May Gallery: Friday, 2 March 2012

Stephen Mallon:
Reframing the Machine

	photographs © Stephen Mallon

2 - 30 March 2012

with a talk by Mr. Mallon on Friday, 2 March, at 1 pm in Sverdrup 101 (note new time)
including a screening of his award-winning short, A Bridge Delivered

Re-framing the Machine follows Stephen Mallon's winding journey of searching out his industrial landscapes. From out-takes to the decisive and violent recycling of New York City, Mallon's selects of the past decade's picture hunting are here to see.

One of the exhibition's featured projects is images of subway cars being dumped into the Atlantic. More than 2,500 of New York's decommissioned subway cars are laid to rest on the eternal seabed. Gutted and windowless, the hardest workers in the mobile world fall down to the new base, where they now forever serve another population. Mallon's photographs elicit both the sadness and the beauty of cascading water overtaking these iconic figures of New York transit as they sink beneath the surface of the water; surges and sprays are caught in time.

Another image in the exhibition is the only passenger jet aircraft to ditch in water with zero fatalities. Time moves and memories fade. Three years have passed, and it can be difficult to recall the moment for one heard the news of a passenger jet landing in a river in New York. The feelings of shock, awe, disbelief, and amazement come rushing back when seeing an airplane emerging from the icy water.

Most recently, Mallon spent six months producing a short film about the transport and installation of the new Willis Street Bridge. Produced from more than 30,000 still images, the time lapse film, "A Bridge Delivered," was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, GQ, PDN and Wired. "A Bridge Delivered" will be shown at Mr. Mallon's afternoon talk and during the opening reception.

Opening Reception in the gallery Friday, 2 March, 5-7 pm

and in the Small Wall Gallery, Arran Reporting, a view from Scotland

Metropolitan Gallery: Friday, 16 March 2012

The Nu-Art Series proudly presents Oliver Lake and S. Scott Davis III with an opening reception on Friday, March 16, 2012, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., as part of our ongoing Jazz and the Visual Arts Series. The show continues through April 20, 2012.

I pick up the brush because it relaxes me, it's part of my meditation.

I work with oil and acrylic paint, pencil, collage - often mixing media. I like to work with vibrant colors exploding against one another. I am a painter, usually on two-dimensional surfaces such as paper and canvas, but at times I find myself painting on three-dimensional found objects, and these paintings become sculpture. Over the years I have continued to create Talkin' Sticks - found natural sticks painted and decorated to tell a story, break a spell, power a dream. If there are themes in the work, they come from a long collaboration with my African, Choctaw and American roots, exploring and expressing who I am, and how I see the world. -- Oliver Lake

Nu-Art Series' Metropolitan Gallery
2936 Locust Street
St. Louis MO 63103

Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts: Saturday, 25 February 2012

THE FAB FOUR AT FORT GONDO!
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER
TAYLOR CROSSLAND, H. LINDSY DONAHUE, GENEVIEVE GRIFFIN, NICOLE STEVENS
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 7 - 10 PM

"TAKE ME TO THE RIVER" IS THE SECOND EXHIBITION OF THE 2012 SERIES
"IDENTITY CRISIS: TEN YEARS OF FORT GONDO." CELEBRATING, COMMEMORATING AND EXPLOITING A DECADE OF DIVERSE PROGRAMMING. EXHIBITION RUNS THROUGH MARCH 24.

ADDITIONAL GALLERY HOURS BY APPOINTMENT, 314.772.3628 OR INFO@FORTGONDO.COM

FORT GONDO COMPOUND FOR THE ARTS

3151 CHEROKEE ST
STL, MO 63118
http://www.fortgondo.com

PHD Gallery: Sunday, 26 February 2012

PHD Gallery is pleased to host
"Reflections on Spirit and Culture"
an introduction into the Macedonian Inspired artwork of David R. Hanlon and James Ibur
http://www.phdstl.com/special_events.html

Both artists will offer a brief overview of their work, followed by questions and answers. Champagne and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

This Sunday, February 26, 2012, from 1-3PM
R.S.V.P. (314) 664-6644

Aisle 1 Gallery: Saturday, 25 February 2012

Cayetano Valenzuela: Night Breathing - A Solo Exhibition

Join us for the closing reception of Night Breathing, Feb 25, 2012
Saturday from 6 - 9 pm.

