Stand Out at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Doug Kinsey

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
By Kurt Shaw

"Walking into the Dessert No. 27" by Doug Kinsey

PENNSYLVANIA - Doug Kinsey's "Waking Into the Desert Dream," is one of three solo exhibits currently on display at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts which command attention above and beyond the four other massive group exhibits that are, for the most part, a sea of generality. Kinsey is a native of Californian whose latest creations -- massive-yet-minimalist charcoal drawings -- were inspired by the view from his hillside home in Coraopolis of the Ohio River Valley. In a broad manner, they might be explained as contemporary icons, or, more specifically, as configurations of a spiritual geography. "My work is not about religion so much, but they are concerned with spiritual issues and reflection," Kinsey says. [link]