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2009 Stories by Jessica Baran

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published December 30, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Tom Friedman: REAM Noses, dates, dotted lines, the stars, sun, lollipops, and a vaguely copulating couple... More >>

• Featured Review: Pulled

  published December 30, 2009

  Featured Review: Pulled This selection of prints from St. Louis-area fine-art presses reveals a largely unsung, local dedication to the... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published December 23, 2009

  American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St. Louis, images appear less as... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published December 16, 2009

  American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St. Louis, images appear less as... More >>

• Featured Review: Not Real

  published December 16, 2009

  Featured Review: Not Real Making something out of nothing — the nothing in this case being the phenomenon of lens flares, those... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published December 9, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Asma Kazmi Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Asma Kazmi

  published December 9, 2009

  Asma Kazmi This collection of photographs and videos by local artist Asma Kazmi provides a provocative glimpse into the unwitting art of... More >>

• St. Louis Art Caps

  published December 2, 2009

  American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St. Louis, images appear less as... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published November 25, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Chris Kahler: Hybrid Dynamic Working at the unlikely intersection of tie-dye and TV static, painter Chris... More >>

• Featured Review: Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark

  published November 25, 2009

  Featured Review: Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark The late New York-area artist who used entire blighted buildings as his sculptural... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published November 18, 2009

  American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St. Louis, images appear less as... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published November 12, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Roberley Bell: Inside Out Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Roberley Bell: Inside Out

  published November 12, 2009

  Featured Review: Roberley Bell: Inside Out Bell takes the surplus toy stock that crowds today's craft-store shelves — chartreuse,... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published November 4, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Mi-Kyoung Lee: Bound Lines Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Mi-Kyoung Lee: Bound Lines

  published November 4, 2009

  Featured Review: Mi-Kyoung Lee: Bound Lines Cotton string, human hair and other basic materials are meticulously knotted into complex... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published October 28, 2009

  Newly Reviewed American Framing Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: American Framing

  published October 28, 2009

  Featured Review: American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St. Louis,... More >>

• Featured Review: The Language of Objects: New Works by Jane Birdsall-Lander and Jo Stealey

  published October 28, 2009

  Featured Review: The Language of Objects: New Works by Jane Birdsall-Lander and Jo Stealey In Jane Birdsall-Lander's Bound... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published October 21, 2009

  Ongoing Chance Aesthetics A seeming paradox — codifying the unpredictable — this selective but comprehensive... More >>

• Featured Review: Fred Stonehouse: Den of Secrets

  published October 21, 2009

  Featured Review: Fred Stonehouse: Den of Secrets This menagerie of self-portraits — as a bat, in lucha libre masks, beset... More >>

• Featured Review: For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn't there

  published October 14, 2009

  Featured Review: For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn't there Perception is given close study in this... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published October 7, 2009

  Ongoing Anne Appleby These paintings and printed works make a close study of the memory of nature, distilled here in a... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published September 30, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Holiness: In 3 Parts Reviewed in this issue. Ongoing Anne Appleby These... More >>

• Featured Review: Holiness: In 3 Parts

  published September 30, 2009

  Featured Review: Holiness: In 3 Parts Stripped-down building forms — a wooden post-and-lintel entryway, a wood-beam pillar —... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published September 23, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Anne Appleby These paintings and printed works make a close study of the memory of nature, distilled here... More >>