Eileen Cheong, Split Gold, (image courtesy of the artist)
We’ve been happily schooled on what “Art School” can mean. Contributors responded with such a variety of life stories that we had to publish an extended issue, four pages longer than usual. Even then, some submitted content did not make it in. We do our best to include all who are brave enough to put fingers to keypad. Anyone not included in one issue will have priority for the next. We hope that you will do the same kind of far-reaching thinking when responding to our Summer 19 theme, “Art in the Garden.” The garden need not be literal and it can reference anything from Eden to MoBot to growing up influenced by the decor at Olive Garden. You set the limits to how far these themes stretch. There are incredibly exciting art exhibitions coming to you this spring. Because All the Art is largely a form of documentation and discussion around regional exhibits, rather than a calendar, most of what we reviewed is closed by the time you read about it in our pages. It is worthwhile to mention a few especially promising upcoming exhibits:
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) holds its Exhibition of Quilts (March 22 - April 19). Yvonne Osei curates Text as Visual Language at COCA (April 5 - May 19). The Saint Louis Art Museum presents animation by Oliver Laric in Galleries 249 & 250 (closes May 27) and a retrospective of renowned British artist Rachel Whiteread’s 30 year career (March 17 - June 9). The Pulitzer interprets ancient Egyptians objects as agents of cultural meaning in Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt (March 22 August 11). We applaud the ambitious institutions and small venues that have put together such a fabulous cornucopia of visual art events and recommend that you go see All the Art. All the Best!
Constructs of Meaning, featuring artists Howard Jones, Stefanie Kirkland, Belinda Lee, Benjamin Lowder and Ethan Meyer at Duane Reed Gallery (closes March 23). The Philip Slein Gallery holds a retrospective of the work of Arthur Osver (closes March 30). The Foundry Art Centre of St. Charles presents Figurative Works II in which regional artists answer the question “What is a modern portrait?” (closes April 5) Freedom in a Platform reopens The Luminary Center for the Art’s reconfigured galleries (March 8 - April 13).
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