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Getting ready for the next show

2023-06-08T01:34:09-04:00Articles, Artists, Art|

Getting ready for the next show The windows remain full of lovely things. Two red pieces went up today. But all the White-on-White and Red-on-Red will come down on Monday, July 6 to make way for the work of Claire Jeanine Satin. Her show, The Pentimento Books & Indeterminacy. Opens on Friday July 10, at 7pm. DON'T MISS IT! Claire is flying in from Florida to meet you. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and large scale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now both a large window gallery on Cedar Avenue. A main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis, and an online venture [...]

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Combat Paper Project Fundraising

2023-06-08T01:34:30-04:00Articles, News, Artists|

Combat Paper Project Fundraising The Combat Paper Project is coming to Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis September 21-27 with many opportunities for local veterans to participate. Veterans are invited to pulp their uniforms, create paper, printed images and expressive writing. The workshops,presented by veterans for veterans, are a powerful antidote to the damaging silence surrounding their personal and shared experiences. Inserted below is the official fundraising letter from MCBA. Any help, however small, would be appreciated. Dear Friends of Peace and of the Arts: In September of this year, Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) and the Susan Hensel Gallery will host The Combat Paper Project for a week-long residency in MCBA’s studios. This unique project, based out of Green Door Studio in Burlington, Vermont, is made possible by a multifaceted collaboration between artists, art collectors, non-profit centers and military combat veterans. Through papermaking workshops, local veterans are given the opportunity to use uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art. The uniforms are cut up, beat and formed into sheets of paper. Later, text and imagery created by veterans are printed on the sheets. The goal is to use art to help individuals [...]

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Jon in the Venice Biennale!

2023-06-08T02:10:28-04:00Articles, News, Artists, Art|

Jon in the Venice Biennale! I just received an email from Jon Coffelt who had the show COMMUNION here in the gallery. A piece of cyberspace art that he collaborated on has been accepted in the Venice Biennale http://biennale.net/ in the Padiglione Pavilion. http://padiglioneinternet.com/ Jon says, ""Wikipedia Art" http://wikipediaart.org/ and http://wikipediaart.org/brief-history/ originators Nathaniel Stern and Scott Kildall conceived the project and Brian Sherwin, Patrick Lichty and myself worked through the specifics of how this would work on Wikipedia. I published the original piece on Wikipedia for the guys and we all fleshed it out over many hours before it received an AfD (article for deletion). Since that time there has been many articles that have talked about the controversy and the hypocrisy behind it. We have been working on this project for some time now." "Wikipedia Art" http://wikipediaart.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Art The Controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Art_controversy other related articles: FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/n/?group.php&gid=75066111912&aref=18815168 What is Wikipedia Art? http://thewhole9.com/blogs/applestooranges/2009/02/14/what-is-wikipedia-art/ Darn cool? yes? Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 [...]

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IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY

2023-06-08T02:10:53-04:00Exhibition, Articles, News, Art|

IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY. MEETING Wed 5/27 6:00 p.m. A BRAINSTORMING MEETING CREATING NEW FORMS OF PUBLIC ART TO COMBAT NOXIOUS GRAFFITI Corcoran Neighborhood has received seed money and is seeking artists and other creatives to help brainstorm and develop a startlingly new ( to Minneapolis) graffiti prevention program that uses public artforms. (Please note that around here we use the term 'graffiti' to refer to gang tags. Which are a serious problem in our neighborhood and are starkly different than public art, including aerosol art, including the great work that goes on at Intermedia Arts etc.) IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY. CNO organizer Eric Gustafson traveled to Oaxaca city, Mexico in April 2008. Oaxaca has problems with graffiti and tagging that are similar, or arguably worse, than Minneapolis'. Oaxaca also has a thriving creative class and “Do-It-Yourself” ethic that recalls the Corcoran/Powderhorn area of Minneapolis. Widely evident in Oaxaca City is a simple but compelling form of public art that any audience will recognize as serving multiple purposes. To beautify, to celebrate local culture and heroes. To provoke thought about ideas and issues, and to prevent future tagging. Most of these images are simple [...]

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Wonderful Stuff!

