Jim was a quintessential artist’s artist. His impact and legacy will continue to expand, not only by the growing appreciation his art is having, but also by the many artists that he taught and touched in his over 40 years teaching.
Interview with the Charlotte Street Foundation Fellows 2020
Installations in three distinct Nerman Museum spaces evoke the domestic and the public spheres; scale and placement of the sculptures and paintings propose unique museum experiences, each subverting the modern “white cube” architecture.
“Michael Rees: Pneumatopia,” Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Michael Rees is a modern romantic, his art lives in the spaces between science, philosophy, a kind of spatial mythology, visual and emotional pleasure (and sometimes frustration), and transitional relationships.
“Charlotte Street Foundation Fellows 2017,” Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
The 21st iteration of the Charlotte Street Foundation Fellows exhibition, which always focuses on Kansas City artists, includes Stephen Proski, Samara Umbral and Karen McCoy.