Get ready, St. Louis art lovers! October and November are the months to “fall” in love with renowned artist Kenny Scharf. Trip the fantastic world of “Woodz ‘N Thingz”, a portfolio exhibition responding to the dire health of the planet. Walk into Square One Gallery in the Central West End October 18 through November 22nd, and you will discover why the gallery and Lococo Fine Art Publisher teamed up to bring Scharf’s works to the you – the art afficionados of our fair burg.
Scharf’s work has been shown and lauded everywhere stretching one coast to the other – from New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney, also in New York, to Miami’s Center for the Fine Arts, and on the West Coast to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art. His works have even crossed the pond and are on display at The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Now is your chance to see his works in the heart of the Midwest, right here in St. Louis.
Be the first to glimpse and savor the St. Louis debut of Scharf’s “Woodz ‘N Thingz” at Square One Gallery on Friday, October 18th, from 6-9pm. Consider this a formal invitation from Kenny Scharf, Lococo Fine Art Publisher and Square One.
A continuation of his legendary œuvre, “Woodz ‘N Thingz” illustrates a constant interplay between ecosystems - the awareness of the observer and the delicacy of the environment. In the exhibition, Scharf creates magnetic compositions that exist in the ambiguity of transition and change while highlighting contemporary environmental perils and impending global crises. What could be more topical as changing weather patterns? Witness the devastating wrath of Hurricane Helene this month and rising sea levels across the globe as our climate warms. Through his art, Scharf is putting a spotlight on this existential crisis.
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