Vertibro will be helping us celebrate the close of this exhibition with a
music performance inspired by the artwork.

PBR: thanks to papst blue ribbon for their continual contribution.

Aisle 1 Gallery
2627 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118

Foundry Art Centre: Friday, 2 March 2012

“Shooting Square: iPhoneography by Michael Schoenewies”
March 2 – April 13, 2012
FREE opening reception Friday, March 2, from 6-8 pm.

“Shooting Square: iPhoneography by Michael Schoenewies” is a photography exhibition at the Foundry Art Centre in the Ameristar Gallery. The show will feature photography shot and edited through an iPhone. The iPhone and apps such as Instagram have changed photography and enabled people to share photos and build communities worldwide. Michael's photographs encompass urban decay, street photography, and scenic photos including locations from the United States to Canada to Israel.

A concurrent show, “Faith Ringgold: American Quilts” will be in Gallery I, II, & III.

Good Citizen Gallery: Saturday, 25 February 2012

Good Citizen invites you to the Closing Reception and Catalog Release for The Indeterminate Length, an expansive sculptural installation and billboard project by Mike Calway-Fagen,
Saturday February 25, 6-10 PM.

For The Indeterminate Length, Mike Calway-Fagen has incorporated a shifting sculptural installation with photography to explore the nature of time experienced and actual: the incomprehensible indefiniteness of change. Discarded bits of furniture, chairs, tables, shelves, stools, bricks, rocks, and other provocative objects pulled from alleys and lots around St. Louis have been stacked, arranged, and re-arranged atop a similarly collected carpeting. Further exploring the sense of time, Calway-Fagen has designed the show cards for the exhibition as a small work of art. Visitors are encouraged to take away the card and see it as something fleeting but specific, freezing a moment in time but maintaining a sense of preciousness. Catalog featuring essays by Rujeko Hockley, Ivy Cooper, and Itza Vilaboy.

Gallery Hours Fri., Sat. Noon - 5 PM and by appointment

Good Citizen Gallery
2247 Gravois Ave,
St. Louis MO, 63104-2852
314-348-4587

White Flag Projects: Thursday, 1 March 2012

Upcoming Exhibition

Ned Vena

Opening reception Thursday March 1, 6-8 PM
March 1 - April 7

White Flag Projects will present an installation by New York-based painter Ned Vena. Vena will produce a series of his signature cut vinyl paintings, for the first time using steel fire doors as his substrate, the same kind that are ubiquitous throughout New York City artists' studios. Visit the exhibition page here.

6612 Chamberlain Ave UC: Saturday, 18 February 2012

"Transitional: Sculptures and Installations in Domestic Space"
Saturday, February 18, 2012, 6:00-9:00pm

This exhibition features new work by John Early, Luke Herron, Marie Bannerot McInerney, Tuan Nguyen, and Carlie Trosclair that responds to the architecture of an empty home. Working with familiar objects -- such as car parts, mirrors, furniture, wallpaper, and trophies -- the artists explore the permeability of boundaries and the possibilities of transformation, reflecting in turn the history and possible futures of the space. Join us for an opening reception on Saturday, February 18, 2012, from 6:00-9:00pm.

Arched Art Now preview http://archedartnow.com/2012/02/11/preview-transitional-at-sixty-six-twelve-art-space/

6612 Chamberlain Ave
University City, MO

Mad Art Gallery: Friday, 2 March 2012

RENAISSANCE II: REVOLUTION OF THE MIND

At Mad Art Gallery on March 2, 2012 from 7pm-11pm-Renaissance II: Revolution of the Mind will be the second installment of the Renaissance series.

Renaissance I: Rebirth of the Soul was a celebration of that spark of creativity that inspires artists, bringing them a wave of inspiration that allows them to create something new. Renaissance II: Revolution of the Mind is about that next level of the artist's evolution as they push themselves beyond their artistic boundaries to create something new. Something that reinvents the way people perceive their own personal and collective realities- something the world has never seen before.

