Flower invitational at Blue Gallery 2017

FLOWER invitational exhibition

118 Southwest Blvd

Kansas City, MO 64108

816.527.0823

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FLOWER, an invitational exhibition, curated by Blue Gallery owner Kelly Kuhn, exhibits work by a selection of regional and national contemporary artists working with variations on a single theme.

Blue Gallery invites you to navigate how flowers find their way into every iteration of art. On Thursday, June 1st, 6–8 p.m, FLOWER, an invitational exhibition, reexamines a classic subject through a contemporary lens to address and test the staying power of traditional beauty.

Like the titular subject, FLOWER finds beauty in unexpected crevasses, mediums, and canvases. The selected group of artists explore this famous subject in challenging contemporary ways, pushing the boundaries of floral representation.

Anna Kincaide’s fashion-inspired oil paintings convey the textured nuances of emotion with costume and hidden expression, leaving us to question whether a disguise hides or reveals who we are. Kincaide discusses this burden to perform in Lost in Who I Am, wherein the figure’s expression of contemplation is partly obscured by an imposing floral mask.

Stanley Bielen’s Wistful takes a minimal approach. Layered yellow atop thick green strokes conjure up a bouquet without providing any detail. The viewer is confronted with a memory, or a familiar image through a window. Wistful is as much about nostalgia as it is about the temperance of the present.

Joe Ramiro Garcia’s Wanting Rain evokes street side murals in areas of political conflict. The prominent flower grows tall and crooked, the product of an environment low on resources, yet it still blooms. Wanting Rain becomes as much about a flower’s natural growing condition as abo ut hope for enough opportunity in a shifting world.

FLOWER connects the conversations of identity, politics, and remembrance in a dynamic exhibition at Blue Gallery.

FLOWER

invitational exhibition participating artists: Stanley Bielen Stephen Dinsmore Joe Ramiro Garcia Anne Harney Anna Kincaide Lisa Lala Lisa Noonis Kelly Porter William Rainey Carlos Ramirez Anke Schofield Ruth Shively Teresa Stanley Heinrich Toh Opening Reception Thursday, June 1, 6–8 pm First Friday, June, 2, 6–9 pm Exhibition runs through Saturday, July 31, 2017

STANLEY BIELEN Stanley Bielen

Victorians oil on mounted paper 14.75" x 13.5" fr. $1600

Stanley Bielen

In Unison oil on mounted paper 15" x 14" fr. $1600

Stanley Bielen

Wistful oil on mounted paper 20" x 19.5" fr. $2400

STEPHEN DINSMORE Stephen Dinsmore

Still Life with Dog and Car oil on canvas 60" x 48" $10,800

Stephen Dinsmore

White Flower In Window oil on canvas 60" x 48" $10,800

Stephen Dinsmore

Orange Flowers, White Vase oil on canvas 54" x 50" $9200

Stephen Dinsmore Interior, Kitchen oil on canvas 48" x 36" $7600

Stephen Dinsmore

Still Life with Dachshund oil on canvas 36" x 36" $5600

Stephen Dinsmore

Still Life with Oranges and Ink Bottle oil on canvas 36" x 36" $5600

Stephen Dinsmore Flower oil on canvas 11" x 9" fr. $1400

JOE RAMIRO GARCIA Joe Ramiro Garcia

Wanting Rain oil and alkyd on birch panel 42" x 36" $9500

ANNE HARNEY Anne Harney Pink and Red oil on paper 9.5" x 7.5" fr. $550

Anne Harney

Flowers and Kiwi oil on canvas 12" x 12" fr. $650

Anne Harney

Lisianthus and Ranunculus oil on canvas 9.5" x 9.5" fr. $600

Anne Harney Summer Mix oil on paper 9" x 9" fr. $550

Anne Harney Orange Mums oil on paper 8" x 7.5" fr. $550

Anne Harney Roses oil on canvas 13" x 10" fr. $600

Anne Harney

Mums and Roses oil on canvas 11" x 9" fr. $600

ANNA KINCAIDE Anna Kincaide

Lost in Who I Am oil on canvas 60" x 60" $8200

Anna Kincaide

Slip Inside My Daydream oil on canvas 60" x 60" $8200

Anna Kincaide

Take Me to Paradise oil on canvas 40" x 40" $3700

Anna Kincaide

Make Me Dream of You oil on canvas 40" x 40" $3700

LISA LALA Lisa Lala

Appreciation oil on tempered glass 18" x 21" fr. $495

LISA NOONIS Lisa Noonis

Breakfast Table acrylic, oil, graphite, vinyl, latex, collage on mounted paper 41" x 27.5" fr. $3800

Lisa Noonis

Roses are Red acrylic and graphite on canvas panel 16.25" x 14.25" fr. $1000

KELLY PORTER Kelly Porter

Endless Life oil, oil pastel on canvas 46.5" x 36.5" fr. $4000

Kelly Porter

Advancing Flowers oil, oil pastel on canvas 38" x 86" $6000

Kelly Porter

Through oil, oil pastel on canvas 31.5" x 31.5" fr. $2850

Kelly Porter

On Top oil, oil pastel on canvas 31.5" x 31.5" fr. $2850

WILLIAM RAINEY William Rainey Flowers I acrylic on canvas 32" x 26" fr. $2800

CARLOS RAMIREZ Carlos Ramirez

La Rosa Blanca ink and acrylic on canvas 60" x 35" $6200

ANKE SCHOFIELD Anke Schofield

Hide & Seek mixed media and resin on panel 36" x 36" $6900

Anke Schofield

Spring Dreams mixed media and resin on panel 60" x 48" $9100

RUTH SHIVELY Ruth Shively

Baroque Bouquet oil on panel 30" x 30" fr. $3000

Ruth Shively

Pearly Bouquet oil on panel 30" x 30" $2800

Ruth Shively Spring Quince oil on canvas 32" x 32" $2800

TERESA STANLEY Teresa Stanley

The Plan No. 3 acrylic, graphite, paper, cloth on yupo paper 32" x 23.5" fr. $1000

Teresa Stanley

The Plan No. 4 macrylic, graphite, paper, cloth on yupo paper 32" x 23.5" fr. $1000

Teresa Stanley

The Plan No. 6 acrylic, graphite, paper, cloth on yupo paper 32" x 23.5" fr. $1000

Teresa Stanley

Flower Pot No. 1 acrylic, graphite, paper, cloth on archival panel 24" x 18" $900

Teresa Stan

Flower Pot No acrylic, graph 24" x 18" $900

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o. 2 hite, paper, cloth on archival panel

Teresa Stanley

Flower Pot No. 3 acrylic, graphite, paper, cloth on archival panel 24" x 18" $900

HEINRICH TOH Heinrich Toh

Illumine #17 monoprint, mixed media on Rives BFK paper 27" x 27" fr. $2200

Heinrich Toh

Illumine #18 monoprint, mixed media on Rives BFK paper 27" x 27" fr. $2200

118 Southwest Blvd

Kansas City, MO 64108

816.527.0823

BlueGalleryOnline.com