End of Day-Nightscape IV by Louise Nevelson

   This is Louise nevelson's End of Day-Nightscape IV in the Bloch building in the Nelson-Atkins.  I always liked this monumental piece, but honestly had never heard of the artist, so I looked her up this time around. I found out she was a monumental artist of her time having been photographed for the cover of LIFE magazine in 1958, she has also received a National Medal of Arts from President Reagan along with many other honors. There is so much art out there you can't take it all in, which is awesome. 

   Anyway here is a quote from the artist about her found object assemblages - "When you put together things that other people have thrown out, you're really bringing them to life - a spiritual life that surpasses the life for which they were originally created." - Louise Nevelson

I can't figure out how I ended up with everything underlined or how to take it off. HELP!!!

Restoration Exhibit by Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison @ The Nelson-Atkins

I enjoyed this show of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison's work. It consists of about twenty prints from from there three bodies of work: The Architect's Brother, The Grey Dawn, and Counterpoint. Seeing a couple of the pieces from each of the series really made me want to see each of the series in their entirety, to see if there is even more of a story to pull from having all of them together and working together. The Architect's Brother pieces definitely feel like you are looking at a narrative, kind of a myth. There interesting to look at on the web and in books, but you should definitely take the time to see them in person, the scale and the texture of some of these pieces add a lot to there impression. I liked the sepia toned Architect's Brother pieces better when I first saw everything on the web, but at the show I ended up liking the newer color pieces better. Go check them out, the show is open until February 8th. Unfortunately, your not allowed to photograph in this exhibit, so these photos were pulled from the web. The top one is called Pollination and the second one is called Mourning Cloak.

"My photographs tell stories of loss, human struggle, and personal exploration within landscapes scarred by technology and over-use... [I] strive to metaphorically and poetically link laborius actions, idiosyncratic rituals and strangely crude machines into tales about our modern experience"   -Robert ParkeHarrison

More photos of "Industrial Sculpture" The Star's old presses

Just some more photos of the old presses.

I would consider this art in spirit of Marcel Duchamp

Here are some photos I shot of the old presses in the basement and sub-basement levels of The Kansas City Star building. These are the presses which started I believe in the 50s and ran until about 3 years ago. I think of them as sculpture now since they have disassembled them to the point that will never run again, but have been built pretty much into the foundation of the building so they will probably never be completely taken apart. I think of them as art what do you think?

Let's not forget the guy who almost became President

History so often forgets the guy who came in second. Sometimes this can be a big mistake. President Obama along with the rest of us are in for some tough decisions and unpopular choices. No matter what happens next, good or bad, be sure not to forget what we could've been stuck with if the Democrats didn't step up.

This was just such a great sticker. I had to put it up.

In Honor of Inauguration Day

For some presidential art look for the Shepard Fairey "Obey Obama" poster in the window of The Bunker in westport. Also keep an eye open for Shepard Fairey's cover design of President Obama for Time magazine. To check out some more of Shepard Fairey's work go to www.obeygiant.com .

Westport Graffiti 1

This shark laser packin' Rhino is on the back side of the Karate studio on Broadway near Westport road. 

The Idiots on Parade are great, I wish I could of gotten a closer shot but I wasn't going to jump a chainlink fence into a construction area with a new digital camera. I think at this point my camera owns me just as much as I own it. I'll get used to it and more adventerous with it in time... hopefully.

I threw this one in because because they are reading The Star. I'm glad that someone still does. Yes, that's right I'm an employee of the hometown paper. Keep on supporting us, we're still bringing you the news as best we can. This little mural can be found in the alley next to Buzz Print on Broadway near Westport Road.

All the street above was done by a local artist, "Scribe".