The show is an exploration of the creative inspiration and spark that allows artists to continue pushing onward, beyond the limitations of each individual’s artistic field sets. It is a celebration of the breaking down of those boundaries between the infinite visionary worlds, within the artist's mind, and the realities that we are able to create in the wider world around us.

Mad Art Gallery
2727 S. 12th Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
314.771.8230
Info@madart.com

Pulitzer Foundation: Thursday, 5 April 2012

THE PULITZER FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS IN THE STILL EPIPHANY

The opening public reception is on April 5 from 5 – 9 PM.

In celebration of its 10th-anniversary year, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition In the Still Epiphany, on view from April 5 to October 27, 2012. Artist Gedi Sibony is creating a large-scale, temporary work of art comprised of approximately forty objects from the collection of Emily and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.­including works by John Singer Sargent, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Lucia Moholy, and Lucio Fontana.

Sibony is arranging these predominately figurative works within the spaces of Tadao Ando’s building to create a flow of experience that is involving, meditative, and surprising. Modern and contemporary European and American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper­many of them chosen for their depiction of domestic interiors and the figures that inhabit them­are combined with African, Asian, and Pre-Columbian ritual and decorative objects. These groupings resonate within the galleries of the Pulitzer building to impart a distinct character to each space and to offer the visitor a journey through the activity of life as depicted in the frozen moments captured by the works themselves.

In the Still Epiphany unfolds in stages, beginning in the small space of the Pulitzer’s Entrance Gallery, which functions like a crowded foyer with a high density of portraits and busts including Vuillard’s Self Portrait (1892) and Auguste Rodin’s Bust of Joseph Pulitzer (1907). Then Picasso’s The Fireplace (1916-17) draws the visitor into the large Main Gallery, where different types of conversations between the works take place. Objects arranged as a mise-en-scène, includes Chinese terracotta vessels from the 6th century CE, an Alberto Giacometti sculpture, and a group of Pre-Columbian objects including tribal pots and a headdress ornament made of copper and gold. Nearby are Bonnard’s vibrant, almost electric, painting Still Life with Ham (1940), as well as Matisse’s The Conservatory (1938) and Vuillard’s Woman in Green (1909), both of which depict reclining women lost in thought.

A narrow passageway leads into the Cube Gallery, where Fontana’s painting Black Landscape (1966), acts as night-sky theater box in front of which an armature holding two ancient sculptures­a terracotta from Pakistan entitled Figurine of Mother-Goddess (c. 3000-2500 BCE) and a standing figure made of stone from Africa (c. 4500-7000 BCE)­serve as a formulation of the mystery of life.

Bruno David Gallery: Friday, 9 March 2012

CHRIS KAHLER: RECENT PAINTINGS
Opening Reception Friday, March 9, 2012, from 5 to 8 pm
March 9 – May 5, 2012

Front Room: Buzz Spector: Malevich: with eight red rectangles
Project Room: Katharine Kuharic: Working in the Lou
Media Room: Van McElwee: Supernatural

Public Hours: Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Bruno David Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition, “Recent Paintings,” by Chris Kahler. Carmine Iannaccone writes of Kahler’s work that “it unhinges the function of representation, loosens the joints of correspondence, makes the presumed determinacy of representation indeterminate.” Kahler’s paintings are this but they are simultaneously that. Iannaccone goes on to note: “Kahler’s style of abstraction loosens the laws that govern representation, it puts another question into play: what kind of meaning does this species of vision produce?” The meaning, like the work itself, is multi-layered, and invites viewers to connect their own histories with the experience of looking. A fully illustrated catalogue, with an essay by Carmine Iannaccone, accompanies the exhibit.

"Kahler's paintings are very much about physical process, but they are also about the processes by which images come into being. They activate the mental mechanisms that search for analogies between what we're looking at and what we've seen elsewhere, between what we're seeing on the canvas, and what we know about the world. To look at one of these paintings is to engage in just such a searching, a feeling around for meaning, as though the painting were a transparent screen which we hold up to the things around us and look for matches, places where the image lines up with reality or with multiple realities." Kahler asks us construct meaning out of what we already know in conjunction with the work that is in front of us. In our search for meaning, Kahler pulls us further into his work, immersing us completely in the abstract environment he has created. These abstract environments become representational of a world—our world—and it is this play between abstract and representation that makes Kahler’s work so successful.

