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2012 Stories by Jessica Baran

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  In the Galleries - Modernism of the Mid-Century CLOSES October 28 at the Frank Lloyd Wright House

  published October 25, 2012

  [Editor’s note: A correction ran concerning this paragraph; please see end of article.] This exhibit of Mid-Century... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Water Panics in the Sea CLOSES October 21 at SLAM

  published October 18, 2012

  A lush stop-frame animation, Water Panics in the Sea revels in all things liquid, viscous and aqueously sepulchral. One of a series by... More >>

• The Great Rivers Biennial

  published May 10, 2012

  That much-anticipated regional diagnostic, the Great Rivers Biennial, opens at the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis (3750... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Fuzzy Logic CLOSES August 18 at Good Citizen Gallery

  published August 16, 2012

  Looking like the visual equivalent of a 1980s synth-pop duo, this techno-minded show of acrylic paintings by St. Louis- and Berlin-based artist... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Ghosts Before Breakfast CLOSES August 18 at White Flag Projects

  published August 16, 2012

  This group show of work by seven contemporary artists, titled after a 1928 experimental film by Hans Richter, sets out to "collect small... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Intersecting Narratives CLOSES August 3 at Duane Reed

  published August 2, 2012

  The day-to-day collides with the abstract or surreal in this group exhibition of recent work by six St. Louis-based artists. A domestic... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Odell Mitchell Jr. Retrospective CLOSES September 3 at the SLAM

  published August 30, 2012

  This survey of photographs from the newsgathering career of Odell Mitchell Jr. excels at capturing a clear sense of humanity. A staff... More >>

• Viva Change

  published May 17, 2012

  The downtown mainstay Philip Slein Gallery, rooted for nearly ten years on Washington Avenue, moves to the Central West End this spring. The new... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Matthew Strauss, Unbearable

  published July 26, 2012

  This selection of elegant esoterica by St. Louis-based artist and White Flag Projects director Matthew Strauss will be the final exhibition at... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Anomalous Perspectives CLOSES September 15 at the Sheldon

  published September 14, 2012

  The winners of the 2011 Critical Mass Creative Stimulus Award — local artists Sarrita Hunn, Elysia Mann and B.J. Vogt — exhibit... More >>

• Tossing Gender in the Blender

  published June 21, 2012

  Aisle 1 Gallery (2627 Cherokee Street; 314-330-8869) celebrates Pride Weekend with the solo exhibit Gender Bender. Sara Swaty, a... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Sired by a Creep at Good Citizen

  published July 5, 2012

  Team Lump, an artists' collective based in Raliegh, North Carolina, brings to town a group show that bears out the spirit of its name (titled... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Social Dress St. Louis: Learning and Unlearning at CAM

  published July 12, 2012

  In a series of workshops, Washington University alumnus Takashi Horisaki invited members of the community to select items of personal... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Robert Motherwell: Abstract Expressionist CLOSES July 22 at SLUMA

  published July 19, 2012

  The son of a banker, educated at Stanford, Harvard, Columbia — Robert Motherwell was the antithesis of his fellow Abstract Expressionists... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Restoring an American Treasure: The Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley CLOSES September 3 at the SLAM

  published August 30, 2012

  Think of it as the nineteenth-century version of a summer blockbuster: Before there were movies, there were panoramic paintings. Massive,... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Made in the Shade: Paul Rudolph's Florida Houses Revisited

  published August 16, 2012

  You don't have to be an architecture geek to admire the work of Paul Rudolph, and, thanks to this exhibit at the Sheldon Art Galleries, you... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Camp Out: Finding Home in an Unstable World CLOSES September 16 at Laumeier Sculpture Park

  published September 14, 2012

  "The dream of home has imploded over the past three decades," asserts this international group exhibit's curatorial statement. Despite that... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Marcel Dzama: The End Game at the World Chess Hall of Fame

  published August 9, 2012

  Canadian-born, New York-based Marcel Dzama applies his whimsical world-making to film, ballet and costume design in an exhibit whose central... More >>

• In the Galleries - 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

  published August 2, 2012

  This year's graduates from Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will try any medium — from figurative and... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Jackie Saccoccio and Arthur Osver: A Centennial Celebration CLOSES June 30 at Philip Slein

  published June 28, 2012

  All but one of these lush, large-scale abstractions by New York-based painter Jackie Saccoccio are titled Portrait. And although none... More >>

• In the Galleries - Oliver L. Jackson CLOSES June 10 at the Front Room at CAM

  published June 7, 2012

  Born in St. Louis in 1935, Oliver L. Jackson was active in the Black Artists Group (BAG), a local, cross-disciplinary collective of jazz... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Com'on to My House at Atrium Gallery

  published June 14, 2012

  Painted shells, bullet casings, geodes, driftwood, beaded appliqués, leather flowers, bronze pennies, cast-off broaches — all... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Hidden in Plain Sight CLOSES July 21 at Bruno David Gallery

  published July 19, 2012

  Imagine finding in the attic of your childhood home a cache of 50-year-old letters revealing a chapter of your family history you never knew... More >>

• In the Galleries - Great Rivers Biennial at CAM (Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis)

  published August 9, 2012

  The three local artists whose work constitutes the current iteration of this anxiously anticipated juried exhibition find their raw materials... More >>

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  In the Galleries - Bobby Fischer: Icon Among Icons (Photographs by Harry Benson) at the World Chess Hall of Fame

  published August 9, 2012

  The chess prodigy who came to symbolize Cold War tensions, then devolved into obscurity and paranoia is shown here in his golden era. Harry... More >>