Tag Archive for ‘First Friday’
First Person, Singular: Jessica McGan
Jessica McGan’s “I …” is loaded with visual expressions of all sorts of “I” words … identity, individuality, inspiration and more.
Inside the Loop: Andrea Clark
Clark’s show offers an excellent reason to get inside the Downtown Loop tonight, either before or after hitting the Crossroads … to make it an and evening rather than either/or.
Shadows and Suggestions: Kale Van Leeuwen
Kale Van Leeuwen’s current show continues his practice of providing slick, colorful, light-intensive visuals. But it also offers a new element of bittersweet poignancy … and several ways to approach it.
Tugging at the Strings:Yaina Kulp
Yaina Kulp’s work, while beautiful, contains a strong undercurrent of haunting (or, perhaps, haunted) introspection.
Soft, Colorful, Personal: Maddie Kamphaus
Maddie Kamphaus’ fiber art is soft, colorful and intensely personal, with moments from her life woven into each piece.
A Harmonious Mixture: Michael Baxley
When Michael Baxley refers to “mixed media,” he means it … and Baxley’s creations also blend Eastern and Western sensibilities into a contemplative whole.
Blackfish, Red Brick and Gunmetal Gray: Matt Shepherd
A careful balance between intuition and meticulous planning makes Matt Shepherd’s work both rigid and organic, a combination which seems unlikely on its face … yet he manages to make it work.
Pixels and Ciphers: Matthew Huff
Huff has come up with an intriguing premise — blowing up cell phone photos and combining them with a graffiti-inspired code of his own divising — and made it work on both the visual and conceptual fronts.
Painting a Mystery : Jeanette Powers
Powers’ work is intense without bludgeoning, personal without bleeding all over the canvas and possessed of just enough mystery to make it intriguing rather than frustrating.
Pop Life: Tiffany Sappenfield
It’s clear that the self-taught Sappenfield has her Pop Art shoes laced up tight … and they look good on her.
A Fond Farewell: Hannah the Mott
Hannah Mott’s first solo show in Kansas City is also her last. It’s a bittersweet goodbye, offering a chance to meet the artist and see her work … creations and a creator who will be missed when she leaves for graduate school.
Dream Statements: Melissa Arroyo
Melissa Arroyo inhabits a world of burning bathrooms, random police chases and animals running wild at Quik Trip. It’s not entirely a world of her own making … and for Arroyo, a senior at Shawnee Mission North High School, that’s half the fun.
Rising Flat: Luke Firle
Whether in two dimensions or three, Firle’s signature touches come through: intense color, the interplay of hard and soft shapes and a constant juxtaposition of the constructed and the organic.
Renewal Notice: Jenny Hahn
True to Hahn’s inspiration and influences — her written list includes “meditation practice, yoga, biology, sacred geometry, Gnostic wisdom, and Expressionistic painters throughout history” — the paintings in “Intimate Universe” are suffused with qualities both bold and meditative.
(ARTKC365) Bringin’ da Fun(k): James Trotter
The overall effect is childlike (rather than childish), a sense reinforced by Trotter’s passion for vintage toys and his use of those toys in art installations. Throw in his vintage musical tastes, and the pattern becomes clear: There’s a safety in the familiar, even when it’s skewed and jumbled.
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