Donovan Durham's Fantastic Print Show

There’s art that perfectly reflects a particular era or discipline, and then there’s art that is a direct and unvarnished reflection of an individual’s mind. When viewing the strange and gorgeous prints of Donovan Durham, you are staring point blank at the workings of this man’s complex insides: his loves, his fantasies, his fears. Dubbed an outsider artist, Durham suffers from mental illness and also sickle cell anemia, the latter of which left him with a speech impairment. With much to say, the local artist’s latest collection of work–black and white lithographs and color monoprints created during a residency at Highpoint–includes portraits of famous black musicians (his Stevie Wonder is both admiring and wholly unique) and landscapes. Our favorites are his haunting portrayal of the Smoky Mountains, and a work very appropriately titled Billy the Skeleton. 2638 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-871-1326; www.highpointprintmaking.org