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Review: 'Remix' at Art Saint Louis combines strong voices Print E-mail
By Ivy Cooper, Beacon Art Critic   
Posted 11:07 am Wed., 02.03.10

“Remix” at Art Saint Louis features works by local artists Catharine Magel, Melody Evans and Leslie Macklin, who respond to the chaos of contemporary world by mixing and re-mixing visual cues, artistic media and techniques of production.

Magel’s works are extraordinary: huge mixed media paintings combine drips and splotches, recognizable symbols and abstract forms, all floating over ethereal fields, while “Bird Plane” assembles dozens of white clay birds in a ghostly, terrifying airplane shape on the floor. 

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When: Through Feb. 18
Where: Art Saint Louis, 555 Washington Ave. #150
Information: 314-241-4810, www.artstlouis.org

Macklin’s works combine clay, plastic bags and plastic bottles into scenes from a post-apocalyptic world.

Evans’ assemblages are more straightforward ceramic sculptures, but her pencil and marker works on paper are absolutely effervescent, filled with countless minuscule gestures.

Accompanying the main exhibition is an appendix of sorts titled “Open Sketchbook,” in which the artists have collaborated and contributed to each other’s works-in-progress.

“Remix” is a forceful show, with the three artists’ strong individual voices combining, clashing and complementing one another.

Also on view is “Articulated Vision,” the latest Art Saint Louis group show judged by Brigham Dimick of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Patricia Olynyk of Washington University.

Ivy Cooper, a professor of art at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the Beacon's art critic. To reach her, contact Beacon features and commentary editor Donna Korando.

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    • Eric Jerome Dickey will discuss and sign his latest book "Tempted by Trouble" at 7 p.m., Aug. 21 at St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Free. Books will be available to buy.

    • Amy Ignatow, author of the middle-school “The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang,” will appear at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.

    • Missouri University-Rolla professor John C. McManus will discuss and sign his book "Grunts: Inside the American Infantry Experience, World War II Through Iraq," at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 at County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Free

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    • Insight Theatre Company will present “Man of La Mancha” at the Heagney Theater, Nerinx Hall, 530 E. Lockwood. The play will run from Aug. 11-Aug. 22, Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. $20-$30. 314-239-9040.

    • Immediacy Theatre Project holds a "Drawn and Quartered" series at Mad Art Gallery , 2727 South 12th St., July 30 and 31, Aug. 20 and 21, Sept. 23 and 24, and Oct. 29 and 30. Each month offers 35 new two-minute plays. Doors open at 7 p.m.; shows start at 8. $8 at the door.

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    • All That Tap XIX, the finale of the 19th St. Louis Tap Festival, will be at 7 p.m. July 31 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. $15-$25. http://touhill.org .

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    • St. Louis County Library will present free workshops on Researching African American Genealogy 9:30-11:30 a.m. July 31 and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 4. at Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Registration required. 314-994-3300.

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