My expectations for the Anselm Reyle Exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center are quite high. I'm looking forward to seeing the gallery transformed. While there have been many exhibits that I've loved at DMAC my favorites render the gallery space unrecognizable (think Aisle 5 and Tara Donovan).
Perhaps the Art Center says it best: "Anselm Reyle is a taxidermist. He breathes life into the exhausted or dormant visual motifs of Modernism and reenergizes these familiar forms to make them new. Reyle frequently utilizes clichéd modernist shapes, artificial colors, and non-traditional materials such as Mylar foil and straw bales to extend the prevailing aesthetics of painting and sculpture. In the process, he constructs a bond between art and popular culture, while simultaneously questioning the authorship of the artist and forging a distinct bond between the production of art objects and the marketplace"
I hope to see you at the Preview January 27th from 6-8pm. Also put the evening of the 28th on your calendars for Conversations on Art with Jeff Fleming and Anselm Reyle at 6:30pm
