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2010 Stories by Jessica Baran

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  Featured Review: Great Rivers Biennial: Martin Brief, Sarah Frost, and Cameron Fuller at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

  published June 2, 2010

  Featured Review Great Rivers Biennial A consciousness of art's ability to speak to issues beyond itself pervades this triptych of... More >>

• The Blues Don't Care How Old You Are

  published May 26, 2010

  A latticework of blue and rainbow-hued stripes rendered in wavering crayon lines; pencil sketches of Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry and Tina Turner... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published May 26, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Dry Bones and Other Parables from the North 2010 Whitney Biennial participant Theaster Gates presents a... More >>

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  Featured Review: Marks of Absence: Caleb Cole, Lily Cox-Richard and Lori Larusso

  published May 26, 2010

  Featured Review: Marks of Absence Curated by Marie Heilich, this three-person, two-venue exhibition presents another group of recent... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published May 19, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Clint Baclawski/Caleb Taylor: Recent Works This luminous two-person exhibit of Santo Foundation grant... More >>

• Featured Review: Focus on Photography: Recent Acquisitions

  published May 19, 2010

  Featured Review: Focus on Photography: Recent Acquisitions This exhibit of new additions to the Kemper's collection concisely and... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published May 12, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Cause + Time Minimalist in design, maximalist in content, this group exhibition explores the intersection... More >>

• Featured Review: Eden Harris: Out of the Woods

  published May 12, 2010

  Featured Review: Eden Harris: Out of the Woods This delicate suite of works on paper focuses on the intricacy of leaf and floral growth... More >>

• Jessica Baran encapsulates St Louis art scene

  published May 5, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Currents 104: Bruce Yonemoto Recent Washington University Freund Fellow and notable LA-based multimedia... More >>

• Featured Review: Currents 104: Bruce Yonemoto

  published May 5, 2010

  Featured Review: Currents 104: Bruce Yonemoto Recent Washington University Freund Fellow and notable LA-based multimedia and conceptual... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published April 28, 2010

  Newly Reviewed The Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now In the third installment of this bi-annual, traveling series,... More >>

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  The Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now

  published April 28, 2010

  The Art of the Book: Journals Then and Now In the third installment of this bi-annual, traveling series, organizer Marian Amies... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published April 21, 2010

  Barry Leibman: Mahler Suite This exhibit of collaged paintings by artist and former Left Bank Books co-owner Barry Leibman uses Mahler's... More >>

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  Featured Review: Philadelphia Wireman at William Shearburn Gallery

  published April 21, 2010

  Featured Review: Philadelphia Wireman In the dense core of these tautly wound sculptures of wire and detritus lurk bits of crumpled... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published April 14, 2010

  Newly Reviewed St. Louis Point of View UMSL's Public Policy Research Center Photography Project enlisted local community... More >>

• Featured Review: St. Louis Point of View at the Missouri History Museum

  published April 14, 2010

  St. Louis Point of View UMSL's Public Policy Research Center Photography Project enlisted local community groups to document... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published April 7, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Decadense The alternately lauded and disparaged work of Cindy Tower is the result of a practice divided... More >>

• Featured Review: Philip Slein Gallery presents Michael Hernandez de Luna's A Tiger's Tale

  published April 7, 2010

  A Tiger's Tale Chicago-based Michael Hernandez de Luna exposes the moral misconduct of popularly perceived moral authorities, from Tiger... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published March 31, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Bring Me a Lion: An Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art Visual vibrancy, a palpable sense of political... More >>

• Featured Review: Lee Friedlander

  published March 31, 2010

  Featured Review: Lee Friedlander These eight photographs, taken between 1962 and 2002, capture an America most alive when viewed... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published March 24, 2010

  Newly Reviewed BRICALEUR-ing This abundantly energetic group show features an extensive list of local female artists... More >>

• Featured Review: BRICALEUR-ing

  published March 24, 2010

  Featured Review: BRICALEUR-ing This abundantly energetic group show features an extensive list of local female artists — Gina... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published March 17, 2010

  Newly Reviewed The Michael Jackson Series Cut-out portraits of fresh-faced, Jackson Five-era Michael Jackson hover amid... More >>

• Featured Review: The Michael Jackson Series

  published March 17, 2010

  Featured Review: The Michael Jackson Series Cut-out portraits of fresh-faced, Jackson Five-era Michael Jackson hover amid painted... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published March 10, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Interface This survey of projects created at Amanda Verbeck's shop, Pele Prints, explores the dialogue... More >>