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2011 Stories by Jessica Baran

• Featured Art Review: Four Chapters in the Present We Were

  published September 8, 2011

  Featured Review: Four Chapters in the Present We Were After interviewing a passel of Americans old enough to possess memories of World... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published September 1, 2011

  Critical Mass Creative Stimulus 2011 The four local artists who received the Regional Arts Commission's 2010 Critical Mass Creative... More >>

• Featured Review: Sea of Hot Pink Buffalo

  published August 25, 2011

  Sea of Hot Pink Buffalo Local artist Nanette Boileau has created a three-part video installation dedicated to that durable symbol of... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 25, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Critical Mass Creative Stimulus 2011 The four local artists who received the Regional Arts Commission's... More >>

• Featured Art Review: Plexus no. 8

  published August 18, 2011

  Featured Review: Plexus no. 8 Using lengths of fine, brightly dyed thread, Mexico City-born artist Gabriel Dawe creates a large-scale,... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 18, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Crimson and Clover Xeroxing and clipping up the staged poses of models in haute couture glossies,... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 11, 2011

  Ongoing A Is For... In this playful and affecting group exhibition curated by Gina Alvarez, the relationship between art-making... More >>

• Featured Review: Triumph of the Wild

  published August 4, 2011

  Featured Review: Triumph of the Wild Chronicling America's history of violence from the Revolution to the War on Terror, indie animator... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published August 4, 2011

  A Is For... In this playful and affecting group exhibition curated by Gina Alvarez, the relationship between art-making and child-rearing... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 28, 2011

  Ongoing A Is For... In this playful and affecting group exhibition curated by Gina Alvarez, the relationship between... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 21, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Günther Herbst Blending the seemingly irreconcilable — high art and the economically... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 14, 2011

  Newly Reviewed A is For... In this playful and affecting group exhibition curated by Gina Alvarez, the relationship... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published July 7, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Jim Schmidt Presents: Abstraction Former gallery owner Jim Schmidt applies his singularly discerning... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published June 30, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Michael Hoffman Exploring little more than the lush properties of oil paint and color, this collection... More >>

• Featured Review: Analogue

  published June 23, 2011

  Featured Review: Analogue Inverting the equation wherein mass-produced items are considered the antithesis of all things unique and... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published June 23, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Featured Review: Analogue Inverting the equation wherein mass-produced items are considered the... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published June 16, 2011

  Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation A giant stuffed chick, slumped and vomiting on itself while straddling an enormous rocket; a... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published June 9, 2011

  Ongoing Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation A giant stuffed chick, slumped and vomiting on itself while... More >>

• Featured Review: David Johnson and Dominic Paul Moore

  published June 9, 2011

  Featured Review: David Johnson and Dominic Paul Moore Pairing the work of these artists yields a rich, indirect conversation,... More >>

• Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  published June 2, 2011

  Newly Reviewed David Johnson and Dominic Paul Moore Pairing the work of these artists yields a rich, indirect conversation,... More >>

• Georges Rouault: Miserere et Guerre

  published May 19, 2011

  This bifurcated suite of 58 etchings by the anomalous French Catholic artist George Rouault — the title loosely translates as "Mercy... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published May 26, 2011

  Newly Reviewed A Group of Similar Beings Capturing the built and natural environment, four local photographers —... More >>

• Featured Review: Kristin Fleischmann: Absences and Obsessions

  published May 26, 2011

  Featured Review: Kristin Fleischmann: Absences and Obsessions Using canvas, loose threads and other raw fabrics, Washington University... More >>

• Featured Review: Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation

  published May 19, 2011

  Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation A giant stuffed chick, slumped and vomiting on itself while straddling an enormous rocket; a... More >>

• St. Louis Art Capsules

  published May 19, 2011

  Newly Reviewed Featured Review: Cosima von Bonin: Character Appropriation A giant stuffed chick, slumped and vomiting... More >>