My final stop in Kansas City during my recent cross-country
road trip to see the Total Eclipse of the sun was the Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art. The museum is
not large; however, the galleries are expansive. I saw works from their collection, as well as two special
exhibitions. The first was called
"Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960's to Today"
and featured the work of 21 women of color--including DC's favorite color field
artist Alma Thomas, (1891 - 1978).
The other show was considerably smaller, but no less interesting
"Women to Watch|METALS" featured the work of five contemporary
artists. The one I found most
intriguing was Cheryl Eve Acosta who created some very otherworldly piece of
ornamentation (Jewelry seems too small a word to contain her vision.) All in all the Kemper is a lovely
little museum.
From the regular collection:
"Crying Giant" 2002, Tom Otterness (American) 1952 -
"Spider" 1996, Louise Bourgeouis (French) 1911 - 2010
"Nabis" 1998, Red Grooms (American) 1937 -
"Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque" 2008, Laila Essaydi (Moroccan) 1956 -
"Study for Sunday Shoes" 1994, Stephen Scott Young (American) 1957 -
"Still Life with Open Book" 1990, Janet Fish (American) 1938 -
From the exhibition "Magnetic Fields"
"Magnetic Fields" 1991, Mildred Thompson (American) 1936 - 2003
Right: I failed to copy down the appellation
Left: "Sea Grass" 1998, Evangeline
"E.J." Montgomery (American) 1930 -
"Illumination #1" 1984, Nanette Carter (American)
1954 -"Consume #2" 1969, Betty Blayton (American) 1937 - 2016
Three works by Cheryl Eve Acosta from the exhibition "Women to Watch|METALS".
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