Archive for November, 2010
On Beyond Wayne: Samantha Buller
Samantha Buller, while acknowledging a visual debt to Wayne Thiebaud, creates art that is clearly her own.
More than a Fair-Weather Artist: Michael Holmes
No matter his subject, and with or without additions, Michael Holmes’ flair for texture combines with his bright palette to give his works pop.
Season of the Nerdbot: Angela and Nicholas Snyder
Nerdbots fly off to their new homes almost as soon as they’re assembled from found and donated objects — and with good reason. Each is loaded with good-humored charm, character and personality, and their small stature and big heads trigger an innate nurturing response.
It’s a Noble Gas, Gas, Gas: Willem Volkersz
Willem Volkersz blurs the lines between painting, sculpture, installation and collage in the same way that mid-20th century roadside culture blurred the lines between sculpture, advertising, architecture, kitsch and folk/outsider art.
Yellow Friday: Anne Lindberg
No matter when you view Anne Lindberg’s “Raume Yellow,” part of the “Museum Interrupted” show of installations at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, make sure it’s the last thing you see before you leave. Either that, or give your eyes plenty of time to reset before moving on.
Playful Grace: Kwan Wu
Kwan Wu’s “Kids Playing Water” is full of the sheer infectious joy of being alive.
THE PHANTOM PHOTOGRAPHER
In the retrospective exhibition of photographs by Lissette Solorzano that includes work made in Kansas City during her recent residency from Cuba, the artist presents both color and black-and-white work that translates the contradiction inherent in the liminal place where cultures meet; her exhibition, mounted by Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, is hosted by Dead Sea Artworks in the Crossroads through December 4.
FOURTH/FINAL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2010
November 24 — 30, with First Friday December 3 preview: Final Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, and Lawrence and Wichita are hosting their regular monthly gallery crawl hours; museums in the Kansas City metro area are open usual hours for the holiday weekend (closed on Thanksgiving, of course!), and we’ve heard from a few galleries that wanted to make sure everyone knew they were open on the 26th, too. There is another session of ArtistESP on Tuesday, and we are adding in the First Friday Kansas City listings as we receive them. Have a good holiday!
Cumulus Accumulations: Phil Epp
Phil Epp’s canvases are dominated by deep blue skies filled with spring and summer thunderheads, portending the sort of epic late afternoon thunderstorms that mark much of June and July. It’s both beautiful and intimidating, as the weather around here so often is.
Park Places: Peter Cole
Peter Cole’s work is unabashedly affectionate, drawing on a deep cultural vein familiar to anyone who has ever passed through the gates of an amusement park, hung out with friends at a county fair or watched a fly-by-night carnival set up in an empty lot at the edge of town.
CINEMAKC PRESENTS ‘CANDY’
Local filmmaker Todd Norris hopes to demonstrate that shooting a movie with a digital SLR camera fitted with special lenses to achieve film-like quality is worth the effort when he debuts “Candy Apple Red” Sunday, November 28 at Screenland Crown Center. Part of CinemaKC Presents, the screening includes Lisa Marie Evans’s “She” and Sharon Wright’s “Change for a Dollar.” Meet these filmmakers at the Q&A following the showing, which starts at 7:30 p.m.
Insectophile: Lisa Britz
Lisa Britz’s work is both affectionate and straightforward, capturing the complex structures of insects as well as those of the flowers they visit.
Museum Augmented: Rachel Hayes
The massive pair of panels at the heart of Rachel Hayes’ “All Most All Ways” grabs attention both for what they are and by what they do.
Vehicles for Transportation : Norma Herring
Norma Herring has a gift of not only depicting time and place, but also of recreating a sense of depth in her paintings.
FROM THE AUSTERITY OF THE KANSAS LANDSCAPE
The agrarian culture of Kansas provided him drive and determination; the University of Kansas provided additional training, and now, sculptor John McEnroe has become a firm fixture in the Denver, Colorado, art scene; with several public works under his belt (including the attendant controversy that can bring), he is preparing for upcoming exhibitions in Germany and China.
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