16 May 2008 to 14 June 2008
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Third Friday opening: May 16, 6-9 pm
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Painterly La La – A UCP Studio Residency Program Focus Exhibition
Featuring Eli Borrowman, Stewart Losee, Nicole Mauser, Lee Piechocki & Sarah Vandersall
Paragraph | 23 East 12th Street | 816.221.5115 Third Friday opening: May 16, 6-9 pm Gallery talk with artists and curators: May 16, 6 pm May 16-June 14, 2008
Hours: Thursdays & Saturdays, 12-5 pm
Curated by Davin Watne, artist, curator, and former Founder/Director of Dirt Gallery in the West Bottoms, and Kate Hackman, Charlotte Street Foundation Associate Director, Painterly La La features the work of two previous (Sarah Vandersall, Stewart Losee) and three current (Eli Borrowman, Nicole Mauser, Lee Piechocki) Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program artists. UCP’s Studio Residency Program awards free studios for one year terms to talented emerging Kansas City artists in need of space in which to work, and fosters a sense of community and exchange among these artists, who open their studios to the public every Third Friday.
The five emerging artists featured in this exhibition share a “painterly” approach to artmaking – in some cases articulated through a gestural use of paint itself, while in other cases though the manipulation and arrangement of everyday materials, including wood, fabric, foam, glass, and diverse found objects. From tiny two-dimensional drawings and small oil and enamel on canvas paintings(Piechocki) to mid-size acrylic and varnish paintings on board (Mauser) to large three-dimensional mixed-media sculptures (Borrowman) to multi-component installations (Losee, Vandersall) -- works included manifest playful, experimental approaches to color, form, texture, composition, and construction process.
Painterly La La is second in a new series of semi-annual “Studio Residency Focus” exhibitions, which aim to highlight and contextualize the work of artists participating in UCP’s Studio Residency Program. These exhibitions also seek to engage artists and arts professionals from the broader community with the Studio program and its artists by inviting them to conduct studio visits and serve as curators for these shows.
