I first learned about the exhibition “Working in America”, on view at Central Library downtown, from an ad I saw on the side of a bus. How fitting: a show about work advertised on a vehicle whose driver is paid to operate it, and which transports...
Before I saw any of Angel Brame’s work, the premise of her show in and of itself intrigued me. The exhibition, titled “One Per Day: A Year of Small Decisions”, on view at the Jacoby Arts Center in Alton, Ill., features 365 small ceramic vessels. Brame...
Every year I see the MFA Thesis exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, and every year I’m impressed with the quality of work. The current exhibition, “MFA18,” is no exception. I decided to focus on two artists instead of three because...
The show “At the Surface” on view at The Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, has so many fascinating pieces that I was unable to limit myself to three in this post. Juror Thad Duhigg summarizes the show’s sensibility: “[A]ll of the artists utilize...
Andrew Brandmeyer’s exhibition “Portraits” at the Fine Arts Gallery at Fontbonne University is a somber, poignant commentary on the human condition. In his portraits, Brandmeyer “distort[s] his subjects to convey a sense of physical and emotional...
I first saw St. Louis artist Howard Jones’ work a couple of years ago in a show at the Contemporary Art Gallery at St. Louis Community College - Meramec. His art made me smile then and his new show, “Howard Jones: Think Rethink,” at Craft Alliance...
To participate in the exhibition “Circles/Squares…” at Soulard Art Market, artists must to go back to basics. That is, the basics of the circle and the square. The all-media show features a big variety of subjects and a “unique integration of...
Even though I’ve lived in St. Louis for nearly my whole life, there is plenty of history here about which I still haven’t learned. The exhibition “Higher Ground: Honoring Washington Park Cemetery, Its People and Place” at the Sheldon Arts Foundation...
You might think that art and numbers/mathematics lie at opposite ends of the continuum, but the exhibition “The Nth Degree” at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles displays fascinating parallels between the two.Art, math, and mythology come together...
Dana Oldfather’s abstract paintings at Duane Reed Gallery are ethereal, yet paradoxically have much depth. She states, “By choosing when to show gravity, perspective, atmosphere, and light, I create impossible object/environments and emote through...
The exhibition “Remembering an Artist: Ceramics of Catherine Connor-Talasek” at Fontbonne University’s Fine Arts Gallery is a beautiful tribute to the late ceramics professor. She loved teaching and was integral in developing Fontbonne’s ceramics...
The exhibition “Cuba and Southeast Asia: A Photographic Journey” at the Gallery at University City Public Library combines art and history. Photographers Kristi Foster (Cuba) and Deborah Weinstein (Southeast Asia) draw parallels between their subjects...
