Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
Presence, which opens this evening at Atrium Gallery, includes portraits by NY artist Peter Charlap that are not for sale. The work is shocking as these are portraits of prisoners incarcerated on Death Row at the infamous Polunsky Unit, a state facility in Livingston, TX. The subjects “exude a natural warmth and directness” one wouldn’t expect from people condemned to…
As you might suspect, creativity abounds inside the home of Bob Kramer’s Marionnettes, located in the CWE at 4143 Laclede Avenue but, as I recently discovered, there’s abundant evidence of imagination outside as well. The puppet theater has been on my radar for years, starting with performances I attended when my children were young, and more…
You can always count on discovering something exotic and inventive when attending an opening at projects+gallery, 4933 McPherson Ave. Thursday, September 15th’s debut of Charlie Would… was no exception. Susan Barrett, founder of Barrett Barrera Projects, parent company of projects+gallery, continues to introduce artists you would expect to find only in New York, Chicago or Los…