Two Colleagues, Tara Polansky, April Hernandez, and I will be having a show in down town Kansas City in September. The exhibition will be at the KCAI Crossroads Gallery and it will open on first Friday the 5th of September. The work will be discussing three stories of Living, Losing, and Longing for the American dream.
Polansky’s work depicts the living aspect showing painted images of her ancestors and their comrades after they recently arrived in the United States. In writing about her work she says,
“They are of first generation Jewish Americans in immigrant neighbourhoods in New York City circa the 1930s. Some of the people represented I have known in my life, others only through stories and photos, and others I can only guess who they are. I weave text from family legends onto pieces to evoke a narrative. I give the viewer enough information to peak her curiosity about the characters or the story but still leave many questions unanswered. I have chosen to use plates as a medium for these stories because of the importance of ritual family gatherings around food. Traditions, especially those related to preparing and eating food, are passed down from generation to generation as stories of our ancestors.”
Aprils work touches on the idea of longing. She creates well crafted high-end objects emulating Silver Wares that her family could not always afford. If she wanted the beautiful things in life, she was told it was up to her to make them. In this body of work she lives up to and supersedes that proposition.
My work deals with the aspect of American life that is on its way out. Generations of families came to the mid west to start a new life and farm the land. Through 3 dimensional clay landscapes I depict moments when these old family farmsteads and rural architecture are still standing with pride, on their last leg, and when they are sadly, fading into the ground.
For more information or to get on the mailing list please e-mail me at korlaluckeroth@aol.com.
KCAI Crossroads Gallery
1908 Main St
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 802-3423
