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Collector’s Corner: Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon fell in love with folk art more than 20 years ago. She began buying it, drawn to the aesthetics, craftsmanship and unique visions of artists with little or no formal training. And after discovering that many of the great collectors of American folk art have been women, she determined to join their ranks.
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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.
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Honors: Don Kottmann
Insiders in Kansas City’s art world know and appreciate painter Don Kottmann’s work, and thanks to a major grant that he received recently, his work will surely be known more widely soon. Kottmann splits his time between Kansas City and Calgary, Alberta, where he teaches at the Alberta College of Art Design.
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Xaviera Simmons and the Art of Endurance
Embedded with commentary and reflections on history, art and life, Xaviera Simmons’ Number 16 (2013), is a mesmerizing and demanding video work, on view at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. The 60-minute split-screen piece presents side-by-side performances, one by the Brooklyn-based artist, who creates an abstract expressionist painting; the other by a female vocalist, who sings her heart out.