Elisabeth Kirsch, Author at KC STUDIO

Elisabeth Kirsch

Elisabeth Kirsch is an art historian, curator and writer who has curated over 100 exhibitions of contemporary art, American Indian art and photography, locally and across the country. She writes frequently for national and local arts publications.

“SELF: New Work by Hattie Odell,” Mid-America Arts Alliance

In a world of endless selfies and identity politics, Hattie Odell’s exhibit “SELF” manages to chart new territory when it comes to self-portraiture. “Chart” is the operative word here. With the precision of a surgeon, Odell uses mathematics, in the form of conversion charts, to forge metal tools into what she calls portraits of “the […]

April 24, 2018
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“Cary Esser: Second Surface” & “Marcus Cain: Alignments,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

In “Second Surface” Cary Esser lines up dozens of small to medium fragmented, box-shaped ceramics on the walls of the Sherry Leedy Gallery like so many battered sentinels. They are ever alert, in earthy colors ranging from the purest white to muted gold, similar in type, but yet each distinct. Esser calls them “parfleches,” named […]

March 14, 2018
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Robert Fletcher: A Star Among Stars, Now Living in KC

What do Shakespeare, Jack Palance and yak hair all have in common? Robert Fletcher, legendary set and costume designer for stage, television and movies, now living in Kansas City, transformed all three into the Klingons, those uber-galactic villains that have plagued Star Trek protagonists for decades. The story of their creation, a stranger-than-fiction account, is one of many peppered throughout Fletcher’s remarkable 75-year career.

March 2, 2018
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“Christopher Leitch: chance diaries: dream things,” KCAI Crossroads Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice

The Trickster has always lurked in Christopher Leitch’s artwork, and s/he really gallivants around in Leitch’s current installation “chance diaries: dream things.” As in all his oeuvre, Leitch establishes a set format, and then — this is where the Trickster steps in — he lets things develop as they will. No matter the outcome. (Some […]

February 27, 2018
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Arts News: Reborn Photography Group Focuses on Local Talent

The Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography, still in the process of attaining not-for-profit status, is currently one of the most promising new art organizations in the city. Only two years old, KCSCP has already organized seven exhibitions for its artist members in such well-established venues as the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, the Leedy-Voulkos Art […]

January 12, 2018
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“George Timock: A Legacy in Clay 1973 – 2015,” Belger Arts Center

Only one person could have made the 75 ceramic vessels spanning five decades now on view at the Belger Arts Center. George Timock’s handling and sculpting of clay is totally distinctive, whether in his early raku work or his more recent porcelain vessels. If his double-walled raku bowls, made from approximately 1966 – 2006, are […]

December 28, 2017
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