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Exhibition Essay on Common Ground by Jeffry Cudlin, November 2007

2009
"Art and Feeding the Homeless Merge at Washington's Tranformer Gallery,” Swedish Scene

2008   
"Best in Show,” DC Modern Luxury Magazine, Tiffany Jow
“Capital Roundup,” Artnet.com, Sidney Lawrence
“Art Patrons, Displaying Favorites,” The Washington Post, Lavanya Ramanathan
"What's On in DC: Photo and Video Edition," ArtInfo.com, Danielle O'Steen
“15 for Philips: Fifteen Artists Look at Arts Patron Philip Barlow,” DC Modern Luxury Magazine, Jennifer Shaperia
“Collector Geeks,” The Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps

2007   
“Ripple Effect,” The Baltimore Sun, Glenn McNatt
“No Dumping Allowed,” The Washington City Paper, Jeffry Cudlin
“Sight Scene: Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists Revealed,” Washington Post Express, Kriston Capps
“Art Attack! ArtDC Art Fair,” Washington Life Magazine, Ron Shipmon

2006    
“Big Guns, Small Bore,” The Washington City Paper, Jeffry Cudlin
“Fair Review: The Affordable Art Fair,” ArtInfo.com, Robert Ayres
“Local Artists Bring the Funk to DCAC,” The Washington Post, City Guide
“Conversions: Giving Rooms New Dimensions,” The Washington Post, Michael O’Sullivan
“City Lights: Conversions,” The Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps
“Hide-and-Seek,” Where Magazine, Jean Lawlor Cohen
“Kathryn Cornelius @ Conversions,” Thinking About Art, J.T. Kirkland
“Interface,” The Washington City Paper, Jeffry Cudlin

2005   
“Capital Roundup,” Artnet Magazine, Sidney Lawrence
“Here and Now,” The Washington Post, Blake Gopnik
“Me, Myself and I,” The Washington City Paper, Louis Jacobson
“The Multifarious ‘Seven,’” The Washington Post, Jessica Dawson
“Campello’s Take on DC Art,” The Georgetowner, John Blee
“DC Roundup: DCAC Wall Mountables,” Thinking About Art, J.T. Kirkland
“Seven at Warehouse,” Grammar.police, Kriston Capps
“Artscape Through the Years,” The Baltimore Sun, Rashod D. Ollison

2004
“Drawing on Artscape for some inspiration,” The Baltimore Sun, Laura Loh
“Let There Be Light,” Washington Life Magazine, Donna Shor

 

Random Quote

Cornelius genuinely loves the landscape and the infinite; at the same time, in her art, she seems to admit her powerlessness to find adequate expressions for them. Instead of grasping after some new representation of the sublime, Cornelius juxtaposes nearly dead ideas, symbols so drained of currency or vitality that they have gone beyond being mere cliches--to become striking manifestations of human failure to genuinely connect with something greater than ourselves. Unlike the witty chatter of her art world pieces, then, the works in Common Ground are personal, reserved, and affectingly austere. Taken together, these two disparate bodies of work show an artist with a profound sense of her inner and social selves--even if she expresses that understanding with unlikely means. Cornelius deliberately employs images that, by rights, ought to be used up and devoid of power; the results are paradoxically powerful. - Jeffry Cudlin, Director of Exhibitions at the Arlington Arts Center