Kohler Arts Center’s ‘Celebration of Humor’
Plus: Art galore in Milwaukee’s Marshall Building
In the main gallery,
Massachusetts’
Jeffu Warmouth presents SuperJEFFUMarket,
an installationdisplaying more than
2,000 canned products that illustrate his personal foibles. Stacked on shelves
are brand names like “Crushed Hearts” and “Unresolved Guilt.” California’s Jean Lowe works in painted
papier-mche to create The Loneliness Clinic Waiting Room.
Uncomfortable chairs and magazine racks stocked with comical literature enhance
the anxiety realized in torturous waiting rooms.
Other exhibitions
that heighten JMKAC’s humorous theme include “Lynda Barry and Roz Chast: Comic
Reflections,” “Mads Lynnerup: Flip-Flop Ordinary” and “Michael Velliquette:
Inner Beasts.” All may be viewed at “A Celebration of Humor” on June 27 from 11
a.m-4 p.m., accompanied by gallery talks, workshops, refreshments and live
music. “Laughter may be the best medicine,” says Senior Curator Leslie
Umberger. “Everyone will find something that’s funny.”
On the corner of
Water and Buffalo streets in the Historic Third
Ward, the Marshall Building will soon see a new faade
and interior presenting nearly 20 creative venues. The tentatively named
Marshall Building Arts Association Galleries are planning special events to
showcase their diverse galleries, artists’ studios and art conservators and
consultants.
The lower level
hosts Bridget Griffith Evans’ Bridget Paintsand the Milwaukee Potters Guild, home to ceramics classes and
studios. Luminosity Inc. and a new, currently unnamed co-op led by artist
Thomas Kovacich join them.
The main floor
houses local favorites Elaine Erickson Gallery and Grava Gallery, both of which
feature distinctive Wisconsin artists. The
renowned Reginald Baylor Studio recently moved to a front location with a
street window, and newcomer Timo Gallery offers abstract and representational
work.
The second floor is
home to a multitude of galleries and artists, including THE Fine Art Gallery,
Gallery 218, Grotta & Co., Merge Gallery and individual artist Zina
Mussmann.
On the fourth floor, conservator Cricket Harbeck complements the fifth floor and its longtime consultant, C.R. Davidson. The fifth floor also invites viewers to visit Jim Moy Photography and John Grant Photography, as well as artist Helga Hilbert-Robinson. In the coming weeks, Gene Evans will move his studio space near the treasured Portrait Society Gallery, which regularly offers intriguing exhibitions.



The plural of "medium" (in the artistic sense) is "media" not "mediums". Peggy Sue, were you asleep when your grade school taught irregular plurals?