Author: Neil Thrun
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Post Punk
“Punk is dead. Get over it,” writes Stephen Proski in FVTVRE PVNK, a manifesto that marked his break with the Kansas City punk rock scene.But Proski never let his association with the punk scene define him. Over the last decade Proski, a writer, painter, graphic designer, guitarist, singer and underground club owner, has had a diverse creative presence in Kansas City.
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Dream Studio
As a young man in the early ‘70s, Warren Rosser traveled from his home in Wales to London, to see an exhibition of American Abstract Expressionist paintings, an experience so profound it prompted Rosser to make another journey. In 1972, Rosser left the United Kingdom for Kansas City, to paint and teach painting.
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Artist to Watch: Rodolfo Marron III
Rodolfo Marron III’s mixed-media collages have been getting a lot of exposure lately, including a limited edition print offer in The Hand Magazine and a March exhibit at The Late Show gallery.Beginning May 28, they will be featured in the exhibit, “Rodolfo Marron III: A Poke Ghost and the Garden of Tearz” at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, marking Marron’s first showing in a museum.