Visual Art Reviews – KC STUDIO

March 10, 2020

“Marcus Cain: Borrowed Light” and “Ky Anderson: Star School,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

Brooklyn-based Kansas City Art Institute alum Ky Anderson’s exhibit “Star School” is the result of a middle-of-the-night vision in which she imagined a series of paintings “filled with stars and the intricate structures used to view them.”

February 24, 2020

“Summer Wheat: Blood, Sweat, and Tears,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

I can’t remember ever having left an exhibition of paintings and subsequently thinking much about how they were created.

December 30, 2019

“knowledges” Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence

Towering stacks of salvaged books, animated holograms, flickering cascades of light, installations and objects inspired by math and science, and beakers of Legos and rock..

December 5, 2019

“Adrienne Walker Hoard: New Democracy Art: A South African Saga of Women, Art, and Identity,” Kansas City Central Library

Vibrancy, artistry and mystery emanate from Adrienne Walker Hoard’s exhibition, “New Democracy Art: A South African Saga of Women, Art, and Identity,” featuring 24 photographs by Hoard with accompanying narratives and original art works by South African women at Kansas City Central Library.

November 26, 2019

“American Narrative: Trigger Zone,” Belger Arts Center

Belger Arts Center’s current exhibition “American Narrative: Trigger Zone” goes full-on Top Gun — right into the danger zone.

November 22, 2019

“Hew Locke: Here’s the Thing,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

The legacy of colonialism looms large over Hew Locke’s exhibition “Here’s the Thing” at Kemper Museum.

November 19, 2019

“Rethinking the Room: Marilyn Mahoney,” Museo

A selection of layered, mixed-media collages by longtime Kansas City artist Marilyn Mahoney graces Museo’s walls in the third one-person show in the exhibition series,..

November 7, 2019

“Angel Otero: Diario,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

As a sprawling amalgamation of experiences, epiphanies and inputs, Angel Otero’s new installation at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, “Diario,” represents humanity’s psychological landscape.

October 15, 2019

“Look Me In The Eye: Portraits of Kansas City,” Epsten Gallery

Jam-packed may fairly describe the installation at the small Epsten Gallery.

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