Grainy architectural prints and studies abstracted from architectural details take center stage at Pontiac's cutting-edge Museum of New Art through July 24, in "Boom and Bust" by Ypsilanti artist Cooper Holoweski.

Employing traditional block printmaking -- something of a dying art, according to MONA curator Jef Bourgeau -- Holoweski tackles gritty early 20th-century buildings, some caught at sharp upward angles that convey permanence and despair.

This isn't an artist stuck in one mode, however, which is obvious if you compare the looming building with arched windows in "Ether I" -- all ominous grays and black -- and the mixed-media collage studies of high-tension electrical towers, rendered in a lyrical green in "Power I," superimposed on a collage of weathered-brown phone book pages.

Holoweski says he's reaching for images that are "emblematic of capitalism, and the coldness of business."

Also hanging through July 24 at MONA are Julia DeClerck's realist, highly textured figure portraits, part of the museum's "Detroit Now: 12 x 12" series that showcases emerging local artists. Worth checking out.

You can reach Michael Hodges at (313) 222-6021 or mhodges@detnews.com.