Email Author Jessica Baran

2009 Stories by Jessica Baran

• Featured Review: We Are Here

  published September 23, 2009

  Featured Review: We Are Here This elegant and succinct show consists simply of two works: a pair of blue hooded sweatshirts on hangers,... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published September 16, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Material Studies There's something mildly apocalyptic about these hybrid fiber pieces. The six locally... More >>

• Featured Review: Tom Huck and the Rebellious Tradition of Printmaking

  published September 16, 2009

  Featured Review: Tom Huck and the Rebellious Tradition of Printmaking Brandy Baghead is going through major changes in Tom Huck's new... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published September 9, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Exposure 12: Implied Narratives: Paintings by Jamie Adams, Bill Kreplin and Kit Keith Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Exposure 12: Implied Narratives: Paintings by Jamie Adams, Bill Kreplin and Kit Keith

  published September 9, 2009

  Featured Review: Exposure 12: Implied Narratives: Paintings by Jamie Adams, Bill Kreplin and Kit Keith For this year's installment of... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published September 2, 2009

  Previews Material Studies For this group exhibition at Good Citizen Gallery, six area fiber artists will present work... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 26, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Ansel Adams in Yosemite Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Ansel Adams in Yosemite

  published August 26, 2009

  Featured Review: Ansel Adams in Yosemite Ansel Adams' photographs of Yosemite National Park long ago became the ubiquitous stuff of classic... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 19, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Meth and Hot Dogs Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Meth and Hot Dogs

  published August 19, 2009

  Featured Review: Meth and Hot Dogs Dystopia's version of a salon-style exhibit of portraits, this absurdist collection of small framed... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 12, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Home from Work to Find Your Spaniel Turned Into a Wolf Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Home from Work to Find Your Spaniel Turned Into a Wolf

  published August 12, 2009

  Featured Review: Home from Work to Find Your Spaniel Turned Into a Wolf St. Louis-area artist Alison Ouellette-Kirby presents seven... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 5, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Ann Coddington Rast: endless sky Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Ann Coddington Rast: endless sky

  published August 5, 2009

  Featured Review: Ann Coddington Rast: endless sky These woven sculptures have a way with shadows, casting compellingly weblike mirrors... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 29, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Concurrent: Gina Alvarez, Melody Evans, Damia Smith Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Concurrent: Gina Alvarez, Melody Evans, Damia Smith

  published July 29, 2009

  Featured Review: Concurrent: Gina Alvarez, Melody Evans, Damia Smith This exhibit of work by Craft Alliance's inaugural group of... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 22, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Bazuco The aftermath of this eponymous arts collective's one-night takeover of the gallery space is a... More >>

• Featured Review: Bruce Burton: Observation and Formulation

  published July 22, 2009

  Featured Review: Bruce Burton: Observation and Formulation St. Louis-based Bruce Burton transforms this small gallery into a... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 15, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Four Fired: Ceramics with an Edge Four women — Cynthia Consentino, Misty Gamble, Beverly Mayeri and... More >>

• Featured Review: migration (empire) — linear version

  published July 15, 2009

  Featured Review: migration (empire) — linear version Oil derricks, factories and other industrial sites are glimpsed through the... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 8, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Memories of Fire Island Reviewed in More >>

• Featured Review: Memories of Fire Island

  published July 8, 2009

  Featured Review: Memories of Fire Island Anonymous, sun-bronzed male specimens, reduced to the homoerotic semiotics of beefcake torsos... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 1, 2009

  Newly Reviewed later rather than sooner This small survey of obsessive narratives — salient memories, compulsive... More >>

• Featured Review: Splinter of the Mind's Eye

  published July 1, 2009

  Featured Review: Splinter of the Mind's Eye Curator Joseph R. Wolin suggests that artists' youthful obsessions outweigh adult,... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published June 24, 2009

  Newly Reviewed Built: Kranzberg Exhibition Series Six St. Louis-based artists — Mike Behle, Stan Chisholm, Sarah... More >>