In the Front Room, the gallery presents Buzz Spector’s groundbreaking 1992 installation, Malevich: with eight red rectangles.

In the Project Room, the gallery presents an exhibition, titled “Working in the Lou” by Katharine Kuharic. Kuharic’s work is, in a word, alive. Birthed from “unsolicited images,” Kuharic manipulates and reconfigures images that our culture has been desensitized to, shocking the viewer and asking the audience to reconsider what they think they know. Taking stock pictures from junk mail, newspapers, magazines and other sources, Kuharic meticulously paints images to create reconfigured histories. Her works highlight investigations into American celebrity, pop and suburban culture, and personal identity politics. A fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by Kara Gordon accompanies the exhibit.

In the Media Room, the gallery presents a video work titled “Supernatural” by Van McElwee. Just shy of six minutes, this single-channel video is waves of variation that reveal the contours of impossible form. It is as if the process of decay were reversed, causing delicate structures to emerge from the grain of chaos.

3721 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
SAINT LOUIS MO 63108
314.531.3030
INFO@BRUNODAVIDGALLERY.COM
WWW.BRUNODAVIDGALLERY.COM

Old Orchard Gallery: Friday, 17 February 2012

Please join us for the opening reception of "33February" on Friday, February 17, from 5:30pm to 10pm. The 33February exhibit opening features new work by 33 artists, live music, food and drink. Admission is .free and open to the public at 37 South Old Orchard in Webster Groves.

For a list of all 33 participating artists and a Google map showing our gallery location, visit http://www.myslart.org/events/33february on the Internet.

MOCRA: Sunday, 26 February 2012

Archie Granot: The Papercut Haggadah
Free public opening reception Sunday, February 26, 2 to 4 pm. Exhibition continues through May 20

“Haggadah” signifies a book that contains the ritual guide to the Passover Seder, along with scripture passages, commentary, prayers and songs. In each generation artists continue the tradition of reinterpreting these texts for contemporary believers. Israeli artist Archie Granot was commissioned to present the Haggadah in the traditional medium of papercutting. The resulting 55 pages employ intricate geometric and abstract shapes and calligraphic text to create an exquisite, unique version of the Haggadah.

Regular museum hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free, though there is a suggested donation of $5, or $1 for students and children.

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA)
on the campus of Saint Louis University
mocra.slu.edu
314.977.7170

Framations Art Gallery: Friday, 24 February 2012

Opening Reception and Wine Tasting
Two new exhibits feature watercolor group and Contemporary Acrylics.

Framations Art Gallery invites the public to join them for two new exhibits and to sample new wines from their wine sponsor, bakkheia at an Opening Reception on February 24 from 6-8pm.

In the Main Gallery, visitors will find "Joy of Painting", a group of watercolorists brought together by an instructor, Jean McMuller. The group started out as “students” but through time and their interest in painting, have become friends. The students work range from beginners to advanced. A total of two dozen artists will share the space, just as they have shared the learning experience.

In Gallery Two, the exhibit "Beyond Imagination: The Contemporary Artwork of Jessica Dreyer" will invite the viewer in to explore the abstract designs invented by Dreyer. In her Acrylic Abstracts, Dreyer often uses heavily textured and layered compositions. Her use of repetition, movement, and contrast inspire abstract designs that invite the viewer to both explore the textures close up and to step back and get the full impact of the piece.

Hours: Tues - Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5, Closed Mondays,

218 North Main Street
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-724-8313
framations@earthlink.net
http://www.framations.com

Atrium Gallery: Friday, 17 February 2012

KAREN KUNC,At the Shoreline, 2010, woodcut, mixed media on artist made paper of pigmented linen & kozo

Please join us for a mid-winter exhibition, "RED." This group exhibition will explore the emotive power of the color red, used in a collection of works either as a dominant feature, or accent. Red has been proven to illicit a depth of emotional response that is often immediate and intense. Included will be works by Willem DeLooper, Karen Kunc, Fredrick Nelson, Kirk Pederson, Jeanine Coup Ryding, Doug Salveson, Steven Sorman, and Katy Stone.

Opening reception Friday February 17th 6-8 p.m.

