Tag Archive for ‘Plenum Art Space’
Multiple Exposures: Chadric Devin
Chadric Devin’s “This Boy” is an intensely human show, a celebration not of some unattainable physical ideal but of real people, dressed or no. The portraits are as intimate and immediate — as exposed, if you will — as the works which show more skin.
Permanent Records: Megan Mantia
Megan Mantia’s photography is both documentation and art, capturing moments both authentic and carefully composed.
From Life: Anna Zimmerman
Anna Zimmerman’s “Hidden Interlopers” explores the uneasy relationship between human creation and the natural processes which, if left unchecked, would overwhelm it.
The Flourishes of Life: Estrella Esquilin Payton
Estrella Esquilin Payton presents a delicate yet vital body of work, her images suggesting the relentless progress of life (yes, even in the middle of winter).
His Memory’s Shot (with a Camera): Patrick Andrew Adams
How can we hope to recount our histories to others with full accuracy, when we can’t even tell ourselves absolutely true stories? That’s the question posed by Patrick Andrew Adams’ photography show, “I Could Not Land A Plane,” which is on display this month at Plenum Art Space in the East Crossroads.
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.
Rise of the Urborgs: Matt Kuhlman
Kuhlman creates his urban organisms out of photographs of building, placing them on penciled-in backgrounds. In several cases, the life in his work has progressed well beyond the single-celled.
Gritty Vulnerability: Drew Orrin-Brown
“Against the People.” Title notwithstanding, this exhibition seems more an argument for people … for the real people, presented as they are, in Orrin-Brown’s photographs. There’s a gritty vulnerability to her work, a feeling that her models are somehow simultaneously out of place and utterly at home in their falling-down surroundings.
Junkyard Love: Aaron Dougherty
On the surface, Dougherty’s interest in utilitarian steel and cinder block buildings, rusting fences and — let’s be blunt here — junk might seem more than a bit out of character. Obviously, it’s not … and that’s a good thing.
(ARTKC365) That which was, is; Those who were, are: Jason Sierra
Sierra’s predominant images are of the tiny casitas that are home to so many residents of Mexican border cities (Sierra grew up in El Paso and frequently crossed back and forth). He also makes reference to a Mexican holiday which, like the Celtic-rooted Hallowe’en, is less Christian than Christianized: “El Dia de los Muertos,” the Day of the Dead.
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