Visual Art Reviews – KC STUDIO

Category: Visual Art Reviews

May 6, 2019

“Roger Shimomura: American Muse,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

With more than 100 paintings, and subject matter that unabashedly juxtaposes politics and pop culture with the personal, Roger Shimomura blows the roof off Sherry..

March 25, 2019

“Lineage and Impact: KCAI Faculty Past and Present,” Haw Contemporary Stockyards

Haw Contemporary and the Kansas City Art Institute have collaborated on an ambitious exhibition, “Lineage and Impact: KCAI Faculty Past and Present,” on view at..

March 13, 2019

“Appropriation Nation,” Kansas City Artists Coalition Snap Gallery

Some of the most iconic European masterpieces convey simple, universal feelings, but white artists do not have a monopoly on expressions of love, bravery, wanderlust,..

March 4, 2019

“Polly Apfelbaum: Waiting for the UFOS (a space between landscape and a bunch of flowers),” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Polly Apfelbaum is an iconoclast, refreshingly devoid of bullshit, and known for her wildly exuberant installations in which the floor is as important, or more, than the walls.

February 25, 2019

“Nicky Nodjoumi: The Long Day,” H&R Block Artspace

It’s a man’s world that Nicky Nodjoumi paints and that hasn’t been a good thing for the planet or its inhabitants. His exhibition of bold..

February 11, 2019

“Colla Voce: Follow the Solo Voice,” Carter Art Center, MCC-Penn Valley

Fearless in their honesty, the six artists in “Colla Voce: Follow the Solo Voice” at the Carter Art Center articulate a collective conversation about life’s limitations and constraints.

February 7, 2019

“Collections: A Visual Journey of Art Through the Eyes of Sherry Whetstone-McCall,” Stocksdale Gallery, William Jewell College

“Collections: A Visual Journey of Art Through the Eyes of Sherry Whetstone-McCall” at the Stocksdale Gallery at William Jewell College scores successes for both gallery..

January 21, 2019

“Pulse,” Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

For figurative artists, there is no greater canvas for angst than the human body. In “Pulse,” six diverse graphic artists and painters, ranging in age..

December 26, 2018

“The Life We Live,” at the Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography Gallery

Poignant stories of connection between family, friends and self are woven through the images in the current exhibit, “The Life We Live” at the Society for Contemporary Photography Gallery in the Shops at Union Hill.

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