By Blue Gallery
KOLLABS is a collaborative project between artists Luis Garcia-Nerey and Anke Schofield. In their work, KOLLABS create compositions juxtaposing undomesticated animals within domestic and urban environments, highlighting the interaction between wildlife and the human experience.
Their work embarks on a journey in which the viewer is presented with an open-ended narrative and no definitive conclusion, engaging the viewer as a participant in the ultimate storyline of each piece. Whether literal or abstract, Nerey and Schofield’s pieces do not rationalize a specific idea of wilderness, but rather encourage the viewer to interpret the works without limitations by concrete definitions.
Nerey and Schofield continue to delve deeper into their work by further injecting the animals into everyday human situations, and through this process of anthropomorphizing animal behavior, challenge social norms and provoke thought in animal/human interactions.
Represented by Blue Gallery exclusively in the Midwest, KOLLABS mixed media paintings have been exhibited in prominent galleries throughout the US, and can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. Luis Garcia-Nerey lives and works in Miami, Florida and Anke Schofield lives and works in Denver, Colorado. The two divide their creative time traveling between studios in both Miami and Denver in order to create their provocative pieces.
Talk begins at 7:00pm
ART OPENING RECEPTION — Open Studio/Gallery – FIRST FRIDAY – OCTOBER 7th — Landscape Paintings by Anne Garney – 5PM– 8PM — 1920 Wyandotte St., Unit 5, KCMO 64108 (entrance — NW corner of the building) Hope you can stop by! www.annegarneypaintings.com
You are invited to join us as we Celebrate and Support Local Artists in Kansas City!
Friday, October 7th, we will be featuring a diverse group of artists’ works in our office/gallery for viewing and purchase.
Some of the most talented and creative artists live in KC! Come out, bring a friend, family, or co-worker, and show your support for First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District with Lexitas.
Meet the Artists! Enjoy complimentary drinks and appetizers! Free Parking!
Scout & Cellar Wines – Wine Tasting Included
Come and go as you please, have a drink, learn a little bit about what’s to come at The Bird and LAUGH, DAMMIT!
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No registration required! Donations Appreciated!
The Bird Comedy Theater is Kansas City’s newest comedy theater, located in the historic Hemingway Building in The Crossroad’s Arts District. Featuring improv, sketch and stand-up, every Thursday through Saturday!
