An awaking through art
Peace and Mühsam: two voices, one goal
Cristin Hubbard: Muleskinner
Issue date: 10/16/08 Section: News
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Through the small entry way to the Main Gallery the mood changes and the room is darker. The gray walls are adorned with large and small framed works of art. The colors in the art are bright but bring with them a strong message. The room and art feel structured and cubic. The light is dim but the works still jump off the canvases. Those works of art are "Narratives of Progress" by artist Armin Mühsam.
The shows both began Oct. 2 in the UCM Gallery of Art and Design. The Gallery will be home to these works of art until Nov. 6. Jeremy Mikolajczak, gallery director for the UCM Gallery of Art and Design, said the gallery is very lucky to have two such generous artists at UCM.
Pearce is a Kansas City artist and is the director for the Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo. where she is also an art instructor. She was named one of "Star Magazine's 2008 Emerging Artists" following exhibitions in New York and Los Angeles. Mikolajczak described Pearce as an "amazing one-woman show" and added that her attitude and her personality enhance her work.
At "Lunch with the Artist," an informal lecture Oct. 8, Pearce spoke to many gallery visitors. She said her work is inspired by many things. Among them, her lack of exposure to television at a young age, her father's bedtime stories about growing up in Kenya, the Aboriginal bark paintings she saw when she was young and nature itself.
"The drawings are a collision between your genetic makeup and your life experience," Pearce said.
Pearce said she watches people to get ideas for her art. She said her art is a way of questioning the choices people make every day.
"I collect, I'm deliberate and I stare at them," Pearce said. "I want to know what makes people tick. I'm curious at what moment there is a shift and a different choice occurs."
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