Sculpture 
FROM MIAMI, WITH LOVE(0)
November 30, 2011 —
December 1st through 4th: It’s time for the nation’s hottest art fair, Art Basel Miami, Beach, which draws artists, gallerists, collectors, and others from around the world to a balmy, frenetic art-overdose. Darin White provides an entertaining and detailed look at last year’s fair. Along with a number of other KC/Lawrence artists, he’s there again for 2011.
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Loops and Swirls: Nate Fors
Where the diurnal aspect of Nate Fors’ “Lllooppi” is whimsical, almost like a Dr. Seuss creation brought to three-dimensional life, the sculpture by night is far more energetic … but no less playful.
“Immaterial” Matters: Chris Wubbena
Chris Wubbena’s “Immaterial” is both striking and subtle, grabbing a viewer’s attention with strong, eye-catching angles and holding it with enigmatic, faded marks — etched into the steel surface — reminiscent of ancient signs and symbols.
En-deer-ing and Enduring: Stephen LeBlanc
Stephen LeBlanc’s bronze sculpture is so meticulously realistic, in both appearance and arrangement that, in the proper season, it’s possible to mistake the metal animals for the real thing.
Artistic Express(ion): Jan Gaumnitz
Jan Gaumnitz’s “Pony Express” has charm to burn, and a clear regional connection, but there’s more to the sculpture than that.
Watchful and Watched: Tex Jernigan
Tex Jernigan The Sentinel 24 hours 4800 Town Center Drive Leawood, KS Permanent installation. Artist’s site: http://www.texjernigan.com Leawood Public Art site: http://www.leawood.org/committees/art Mhm. Heat advisory day; must be time for another nudge to go outside, right? You got it. Of course, you can stay in the car and out of the heat if you like, [...]
Please Touch: J. Karl Lipscomb
J. Karl Lipscomb’s wooden work is made not merely to withstand contact, but to welcome and reward it.
Design/Theory: Alan Detrich
Alan Detrich’s passions for paleontology and Intelligent Design meet in the work on display in downtown Lawrence.
Monumental Easy Chair: Wendell Castle
Wendell Castle’s bronze bench sculpture combines sweeping postmodern lines with the sort of feeling one gets looking at ancient megalithic constructions.
Honoring the Namesake: Kwan Wu
Kwan Wu’s statue of Na Nex Se, for whom Lenexa is named, is both inspirational and educational.
Words in Pictures: Mary McFarlane Espinosa
Mary McFarlane Espinosa’s music is an equal and bittersweet mix of triumph and sadness, exultation and struggle. Her visual art, especially the assemblage work, mirrors that.
The Sun’ll Come Out: Toni Brou
Brou’s work recalls not only folk art, but also the majestic serenity of ancient religious masks and sun symbols. There’s hope here, to be sure, but also the sort of solar power that has nothing to do with photoelectric panels.
Everybody Walk (by) the Dinosaurs: Matthew Moyer
“Rusted Dinosaurs” is no morose, mournful work, though. Moyer’s 9-foot creation has a playful, lively, even interactive feeling about it.
JOINT MERGERS
Artist Waseem Touma, rather than indulging in cultural issues or differences, makes work that concentrates more on what we all have in common. Taking his cue from nature, by exploring and interpreting our connection to it metaphysically and creatively, he is more interested in nature’s presence within ourselves rather than our place in or impact on it. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2002 and has a solo exhibition with a strong installation at the RNG Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.
Electrified History: Dutch Schulze
Modern twists on an ancient theme come to light in Dutch Schulze’s “The Visit.”