Atrium Gallery
in the Central West End at 4728 McPherson Ave.
atrium@earthlink.net
314 367-1076
www.atriumgallery.net

Regular hours:
Wednesday - Saturday: 10 - 6
Tuesday by appointment

Duane Reed Gallery: Friday,17 February 2012

"Cut da Mustard", 2011

Kevin Snipes combines his love of making unconventional pottery with an obsessive need to draw on everything that he produces, creating a uniquely dynamic body of work.

Duane Reed Gallery
4729 McPherson Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63108

Duane Reed Gallery: Friday,17 February 2012

"Horseshoe Lake 3", 2011 by Matthew O'Shea

Barclay Hughes and Matthew O’Shea share a working method and a theme in their new photographic works. Both are photographers, fully embracing mainstream technologies to mold photographic information to their unique visual vocabularies. Freed from the constraints of chemical based photography, Hughes and O’Shea’s work take the digital information of their images into their own hands. Both artists stitch, shape, rearrange, scale and blend what is normally thought of as “truthful” photographic imagery of the real world into imagined scenes that reflect more specific and personal narratives. The themes of dislocation and disconnection are the shared stories in Hughes and O’Shea’s work. Made more “real” by being photographic, both artists’ work depicts moments of transient isolation in plaintively beautiful locations. Although the two artists, theme is similar, their works look very different, highlighting the individual visual language each has invented.

“Where Are You Now?” is the product of two St. Louis artists collaborating in the brave, new world of fine art digital photography. By leaving behind the sentimental attachments of film emulsion and silver halide chemistry, Hughes and O’Shea demonstrate the power of new technologies to birth new forms of expression.

This exhibition in collaboration with Schmidt Contemporary Art.

Duane Reed Gallery
4729 McPherson Ave
Saint Louis, MO 63108

Drew Henry Salon & Sallery: Saturday, 11 February 2012

We will be celebrating on 2.11.12 from 6-10pm
bites.drinks.ART.music by DVDN.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Marcis Curtis
“I draw the epiphanies my mind creates in an effort to bring them more clarity and resonance. The spaces I create are thought-experiments of cultural norms and currents, interacting with the omnipresent force of nature. I enjoy the absurd, the irrational, and the intuitive, while trying to maintain a grounded, skeptical perspective.”

Evan Michael
Evan Michael Honerkamp spent his adolescence surrounded by mentally, physically, and socially handicapped individuals, with whom interactions have led to key insights into innumerable worlds of obsession, idiosyncratic communication, and vivid sensation. Continuing these relationships has melded his artwork into the fantastical and stylized forms of current. Earning additional certification in art therapy, he has begun extending his creative practice to benefit the autistic community before broadening to include the incarcerated population and victims of trauma and addiction.

Tom Cline
Tom’s prints explore the idea of human burdens, represented by depictions of heavily-layered, amorphous forms. Drawn from his own experiences, these forms become stand-ins for the feeling of being borne down under the weight of responsibility. Though massive, these weights are supported tenaciously by representations of the frail, yet unfailing, body. The prints resonate with the shared experience of all humanity’s burdens, and the continuous struggle against them

Drew Henry Salon & Sallery
2309 Cherokee Street
St.Louis, MO 63118
314-865-5147

Gallery 501: Friday, 10 February 2012

Gregory Dierlam's solo exhibition of oil paintings and glasswork will be on exhibit at Gallery 501 at Art Glass Array. 501 N Kingshighway, St. Charles, MO 63301. Join us for the opening reception Friday Feb 10th from 7-9pm. For more information or to view some of Gregory's work, visit www.artglassarray.com

Craft Alliance in the Delmar Loop: Friday, 9 March 2012

HOT TEA: 13th BIENNIAL TEAPOT EXHIBITION
March 9, 2012 – April 26, 2012

FREE Opening Reception on Friday, March 9, 2012, 6 – 8pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 10am – 5pm / Friday – Saturday 10am – 6 pm / Sunday 11am – 5pm

The opening reception is on Friday, March 9, 2012, from 6 – 8pm in CA’s gallery in the Delmar Loop. Throughout the world, the drinking of tea is an integral part of the social fabric, from the everyday sharing of tea amongst friends to the traditional tea ceremony in Japan. The common thread linking all of these tea-time traditions is the dynamic of sharing; for this exhibition, artists from all media (clay, fiber, glass, metal and wood) share their appreciation and interpretation of the teapot with CA.

