‘Concrete Canvases’ First Friday edition this Friday from 6 – 10pm.
Some of the dopest artists, small businesses and infused foods & drinks all in one dope space! @1739gallery located at 1739 Walnut St in Kansas City MO.
1739 Gallery & @1739galleryart is proud to present Kansas City’s best!!!
All pieces will be available online for purchase, by appointment at the gallery or beginning November 6th from 11 – 2pm T‑Th ⏰
✨Grab a date, some good energy and we’ll see you Friday!
Jones Gallery November Art Show!
First Friday come meet the Artists from 5 till 9pm.
All welcome and always free.
Show runs thru November 23rd.
Regular Gallery hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed Sunday
Jones Gallery 1717 Walnut, KCMO. 64108
816 – 421‑2111
https://jonesgallerykc.com/
Robert O. Beach (1923 – 2005) was an incredibly gifted painter. He was, by trade, a medical illustrator who headed up the medical illustration department at the J. Hillis Miller Health Center in Gainesville Florida. He received his masters of fine art painting at the University of Florida in 1972 studying under Hiram Williams.
We have 8 of his large scale works in our inventory and they will remain available on public display from October through December.
It has been said that art imitates life. Joseph Broghammer’s art is based on his life, acting as a sort of diary that captures his minutes, his hours, and his days. Talking about the role art has taken in his life, it’s clear that being an artist has shaped Broghammer into who he is today. Art is so much more than something he just wakes up and does. It is part of him. Broghammer has developed into one of the region’s most original voices whose mark making can be traced from Bosch and Brueghel to Dali and Magritte and linked to the likes of John Graham and Tony Fitzpatrick.
Broghammer says. “I use symbols, icons, religious objects, and more to spell out something that happened to me, that interests me, or something that I can learn from or someone that I can learn from.”
While Broghammer creates quite a few pieces centering around birds, he says the works aren’t always about the birds. They are more of a symbol to him and sometimes have nothing to do with the story he is trying to tell. It is always the story that matters most to Broghammer. However, seeing as birds come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and even textures, they make an enjoyable subject.
It starts with a creative impulse.
There is the allowing of nothing to become something
It proceeds mark by mark, shape by shape, color by color.
There is the merging with the rhythm and following the lead of what wants to go where.
What is inside and invisible is now outside and visible.
Artist Statement
I have been drawing, painting, collaging, designing, and stitching since childhood. Elaborate sand castles were the first source of inspiration.
My art journey has been characterized by experimentation with process and materials and the search for a compelling communicative visual language. I have often felt as if I were a witness, watching my hands create something from nothing, then compelled to breathe as much life as possible into whatever has revealed itself.
Bio
Jason Pollen is an internationally acclaimed artist, designer, and educator. He has been on the faculty at the Royal College of Art in London, Parsons and Pratt in New York City, and Professor and Fiber Chair at the Kansas City Art Institute. He is Professor emeritus at KCAI, President emeritus of the Surface Design Association, and an American Craft Council Fellow. His work is in numerous prominent private national and international collections, including the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Pollen had designed numerous collections of textile designs for Channel, Dior, Yves. St. Laurent, and Jack Lenor Larsen. He also created sets for the Kansas City Ballet.
