Also Noted

Some of the more recent products of painter Tiit Raid’s obsession, or “inspirational visual relationship,” with the pond outside his Wisconsin home can be seen this month at Thomas Barry Fine Arts (March 1–April 5) … A similar devotion is evident in photographer John Ratzloff’s work with the Anishinabe at the White Earth reservation (Bockley Gallery, through March 8) … The notes at Midway Contemporary Art’s front desk will only unravel part of the mystery of German artist David Lieske’s impressively crafted cabinet-like sculptures and neon word signs, but it’s worth asking to get filled in on the rest of the story (through April 5) … Last year, staffers from the Highpoint Center for Printmaking combed through hundreds of portfolios to put together the invitational Printers’ Picks exhibit (through March 5) … In River to Infinity-The Vanishing Points, Andrea Stanislav comments on Manifest Destiny, among other topics, via video images of mirrored obelisks in Utah’s Great Salt Flats (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, through March 16) … And the TAWU (The Art Within Us) organization embraces the cold with Soul on Ice, featuring work by some hundred African-American and immigrant artists on view at the Soap Factory—which is, mind you, unheated (through March 23).