"Vacuum #5", 2008, graphite on paper, 50" x 38"
By Peggy Sue Dunigan May 31,2011 | expressmilwaukeedotcom
Melissa Cooke's eight drawings on display at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MWA) may send a shiver down the viewer's spine, but the exquisite graphite renderings also invite a closer look. Cooke juxtaposes technical elegance with terrifying images in the "Vacuum" series on display in MWA's One From Wisconsin gallery (through July 10).