
Wednesday—Friday: 7 p.m. through first intermission
Saturday and Sunday: 5 p.m. through first intermission
Closed Mondays and holidays
Oakland University Art Gallery is located on the university’s main campus. OUAG is located on the main floor in 208 Wilson Hall, across the hall from Meadow Brook Theatre.
Oakland University does not require parking passes or stickers anywhere on campus, and free parking is available in lot P1 as well as other lots around the campus.
