In The Galleries

May 07, 2010 — August 08, 2010

PHOTOGRAPHIC: Anne Collier and Melanie Schiff

PHOTOGRAPHIC brings together for the first time the photographs of two leading American artists, Anne Collier and Melanie Schiff. Comprised of thirty color and black-and-white photographs, the exhibition traces the photo-based practices of these two artists from 2004 to the present, closely examining their individual takes on an expansive field of photographic traditions—portraiture, still life, landscape, performance, vernacular, and commercial—while always navigating the complexities of…

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Anne Collier, <em>Studio Moonlight</em>, 2008, chromogenic print,50 x 63 ½ in. Courtesy of the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York Melanie Schiff, <em>Reflecting Pool</em>, 2007, chromogenic print, 50 x 60 in. Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago Melanie Schiff, <em>Neil Young, Neil Young</em>, 2006, chromogenic print 30 x 40 in. Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri Museum Purchase, Barbara Uhlmann Memorial Fund, 2007.12 Anne Collier, <em>Songwriter</em>, 2004, chromogenic print, 40 x 40 in. Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, New York Anne Collier, <em>Woman with a Camera(Cheryl Tiegs/Olympus #1)</em>, 2008, chromogenic print, 31 x 41 ½ in. Courtesy of the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York Melanie Schiff, <em>Lemon and Album</em>, 2004, chromogenic print, 24 x 30 in. Collection of Paul Morris, New York Melanie Schiff, <em>Hellroom</em>, 2009, chromogenic print, 31 ½ x 34 in. Courtesy of the artist and Horton Gallery, New York Anne Collier, <em>Double Marilyn</em>, 2007, chromogenic print, 48 ½ x 63 ½ in. Private collection, New York

May 09, 2010 — February 28, 2011

7 Variations On You Can’t Always Get What You Want Santiago Cucullu with Martin Ayos

Milwaukee-based artist Santiago Cucullu’s large-scale installation transforms the Art Center’s Education Wing through sprawling vinyl graphics, a series of illuminated commercial signs, and audio recordings. Based on the artist’s collaboration with Buenos Aires writer and poet Martin Ayos, Cucullu’s multi-faceted work charts the psychological and physical wanderings through an ambiguous cityscape. Santiago Cucullu is the first artist to participate in the Art Center’s new series of…

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Santiago Cucullu, 2010 Santiago Cucullu, 2010 Santiago Cucullu, 2010 Santiago Cucullu, 2010 Installation in progress, Salina Art Center, March 2010

Salina Art Center programs, exhibitions and films are presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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