Tag Archive for ‘Painting’
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.
PAINTINGS WITH A VISCERAL PRESENCE
Robert Quackenbush considers structure in the paintings in his exhibition “Load Bearing,” on display at the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s Mallin Gallery through March 26.
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.
IRONIC TAKE ON EXCESS
Ricky Allman’s paintings fit nicely into the slightly cool off-white austerity of the University of Kansas Art Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas. One can also imagine them looking equally at home on the walls of an Industrial Lights and Magic-designed 23rd-century outer space fortress heavily inspired by the Doge’s Palace in Venice, Italy.
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 [...]
WHEN AN ARTIST TAKES 'A VERY LONG WALK'
Artist John Raux by Ashley Brown Photograph of John Raux by Tim Samoff Once a month, he hiked at night when the moon had waxed to full-term, its vivid pregnancy illuminating what paths he could find. Like a lonesome tinker with his pack full of rattling wares, he stumbled down mist-bandaged inclines and found purchase [...]
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