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FORTY YEARS UP
KCAI printmaking professor Hugh Merrill is celebrating a four-decade career with a new book, “Divergent Consistencies.” A release and signing party is April 21, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center. Janell Meador gives us an outline of Merrill’s motivations and trajectory, complete with a video interview produced by Ben Meade, in this profile of a diverse and dedicated artist who believes in not remaining a passive creator.
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.
BRAVO, NELSON-ATKINS
Recent exhibitions at Kansas City’s anchor museum show a tendency toward including more local artists in the permanent collection: “Magnificent Gifts for the 75th” at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art earlier this year includes five prolific and significant local artists and sets a welcomed trend that continues in “Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City Art Institute,” on view through January 2, 2011.
COMMUNITY-STUDIO INTEGRATION
Hugh Merrill’s 40 years of art-making have left impressions on communities he has worked with in doing so. “What began as a visual interest in spaces informed by architectural surroundings has moved full circle to involving much broader segments of the arts and local communities, including their architectural landmarks. The relationship between origin and fruition is extremely close in this work.”
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