Archive for December, 2009
(ARTKC365) Winter is a Primary Season: Kenneth Andrew
For the first day of a new decade, something in primary colors seemed appropriate. And so, the second year of ARTKC365 begins with Kenneth Andrew’s “T-Jess,” a simple sculpture in red-, blue- and yellow-painted metal that’s part of the current season of Roeland Park’s “Art in R Park.”
(ARTKC365) Comfortably at Home on the Range: Debra Clemente
Clemente’s paintings might not all be singing the same song … but if you look and listen closely, to any and all of them, it’s possible to hear the hiss and sigh of a Kansas wind through tall grass and cottonwood leaves.
(ARTKC365) A Carefully Nurtured Love of Nature: Kevin Sink
Sink has spent a lot of time collaborating with the outside world; his photography career began when he was ten years old and wanted to augment his birdwatching activities. You could say, too, that Sink’s appreciation for nature — and for structure — goes all the way down to the microscopic level.
(ARTKC365) Penned-Up Expression: Jim Button
There’s a lot of detail in Button’s small pieces, meaning that he must be (a) an incredibly speedy creator or (b) an insomniac. Those are the only two possible explanations for having enough free time to execute them, given the multitude of hats Button wears.
(ARTKC365) Form Beautifies Function: AlBo Glass
Creation by committee can be a train wreck … but when it works, when each creator’s vision is in line with the others’, it really works.
(ARTKC365) Remnants, Remembrances and Reminders Remain: Kendra Marable
What Remains to be Seen, Marable’s solo show at Lawrence’s Wonder Fair Art Gallery & How!, contains images that are familiar without being trite and elusive without being inaccessible. It’s an impressive balancing act: Intellect on one side, emotion on the other, with just enough uncertainty — “Is she going to fall to one side, and if so … which one?” — to keep viewers riveted.
(ARTKC365) An Inner Warm Front: Barbara Stoll
Stoll, one of the three currently featured artists at the co-op gallery (along with watercolorist Bess Duston and glass artist Rhoda J. Powers), favors a sun-splashed palette and an Impressionist style. As a result, the inside front wall at Images, where Stoll’s paintings hang, is full of bright color. It might be December outside, but the calendar inside runs mainly from March through September.
(ARTKC365) City Sidewalks, Gritty Sidewalks: Deana Winter
Winter’s show title, a seeming oxymoron, is actually more than fitting. The artist, who holds a degree in fibers from the Kansas City Art Institute, combines industrial shapes and imagery with soft materials.
MAGI IMAGE
Girolamo da Carpi’s “The Adoration of the Magi” is among The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art permanent collection, which includes numerous Renaissance artworks relating to the Christmas tradition.
FOURTH FRIDAY CALENDAR DIGEST
Looking for something to do (see!) during the winter break? Review brings you holiday-time hours for local museums and galleries. See what exhibitions are still on view before they’re gone with 2009. Plus, we’ve included a preview of some of what will be on the walls in January in Kansas City and Lawrence.
(ARTKC365) Sky Hooks: Ryan Heffron
Second reaction? There was something more to many of the shots … something that wasn’t readily apparent but soon became so. Third reaction? Heffron gives really good sky.
(ARTKC365) Dreaming of a White-knuckled Christmas: Joshua Hoffine
Today’s post is not only a recommendation of Joshua Hoffine’s horror photography, now on display at the Mercy Seat Gallery in the East Crossroads. It’s also a nod back to the era of gaslights and fog, when Christmas ghost stories were a literary staple.
(ARTKC365) Art Begins at 40: Jennifer Rivera
It’s tempting to wonder what might have been had Rivera stuck with art through her years of putting family first. Then again, who knows? She might have gotten tired of it by now. In her case, though, absence made the heart grow fonder … until there was nothing she could do but give in to that long-denied affection.
THE HANGOVER: ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
Unable to make it to Art Basel Miami Beach 2009? You can feel like you were there, as independent curator and the Director of the University of Central Missouri’s Gallery of Art and Design Jeremy Mikolajczak takes us through 72 hours of the 96-hour event that features 250+ galleries and 2,000+ artists. A good primer for “outsiders,” his review points out the highlights we should keep our eyes on. “Recession or not, the party does go on.”
(ARTKC365) Exposing a World We Often Miss: J.C. Cirese
Taking stock and looking ahead are both good things. But even if you’re not feeling particularly introspective, Cirese’s art is worth a look or several. The Surrealist element is only part of the attraction; Cirese’s skills in composition, and in working with light and dark, provide plenty of other reasons.
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