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LISA IGLESIAS DISCUSSES LATEST EXHIBITION(0)
“Ain’t no grave gonna hold me down,” Lisa Iglesias’s solo exhibition at the UCM Gallery of Art & Design at the University of Central Missouri is on display through April 10 and is an exploration of her “fascination with repetition, futility, and time.”
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AN INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE
Kim Jongku, of Seoul, South Korea, became the latest international artist-in-residence at the University of Kansas’ Spencer Museum of Art, which is making an effort to increase partnerships with artists. His installation will be on view at the museum through June 25, 2010.
WINGS FROM FAITH
Amanda Marie Monson’s drawings expose her gift to shape and spawn fabulous beasts from the taxonomy of her own imagination with fine precision.
A DESIRE TO FLY
Paul Flinders creates emotive works that connect with the viewer on a visceral rather than on a logical level. Standing before them, a viewer might have the sensation of warmth emanating from muted colors and soft light. The works might elicit some distant memory of joy, pain, or love, despite their unreality, which is sometimes cartoonish or evokes the extraterrestrial or primordial. Even some of his direct social critiques make an emotional connection through scenes that are sometimes bizarre or otherworldly, sometimes romantic or absurd.
MODERN-DAY ROOM OF WONDERS
At Wonder Fair: Art Gallery & How!, you can retrieve art from a repurposed vending machine and discuss the beauty of artist books while sipping a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and purchasing a handmade screen-printed T-shirt. An opening at Wonder Fair, located on popular Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas, has it all. The positive energy and unpretentious space, coupled with its varied and unique art offerings, promise a truly unique experience.
PAINTING: BREATHING
An Architect Finds Creative Renewal in Art
Line is a key quality in any work of art. Drawn or implied sight directors play off of each other, create space, and define forms to present balance and add movement to a composition. Pure lines, sections of theoretical points aiming infinitely in a single direction, can stand virtually [...]