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FACES AND PLACES DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE OCTOBER 2010
Catch up with what’s happening in the Lawrence, Kansas, art scene with Tom King and photographer Jamie Roper, who bring the latest “faces and places” Final Friday recap from October. See what you’ve been enjoying already, what you might have been missing by avoiding an easy car-ride, or what your community can hope to emulate to stimulate interest in contemporary visual art.
Light Shadows: Paul Flinders
For all of the up-front and out-there strangeness, there’s a pensive melancholy running through Flinders’ work as well. Even in the oddest surroundings, many of his characters seem turned inward in thought … even when they’re in groups.
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.
Haunted and Haunting: Paul Flinders at The Bourgeois Pig
Paul Flinders Belle Epoque 7 a.m.-2 a.m. The Bourgeois Pig 6 E. Ninth St. Lawrence, KS 785.843.1001 Hours: 7 a.m.-2 a.m., 7 days Runs through: June 13 Artist’s site: http://www.paulflinders.com Gallery site: http://myspace.com/bourgeoispig Try to pick one word that sums up Paul Flinders’ art. Go ahead … we’ll wait. “Dark” works. Then again, so [...]
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