TOM of FINLAND Original Drawings at PHD Gallery...

Opening at PHD Gallery on Saturday, June 25, 2011
"TOM of FINLAND, Original Drawings."
http://phdstl.com/tom_of_finland.html

This is a very rare opportunity to see (and own!) actual graphite on paper originals by the iconic
TOM of FINLAND.

Join us for the opening reception
Saturday, June 25th
7-10 PM
PHD Gallery
(through August 6th)

(Gay Pride Weekend)

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644
http://www.phdstl.com

STUFF VS. STUFF THIS SATURDAY @ FORT GONDO!

MINIMALISTS BE DAMNED!

BEVERLYEAR 2010 EXHIBITION 7

ITEMS IN THE INTERIM:
AN INSTALLATION BY CARA PETERSON

Arriving from Denver with her car tightly packed with STUFF, artist Cara Peterson will mine the materially fertile basement of Fort Gondo to find more STUFF to ultimately yield her installation of, well, lots of STUFF.

ITEMS IN THE INTERIM is an installation of paintings, drawings, photographs and found sculpture that will run at Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts in St. Louis from July 10 - 31st. This is a diverse collection of Cara Peterson's work that explores the unique relationships created between our unwanted objects when they end up in junk stores across the country. Peterson uses the displays set up within these spaces as sorts of accidental still lives that provide her with an honest artistic opportunity to document objects past their prime and in transition to find renewed life.

DOUBLE-STUFF OREOS FOR ALL!

OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, JULY 10, 6 - 10:00 PM
FORT GONDO COMPOUND FOR THE ARTS
3151 CHEROKEE STREET

www.carapetersonart.com
www.fortgondo.com

CARA PETERSON AT FORT GONDO: BIG STUFF.

SNOWFLAKE Saturday May 8

Please join us Saturday May 8, 7-10 PM

Opening Reception

Clint Baclawski/Caleb Taylor: Recent Work

Two emerging artists are brought together in Clint Baclawski/Caleb Taylor: Recent Work. Through paintings and drawings, Taylor’s work consists of concealed and abstract minimalist elements. While through the unconventional presentation of photography, Baclawski focuses on the complexity of personal interactions within our societal based consumerism. Both of their works deal with the relationship between what is hidden and what is exposed in subject matter and aesthetic values.

The Santo Foundation in partnership with Snowflake Gallery selected Taylor and Baclawski from a large pool of candidates. The foundation strives to support the careers of visual artists through grant funding, educational programs, and exhibition opportunities.

SNOWFLAKE
3156 Cherokee Street (at Compton)
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
web site

SIUE Painting, Drawings and Prints @ Fort Gondo TONIGHT

Fort Gondo will be showing SIUE graduate and under graduate student works presented by the PDA (The painting and drawing association). The opening reception will be held Friday March 5, from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday the show will be open for viewing from 12:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.

Works were selected by guest artist Belinda Lee.

Artists featured : Daniel Sumeier, Elizabeth Hill, Michael Pennecamp, Travis Lawrence, Emily Dunlap, Aaron Happe, Lauren Leohner, Michael Wartgow, Nick Martin and Erin DiGioranni.

Fort Gondo
3151 Cherokee St.
St. Louis, MO 63118

Openings at PHD Gallery

Please join us at PHD Gallery
for the opening of
TWO NEW EXHIBITS
Saturday, October 3, 2009
7 - 10 PM

PHD Gallery hosts

VESTIGES: Found Wood Sculpture & Photography
&
MARK SHEPPARD: Bone Crusher Rat Rods

PHD Gallery
2300 Cherokee Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) 664-6644

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VESTIGES depicts the evidence of time’s passage & the beauty that can exist in the legacy left behind. The exhibit juxtaposes found wooden sculpture with photography. Susan Nanny & Marsha Sanguinette retrieve river wood & polish it, until it lives again in evocative biomorphic forms. David R. Hanlon's photographs record the fallen Monuments of Syria & Jordan. Jim Sabo reverses the notion of finding relics & instead digitally creates them. Mark Florida photographs contemporary urban decay. Dr. Ivy Cooper of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville observes that the works are: "captivating evidence — fleeting, tenuous, melancholy — of lives and structures once thought to be permanent and unchanging."

MARK SHEPPARD: Bone Crusher Rat Rods- With a nod to the West Coast "Kustom Kulture" of the 1950s & 60s, Mark Sheppard unveils 12 new "hot rod" ink drawings in PHD’s Portfolio Gallery. Inspired by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth’s grotesque caricatures, Sheppard creates an original crew of "creatures who won’t die driving cars that won’t break!" The artist has also released a limited edition print based on his ink drawings. Sheppard is an MFA graduate in painting from Washington University in St. Louis & works as an artist & instructor.