Email Author Jessica Baran

2010 Stories by Jessica Baran

• Featured Review: Solberg/Cruzen

  published March 10, 2010

  Featured Review: Solberg/Cruzen Recent Washington University MFA grads Dan Solberg and Jake Cruzen inaugurate their new gallery space with... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published March 3, 2010

  Newly Reviewed BIRDHOUSEINCATTREE During his recent winter residency at Boots Contemporary Art Space, German artist... More >>

• Featured Review: In the Manner of Smoke

  published March 3, 2010

  Featured Review: In the Manner of Smoke Tiny ceramic cashews, granola and raisins; a community bulletin billboard filled with flyers; a... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published February 24, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Fuzzy Logic A plush log fire, a patched-together picnic (ground, plaid blanket and foodstuffs all made of... More >>

• Featured Review: Tim Curtis: See How My Mind Works

  published February 24, 2010

  Featured Review: Tim Curtis: See How My Mind Works Small handmade chalkboards bearing chalk-written personal proclamations wallpaper the... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published February 17, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Allison Smith: Needlework Hand-sewn replicas of gas masks and other forms of head coverings worn in... More >>

• Featured Review: Mark Newport: Self-Made Man

  published February 17, 2010

  Mark Newport: Self-Made Man Upending familiar caricatures from superpowers, spinsters and Mr. Moms to high and low art, this exhibit of... More >>

• St. Louis Art Caps

  published February 10, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Buzz Spector: Shelf Life This select survey of eleven years' work by notable conceptual artist, writer and... More >>

• Featured Review: Old Media/Old News

  published February 10, 2010

  Featured Review: Old Media/Old News Yesterday's headlines are re-presented in traditional (old) media by a group of local and... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published February 3, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Peter Pranschke: Commission Release Party A chronicle of the "worst two years" of this St. Louis-based... More >>

• Featured Review: Sean Landers: 1991-1994, Improbable History

  published February 3, 2010

  Featured Review: Sean Landers: 1991-1994, Improbable History This survey of relentlessly self-dissecting and blogosphere-portentous... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published January 27, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Critical Mass Creative Stimulus St. Louis nonprofit Critical Mass awarded "creative stimulus" grants to... More >>

• Featured Review: Karin Hodgin Jones: Mimetic Labors

  published January 27, 2010

  Featured Review: Karin Hodgin Jones: Mimetic Labors This suite of five kinetic sculptures by locally based Hodgin Jones, each entitled... More >>

• St. Louis Art Caps

  published January 20, 2010

  Ongoing Erik Spehn: Six Whites/Three Reds This St. Louis artist's subtle and exquisite exhibition of abstract paintings... More >>

• Featured Review: Yinka Shonibare: Mother and Father Worked Hard So I Can Play

  published January 20, 2010

  Featured Review: Yinka Shonibare: Mother and Father Worked Hard So I Can Play Placing his signature life-size mannequins, clothed in Dutch... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published January 13, 2010

  Newly Reviewed Erik Spehn: Six Whites/Three Reds This St. Louis artist's subtle and exquisite exhibition of abstract... More >>

• Featured Review: Erik Spehn: Six Whites/Three Reds

  published January 13, 2010

  Featured Review: Erik Spehn: Six Whites/Three Reds This St. Louis artist's subtle and exquisite exhibition of abstract paintings... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published January 6, 2010

  Ongoing American Framing In the three photographic series that make up Jessika Miekeley's first solo exhibition in St.... More >>

• Featured Review: Tom Friedman: REAM

  published January 6, 2010

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