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MAY EXHIBITION
MAY 11 - JUNE 22, 2012
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012
ARTISTS TALKS BEGIN AT 7PM
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW 7:30PM - 8:30PM
NICHOLAS NAUGHTON
work explores Naughton's personal motivations. This exhibition will explore work as exertion, migrant labor and the politics relating to social class and the existence of an underclass in the developed world. Naughton delves into the meaning of the word through a diverse array of medium including prints and collages. "Work is sweat on a brow, a wrinkled forehead, or callused hands. Wor is etched in the dust on the face of one laboring."
ROBERT MULLENIX
The works created by Mullenix are a fusion of photo-montage and hand-painted imagery. Mullenix’s the intention for melding these two methods together is to create a visual reference to the role that the filter of media and cameras play in our perception of and relationship to the landscape. He even goes so far as to repaint photocopies and then takes the next step to paint photocopies of photocopies. Thus calling the audiences attention to painting in the age of mechanical reproduction.
NATALIE AVONDET
The bold and strong markings of Avondet’s works are the basis of these extraordinary abstract pieces.
TED DENTON
The assemblage creations of Denton’s work are unrehearsed and built through a concentrated state of playfulness.
BYRON WILLIAMSON
These delightful ceramic pieces by Williamson are meant to entertain the viewers as they take a deeper look.
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The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, presents a variety of contemporary visual art exhibitions
in its Mallin Gallery, Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery and the Underground. The Artists Coalition also provides opportunities for artists including grants,
panel discussions, publications, programs and workshops, as well as, the Annual Benefit Art Auction, Artist Toolkits, the Lighton International Artists
Exchange Program (LIAEP), Open Studios and the River Market Regional Exhibition. The Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of Kansas City visual artists and to promote visual arts awareness and artistic culture in the states of Missouri, Kansas and the surrounding region.