Yet again, the roster of participating artists is an impressive one; this year’s exhibit includes fifty artists, twenty of whom are local or regional. CA is proud to announce Richard Notkin as one of the featured artists. His work is influenced by the tradition of Yixing pottery. Kevin Snipes uses skillfully designed vessels and quirky figures as vehicles for storytelling. Other well-known clay artists, such as Joe Bova, Sam Chung, Eric Serritella, and Blair Meerfield, add their unique perspectives to the show.

We will also present the glass and metal work of Robert Ebendorf. Jo Stealey will display her teapots created out of leaves and paper, while Ed Bing Lee showcases his intricately knotted pieces. To complement CA’s increasing interest in wood, this year’s exhibition features more wooden teapots than in previous shows. Woodturners John Jordan and Dixie Biggs will both feature their work, as well as internationally known pioneer woodturner David Ellsworth, to name a few.

From March 9 - April 1, 2012, a High School Teapot exhibition is featured concurrently in the David & Jacqueline Charak gallery. The 14 participating schools include Chaminade College Prep, Crossroads College Preparatory School, Hazelwood Central High School, John Burroughs School, Kirkwood High School, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, cCluer High School, MICDS, St. Louis University High School, Villa Duchesne, Webster Groves High School, Whitfield School, McCluer North, Parkway West High School.

Craft Alliance
6640 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
314.725.1177
www.craftalliance.org

Gya Art Gallery: Friday, 24 February 2012

Friday, February 24, 2012, 8 pm until 1200 am

STL Stand Up. Do For Self/ Gya Art Gallery presents “MAD GRAPHIC.” Come enjoy the gallery, Free Freaky Muscato, and art exhibits from Cbabi Bayoc, BROOKLYN, and Lenard Blai, along with guest DJ’s and emcees.

Gya Art Gallery
2700 Locust Street
Saint Louis, Missouri 63103

Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center: Friday, 10 February 2012

OPENING RECEPTION ~ STUDIO DESIGN: CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE
Friday, February 10, 2012, 6-8pm

The exhibition, which runs through April 8, explores the art of contemporary furniture design. The works of Kimberly Winkle, Brian Ferrell, and Matt Keim feature abstract forms, colorful surfaces, and combined materials while maintaining their functionality as interior objects.

An element of play is evident in the subtly colored furniture designs of Kimberly Winkle. Hand drawn patterns in graphite and paint complement her gently rounded and smooth wooden forms. Kimberly transitions from complex swirls of lines and dots to the simplicity of bare wood in order to highlight the natural beauty of woods such as cherry or mahogany, while enhancing the surface quality of poplar with her mark making.

Brian Ferrell emphasizes clean lines and tapered angles to create compositions in wood and metal. His sculptures employ a repetition of shape and line to guide the viewer’s eye in and around an interplay of domestic and exotic woods such as paduak and walnut, steel cables, and pewter surfaces.

Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center
501 N. Grand
St. Louis, MO 63103
314.534.7528
www.craftalliance.org

Bonsack Gallery: Friday, 10 February 2012

Untitled 7 mixed media on paper board, 32.5" x 40"

	JONATHAN DAVID LANGE Adaptation

February 10 through April 12
Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 6:30 pm

Opening Reception
Friday, February 10, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

My art is concerned with multiple subjects, but only two primary themes. The first is that of ideas, before any word of description or physical action to make tangible has been attached to it. The second is memory: how we often unconsciously distort and fill in our personal history to bridge gaps and try to reconcile a peace or continuum within us. I try to place this all in the contemporary context of our frenetically paced society - the age of the internet.

Duane Reed Gallery: Friday, 6 April 2012

Duane Reed Gallery presents the latest work of Grif Williams. Exhibition opens Friday, April 6th with a reception that evening 5 – 8 pm. The exhibition will run through May 12th.

Duane Reed Gallery presents the latest work of Jan Huling. Exhibition opens Friday, April 6th with a reception that evening 5 – 8pm. The exhibition will run through May 12th.

