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Ann Mikolowski

May 5, 2007
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Ann Mikolowski, “Robert Creeley” (1988).
Oil on linen. 3 1/4” x 2 3/8”. Collection Penelope Creeley.
from http://brooklynrail.org/2007/5/artseen/ann-mikolowski-two-ways-of-looking-in-a-

Ann Mikolowski: Two Ways of Looking in a Mirror

Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan March 16 – April 28, 2007

Works on Paper
Paul Kotula Projects, Ferndale, Michigan March 17 – April 21, 2007

In the chilled air of early spring, Lake Huron stretches into a crystalline body with no end in sight. The second largest of the great lakes, Huron borders most of Michigan’s east coast. In Ann Mikolowski’s “Ghostrider” (1988), thin layers of oil paint split the lake’s horizon into a sweeping gray and a turbulent blue that, together, evoke Mark Rothko or Barnett Newman in their consuming passage to the sublime.

Ann Mikolowski at Center Galleries in Detroit

Mar 28, 2007
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"Ann," self portrait, 1974, 2 inches by 1-1/2 inches

"Rushing to yoga class for a deep dose of serenity, which usually wears off on the drive home, is what many women do to center their hectic lives. Would you like to meet, in a way, a woman preternaturally centered, effortlessly grounded? You can at CCS' Center Galleries, in the exhibit Ann Mikolowski: Two Ways of Looking in a Mirror. A Detroit painter, wife, mother and working woman, Mikolowski's sense of comfort in her own skin permeates this gorgeous, calming installation..." from The Metro Times http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=10324