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ALL HUCKED UP: GUNS, GALS, AND GORE IN AMERICA
One of the interesting things about Tom Huck’s work is that many of the images in his elaborate woodcut prints are indeed based on specific realities — they are horrifying but are not made up. Huck is a native Missourian, born and raised in Potosi, and he now lives and works in St. Louis where his Evil Prints shop is located. In this profile, Huck shares his connection to both the American narrative and to printmaking masters like Albrecht Dürer.
KANSAS CITY-CHINA CONNECTION
The year 2011 has seen spreading anti-government demonstrations in countries with oppressive regimes. In China, the so-called Jasmine Revolution was a non-starter, due to the strength of the government’s ability to suppress free speech and assembly. Kansas City artist and activist Hugh Merrill talks about being part of the upcoming Guanlan International Print Biennial, the Gao Brothers, and social justice issues in art.
FESTIVAL LIFE IS FAIR TO PARTLY SUNNY
Creative people are always looking for ways to make a living doing what they love. The economy has affected certain art markets, no doubt, but the festival and art-fair circuit is still a sustaining way of life for those who can get used to setting up and breaking down weekend after weekend. Adelia Ganson has 20-plus-years’ such experience, and she talks to some other local artists about their life on the road.
FORM EMPHASIS FROM FRAGMENTS
Three artists represented by the Blue Gallery in Kansas City come from origins of fractured, layered identity that is manifest in their work presented together in a June 2010 exhibition: Aileen Chong, Patricia Kochaver, and Daniel Ochoa provoke thought and emotion with their paintings and pottery. “Mixed Perceptions” is a study in contrasts, as the artists use various media to play on our perceptions.
ABSTRACT ACCESSIBLE AT BUTTONWOOD
The non-traditional commercial gallery in midtown Kansas City, Buttonwood Art Space has a mission to work for the greater good of the artists who exhibit their work there. The most recent group exhibition, “Defining Abstraction,” presents a number of two-dimensional works especially that are worth viewing in terms of the different ways contemporary artists determine what abstract art is today.
IT’S HER PARTY (SHE IS NOT CRYING)
Women make up at least 50 percent of the population of the planet and our art schools, yet in the larger museum and gallery setting tend to be underrepresented, according to “Who Does She Think She Is?”, a documentary by Pamela T. Boll. In a companion exhibition of the same title at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, artists respond to the age-old challenge of being female (and often also a mother) and being an artist.
TRUCKLOADS OF ART
The Belger Arts Center’s 10-year anniversary exhibition, “Beneath the Surface,” gives the viewer a rich taste of what is in the Belger Foundation’s collection (est. 1971), particularly through Modernist and contemporary works by Terry Allen, William Christenberry, Jasper Johns, Robert Stackhouse, Renée Stout, William T. Wiley, and Terry Winters.
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