Grif Williams’ methodology involves an elaborate paint by number process he reinvented. Each segmented area of the composition is assigned to a specific color, a palette professionally mixed to replicate the distinctive colors in a 1950’s Color Craft paint by numbers set. The hand-made application involves repeated layers of poured transparent resin and stenciled enamel shapes. Intially, this meticulous process is belied by the graphic flatness and slick surfaces of the work, which may seem manufactured or digital.

Neither sketched nor planned, Huling‘s three-dimensional works draw inspiration from her travels to India and Mexico, as well as imagined, playful scenes reminiscent of childhood fairy tales and fantasies. Her work is approachable yet evocative, incorporating spiritual iconography alongside humorous artifacts of contemporary popular culture.

Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10-5 pm.

DUANE REED GALLERY
4729 McPHERSON AVE.
ST. LOUIS, MO 63108
info@duanereedgallery.com
314.361.4100
WWW.DUANEREEDGALLERY.COM

Crossroads Hospice: Friday, 3 February 2012

You are cordially invited to an artist reception at Crossroads Hospice
“The Art of Living”
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 6:00-9:00pm

Artists showing: Jan Groenemann, Donald and Carol Sue Horstman, Christine Ilewki, Mary Bournstein, Rich Brooks, Sandy Illian, Nancy “Zoda” Przygoda, David Kolmer, Kathy Rickermann

The “Art of Living” shows are dedicated to the patients, families and friends of Crossroads Hospice. Enjoy light refreshments, music, artist demo, and poetry. Everyone who attends the reception will have a chance to win a $200 original painting.

Show runs through March 18th, 2012, By appointment only.

Crossroads Hospice
2380 Schuetz Rd
St. Louis, MO 63146
314-801-6960
www.Crossroadshospice.com

RAC Gallery: Thursday, 16 February 2012

The Gallery at The Regional Arts Commission Presents
"If a Print is Shown, Will Someone See It?"
Curated by Stephen Da Lay

GALLERY TALK on Thursday, February 16
5:30pm Reception 6:00pm Talk

Exhibition continues through March 3

Stephen Da Lay, Bob Hartzell, Jeff Sippel, and Rudy Zapf are four printmakers whose techniques include serigraphy, intaglio, woodcut, and waterless lithography. Themes in the exhibition range from an interest in mathematics and problem-solving to love, hope, and childhood memories. The title of the show asks the viewer to engage in the process of scrutinizing the art and to question the artists' points of view.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Saturday, noon - 5 p.m., Sunday, CLOSED

The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission
6128 Delmar Boulevard on The Loop
St. Louis, MO 63112
(Free parking in the lot behind The Pageant; metered street parking)

Gallery Visio: Thursday, 23 February 2012

Pop Manifesto Part 2
Made Monarch
Work/Play

Featuring Kevin McCoy [Work/Play], Jermaine Clark, Skip Jones [Made Monarchs], Erika Brown

February 23 – March 22, 2012
Opening Reception Feb 23, 4 – 7pm

Featuring emerging artists from the St. Louis community and UMSL, this second coming of Pop Manifesto depicts a visual interpretation of pop culture.

Co-sponsored by Made Monarchs. The show will feature varying disciplines in illustration, design, painting, and sculptural media. This exhibition will be a public declaration on what pop culture and pop art means to these artists. The exhibition will be used as a visual dialogue between the artist and viewer utilizing a multitude of perspectives, and inspiration. It will either define or blur the lines of pop culture and pop art depending on the viewer’s perception.

Gallery Visio (at the University of Missouri – St. Louis)
170 Millennium Student Center
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121-4400
www.umsl.edu/~galvisio

Good Citizen Gallery: Friday, 2 March 2012

Good Citizen invites you to Equivalents, an exhibition of photography by Jamie Kreher.
March 2- April 7, 2012
Opening Reception Friday, March 2, 6-10 PM

For Equivalents, Jamie Kreher will present hundreds of small photographs for the audience to peruse. The nature of these photographs will examine an overwhelming cultural and personal photographic accumulation. The work will explore the ubiquitous nature of hand held photographic devices, the dérive, the snap shot, and the photograph as art object. Viewers will be encouraged to physically handle the photographs to investigate their existence as everyday objects and raise questions about preciousness, rarity, meaning, and monumentality.