2023-06-08T02:11:16-04:00Articles, Art|

Wonderful Stuff! COMMUNION opened Saturday, April 18, with a shared meal and a wonderful discussion about art and fashion. Among Jon Coffelt, Carolyn G. Halliday, Kathleen Richert and Betsy Dollar. Issues of identity and the stories we tell with our clothes were discussed. I love the shadows cast by the little clothes! Jon told the individual stories of many of the hand stitched clothes. Like the story of Marlee; the story of the prom dress; A story of Ruth Bernhard's memorial to Stonewall; story of Matushka's mastectomy dress designed by Versace. The soldier PJ's that memorialized the "last camping trip." And so many more. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages both sculptural [...]

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John Aker’s Perfect Impossible Book

2023-06-08T02:13:07-04:00Articles, News, Art|

John Aker’s Perfect Impossible Book John Aker’s Perfect Impossible Book. John Akre is a local filmmaker who made the Perfect Impossible Book, on view at Susan Hensel Gallery during Reader's Art9. These 4 stills just give you a taste of the frenetic goofiness as people tell the camera what their perfect impossible book would be. The use of text, while seizure enhancing, is brilliant! Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004, Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and large scale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now both a large window gallery on Cedar Avenue. A main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis, and an online venture represented on Artsy.net. [...]

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And tonight’s post is…

2023-06-08T02:13:14-04:00Exhibition, Articles, Art|

And Tonight’s Post Is? Pointed Collar and Packet Front And Tonight’s Post Is? With its pointed collar and placket front, this garment also has long cuffed sleeves with a straight hemline. Originally made in 1986, this fabric is an excellent example of a 1980’s surface screen print made of 100% cotton. The original garment seemed to be oversize but was typical of the looser clothing of the time. This fabric may still be available but usually used in quilting. 1995 By Jon Coffelt, coming to Minneapolis is April. Green Scriptory by Ellen Wiener, currently showing in Reader's Art 9. Ellen's work is an extraordinary addition to the show. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004, Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small [...]

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Reader’s Art 9 opened with Reading

2023-06-08T02:03:57-04:00Exhibition, Articles, Artists, Art|

Reader's Art 9 opened with Reading The white gloves were donned and the intense readers arrived. I've had such a quiet opening. As in so little talking! They were reading deeply. There will surely be more pictures on Monday when Zach downloads his camera. Zach, my Monday salvation. Does a better job of photographing the openings than I. These were the only photos I remembered to shoot. I get so caught up with the clients that I forget about my camera. I'll be interested to see what he caught on "film." He had to run out and manage an opening as a favor for ArtSpace at Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and [...]

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More about Archipelago

2023-06-08T01:41:14-04:00Articles, News, Art|

ARCHIPELAGO A COMMUNITY OF DRAWINGS BY ZACH PEARL February 22-March 1, 2009 An archipelago (pronounced /ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ/) is defined as being a chain or cluster of islands. They are usually found in the open sea, isolated from larger landmasses, and their formations are odd and intricate. Collectively, the islands of an archipelago record a moment in history; an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, a rising sea. All factors to which they owe their existence. Individually, the islands are fragments. Pieces to a larger puzzle that tells the entirety of their story. In this way, the islands are a community, an identity that is interdependent, sharing a common origin while living and growing together. Zach Pearl In his new body of work, Zach Pearl develops these concepts of the archipelago and of community through his drawings. Highly-designed, highly-detailed, and above all surreal. Pearl’s Archipelago series is made up of 18 “portraits”. These portraits are of fictional characters, faces and creatures emerging from islands that float in an eerily calm ocean of white space. These portraits, Pearl describes as, “…partly autobiographical…facets of his own self. And his experiences as a current 20-something”. Perfectly suspended between the carefree nature of his teenage years [...]

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Leap of Faith at Art Space

2023-06-08T01:42:27-04:00Articles|

Artists Talk at Artspace Sunday, December 14, 9am. Sara Haig will talk about her installation WORDS UNSPOKEN at Lake Nokomis prebyterian Church ArtSpace. The church is located at 1620 E. 46th St., Minneapolis. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and large scale artwork. That engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now both a About Susan Hensel Gallery – Contemporary Art by Susan Hensel Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery was a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year devoted to the concept of narrative in the arts in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. The Susan Hensel [...]

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