Email Author Jessica Baran

2013 Stories by Jessica Baran

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  In the Galleries - Hiraki Sawa: Migration

  published May 16, 2013

  The lives of humans and other earthly animals are small and ephemeral in London-based Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa's brief black-and-white video... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Contemporary German Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection

  published May 16, 2013

  This exhibition of sixteen artworks from post-unified Germany does not overtly speak to the political tumult of their cultural origins —... More >>

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  Godmother of Punk Patti Smith Talks New Album, Book and Burroughs: "I wanted to come to St. Louis because I just wanted to say hello to William."

  published May 03, 2013

  [Editor's note: Patti Smith reads from her poetry and performs a rock set at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington Boulevard; 314-535-4660 ) Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30.] There'... More >>

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  In the Galleries - The River Between Us

  published May 16, 2013

  As recent flooding attests, the Mississippi River still has the ability to define those along its shores. This group exhibition, organized with... More >>

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  In the Galleries - A Broken Line CLOSES May 11

  published May 9, 2013

  This exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Greg Edmondson literally takes its formal cue from the behavior of the drawn line — as a... More >>

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  In the Galleries -William E. Jones: Killed Through April 28 at the Saint Louis Art Museum

  published April 25, 2013

  The latest installment of SLAM's New Media Series, this rapid-fire 2009 video by Los Angeles-based artist William E. Jones stitches together... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Bill Smith: Beyond the Humanities at the World Chess Hall of Fame

  published May 16, 2013

  The usual description of Southern Illinois-based artist Bill Smith goes something like this: He holds an MFA in sculpture as well as degrees in... More >>

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  In the Galleries - A modest occupation CLOSES April 12 at the Luminary

  published April 11, 2013

  This exhibit of editioned art objects was organized in partnership with the Chicago art space threewalls and curated by that nonprofit's... More >>

• In the Galleries - Fort Arrowhead CLOSES April 5 at mushmaus

  published April 4, 2013

  Local artist and designer David Burnett's large-scale re-creation of a fort complex in a forest amounts to a bold recollection of childhood. A... More >>

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  In the Galleries -Roxanne Phillips: In Print CLOSES March 28 at the SLU Museum of Art

  published March 28, 2013

  This exhibit of recent relief prints by St. Louis-based artist Roxanne Phillips catalogs the peripheral architecture of the urban landscape. Phone... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Nest Egg Through CLOSES March 30 at Good Citizen Gallery

  published March 28, 2013

  A whole lotta corporate angst is channeled into this riotous installation by St. Louis- and New York City-based artist Cindy Tower. Consisting of... More >>

• NEW - In the Galleries - Richmond Burton: Parallels

  published February 21, 2013

  These intricately patterned, vibrantly hued abstract paintings by New York-based painter Richmond Burton convey in equal measure the deep space... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Jeremy Deller: Joy in People at CAM

  published April 25, 2013

  This visual riot of flags, hand-scrawled flowcharts, silkscreen posters, photographs, videos, large-scale installations (including a... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Laced: Peregrine Honig at Gallery 210

  published March 21, 2013

  Grimm's Fairy Tales and Alice and Wonderland appear to have commingled and time-warped into the more brazenly perverse... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

  published February 21, 2013

  Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out Juxtaposing work from the two extreme ends of the painterly impulse — bombastic figuration and... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Dark Star CLOSES February 16 at Good Citizen

  published February 14, 2013

  Dark Star Cloaked in black hoodies, vinyl track pants, sneakers, cycling gloves and face-covering Manchester United scarves, two... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Where We Can Read the Wind CLOSES March 9 at the Regional Arts Commission

  published March 7, 2013

  Where We Can Read the Wind A remarkable testament to the power of producing visual art against all odds, this group exhibition organized... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Ken Botnick: Typographies at the Craft Alliance

  published March 21, 2013

  Ken Botnick: Typographies This collection of exquisite handmade books and expertly printed ephemera by master printmaker and Washington... More >>

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  In the Galleries - The Progress of Love CLOSES April 21 at the Pulitzer

  published April 18, 2013

  Tracking the elusive arc of love from aspirational idealism to all-too-real dissolution, this ambitious three-venue exhibition (Lagos, Nigeria;... More >>

• In the Galleries - Solitude CLOSES January 30 at the University City Public Library

  published January 24, 2013

  Four local artists — Ella Brown, Dan Esarey, Jennifer Meahan, Valerie Snyder — consider nature as a muse in a group exhibition of... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Social Security CLOSES February 1 at the Luminary

  published January 31, 2013

  Social Security Four wooden "gallery kits" — the approximately seven-foot-square minigalleries designed by Daniel McGrath and Dana... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Juan William Chavez CLOSES January 20 at Laumeier

  published January 17, 2013

  Juan William Chavez: Living Proposal — Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary For this year's iteration of the Kranzberg Exhibition Series,... More >>

• In the Galleries - Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master CLOSES January 20 at St. Louis Art Museum

  published January 17, 2013

  If you think of the Italian Renaissance as a multiplatinum Billboard chart topper, this SLAM show is an indie-label B-side. Federico... More >>

• In the Galleries - Notations: Contemporary Drawing as Idea and Process CLOSES January 7 at Kemper

  published January 3, 2013

  Notations: Contemporary Drawing as Idea and Process In an era driven by conceptualism and abstraction, where does a medium that was once... More >>