Gallery Hours Fri., Sat. Noon - 5 PM and by appointment

Good Citizen Gallery
2247 Gravois Ave,
St. Louis MO, 63104-2852
314-348-4587

SLU Museum of Art: Friday,10 February 2012

Friday, Feb. 10; 5 - 7 p.m.

Drawn from the Saint Louis University Museum of Art's permanent print collection, the exhibition examines dissent expressed by artists of various periods and cultural backgrounds. Selected artworks include prints by Francisco Goya, Roberto Matta, Richard Hamilton, Ed Paschke and other artists who deal with strife through art.

Using the common marker of visual art, each artist offers his or her own perspective of dissent; some are subtle, while others are more obvious, and range from simple discord, to indifference, to rebellion. Paschke takes iconic figures and recasts them to dismantle the glamorous façade of America, and instead, highlights the trappings of fame, money, and power. Though Francisco Goya and Richard Hamilton are separated by language, culture, and time, they share an artistic commentary on the violence that comes from tumultuous social and political climates. Roberto Matta expresses the human struggle with modern machinery. He uses vibrant color and even clay in his paintings to add dimension and emphasize distortions that help to convey his artistic commentary.

The Saint Louis University Museum of Art
http://sluma.slu.edu
314.977.2666.

Meramec Contemporary Art Gallery: Thursday, 2 February 2012

Opening reception today 4:30-6:30pm.
Tim Eberhardt: A Life in Ceramics.

An encyclopedic display of ceramic self-portrait figures as metaphors for the complex intertwinning of self-identity and the process of making art. Provoking. Bonus: fifty exploratory and extraordinary ceramic vessels, also by the artist.

Through February 23. M-Th. 10-6:30, F. 10-4, Sat. 11-4, Closed Sun. and holidays

Meramec Contemporary Art Gallery
St. Louis Community College-Meramec
Humanities East room 133
11333 Big Bend Blvd.
St. Louis, MO
314.984.7632

Pig Slop Studios: Friday, 3 February 2012

DOUBLE SOLO: WHERE EVERYTHING IS MUSIC
the one night only exhibition by Pagano Pagano

including: sculpture, drawing, photography, video installation, and audio installation

6 - 10 pm, Friday, February 3rd (that's this Friday)

2700 Cherokee Street
upstairs, doors under the blue awning

Hunt Gallery: Friday, 10 February 2012

"An Afternoon Without Gravity" an Exhibit by Nadija Mustapic
at Webster University's Hunt Gallery

"An Afternoon Without Gravity" is an exhibit by Croatian Artist Nadija Mustapic. As one of the founding members of The Moving Crew, Nadija Mustapic continues to work collaboratively with the Iowa City-based art collective. It is dedicated to cultural animation and engaging the public in interactive art activities that surround ideas of community, movement and transformation.

Friday, Feb. 10 - March 10
Opening reception: Friday, Feb. 10 from 6-8 p.m.
Lecture by Ms. Mustapic on Fri., Feb. 10, Noon to 1 p.m., Room 123, Sverdrup Building,
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. or by appointment

Cecille R. Hunt Gallery
Visual Arts Studio, Webster University
8342 Big Bend Blvd.

U City Library Gallery: Monday, 5 March 2012

“A Beautiful Mistake III,” 30” x 40”, oil on canvas, 2011

The March exhibit in THE GALLERY of the University City Public Library (6701 Delmar Blvd, 63130) entitled “A Tale of Love” features new oil paintings by Teresa Wang. A reception will be held on Monday, March 5, 2012, 6 – 8 pm in THE GALLERY. The work is on display March 2 - 31 and may be viewed during normal library hours, Monday – Friday, 9 am – 9 pm; Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm; and Sunday, 1 -5 pm.

St. Charles Community College: Wedensday, 1 February 2012

St. Charles Community College is pleased to announce "Placement" a Photography Invitational shown in conjunction with the "UMSL Student Photography Exhibition" located in the gallery of the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building on campus. The participating invitational artists include Robert Boettcher, Richard Glass, Beth Goyer, Hillary Hitchcock, Donald J. McKenna, and Bob Rickert. This exhibition runs from Jan. 30-March 4, 2012 with an opening reception on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. and is free and open to the public.