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In the Windows: Lyz Wendland

2023-06-08T01:17:09-04:00Articles, Artists, Art|

In the Windows: Lyz Wendland Stillwater, MN artist, Lyz Wendland Received a Minnesota Artists Initiative Grant to create and mount this site specific installation. While it is similar to her Phipps Center for the Arts installation, pictured above. It was made especially for these windows on Cedar Avenue. For best viewing, come by after dark and see them glow! Lyz Wendland artist statement My work reflects my interest in mapping and architecture. Especially the appeal of repetition and the reassuring promise of reliability. My mainly abstract pieces deal with the comfort offered by repeating forms and actions and they examine the subtle rigidity of my cookie-cutter neighborhood. Which offers a sometimes clear and sometimes blurred delineation between public and private spaces. The connection of the everyday mundane intertwines with predictability of structure. The lines, shapes and forms I observe in my suburban neighborhood inspire my current body of work made up of layered process of drawing, painting, installation and sculpture. 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 [...]

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Windows on Cedar: Wave forms by Lori Anne Baumgartner

2023-06-08T01:16:59-04:00Exhibition, Articles, Artists, Art|

Windows on Cedar: Wave forms by Lori Anne Baumgartner Wave forms by: Lori Anne Baumgartner The ocean has captured human imagination for our entire history. Ancient peoples saw the ocean as the source of darkness and chaos in the world. A place of mysteries and monsters. As we mastered ship-building the ocean became a frontier for adventure. Holding new continents and treasures to be claimed. Even now the ocean is largely unexplored and new species and geological formations are discovered regularly. In this spirit of curiosity and searching I created these prints. The plates are created with textured acrylic mediums on cardboard. There is no way of knowing what the final image will look like until the print is pulled. Each inking is printed many times, continually revealing new layers of texture and color within the print. The printing process is a journey through the textures of the plate. Multiple printings of each plate are hung together documenting the discoveries made during the printing process. The plates are hung as a record of the places journeyed through, almost becoming a topographical map. See more of Lori Anne's artwork at: www.loriannebaumgartner.weebly.com Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of [...]

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House Party!

2023-06-08T01:17:38-04:00Articles, Embroidery Art, News|

House Party! The weather turned colder than the Grain Belt Beer, but we dressed warmly and drank the delicious donated beer. Thank you Grain Belt Brewery! Hearty souls joined us to watch Dean's videos one last time and listen to Jennifer Markey and the Tennessee Snow pants. Video projected over pale skin and dark jackets. Songs sung with heart. There are more pictures on the website. Stay tuned for Reader's Art info! 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 [...]

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Reader’s Art 11 installation begins

2023-06-08T01:17:52-04:00Exhibition, News, Art|

Reader's Art 11 installation begins Reader's Art 11 installation begins. The boxes are stowed, the tools are laid out, the artworks are more or less sorted by how they will be displayed. So, we begin. Post-its alert me to titles I might find obscure when I affix the wall labels. I answer the phone, give in person interviews, check for accuracy in the records. Coco Mault from the City Pages wrote a very nice piece about the show. Thanks Coco! {note: one of the images in the masthead is complements of photographer Michael Shapiro.} 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 [...]

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In the House of the Mineral Spirits: PHOTOS! VISITS!

2023-06-08T01:18:20-04:00Articles, News, Artists, Art|

In the House of the Mineral Spirits I just heard from Dean Ebben, today. He will be coming back into town later this month, arriving sometime on February 22. If you want to actually meet the artist, make an appointment between February 23 and February 28 before we take the show down! Remember, the gallery is ALWAYS open 10-5 on Mondays and by very generous appointment on other days. We just compare schedules and, voila! you can see the show. IN THE HOUSE OF THE MINERAL SPIRITS video, installation, works on paper by: Dean Ebben Through February 28. 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 [...]

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FAULT

2023-06-08T01:18:26-04:00Articles, Artists, Art|

FAULT The video FAULT, by Dean Ebben is projected onto the shaped screen of In the House of the Mineral Spirits.It is an evocative video, roughly 7 minutes, in roughly 5 parts. It begins with Dean rolling on a clear, old, wood floor. The soundtrack is both ambient, using the sounds found in the environment and additive and evocative using the jingling and jangling of silverware. As the video progresses, new sounds and new actions surround the newly discovered fault. Bread and water, staff of life, the stuff of memory and the stuff of the present. In the House of the Mineral Spirits runs through the end of February at Susan Hensel Gallery. Open Mondays, 10-5 and by very generous appointment. 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 [...]

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Behind the FAULT

2023-06-08T01:18:36-04:00Articles, News, Artists, Art|

Behind the FAULT There are hidden treasures in Dean Ebben's show In the House of the Mineral Spirits. Behind the screen of Fault are cyanotypes, drawings , small rusty objects, lit by the projection on the front. 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 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. About Susan Hensel Gallery 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 [...]

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The Poetry of Artists Books

2023-06-08T01:19:30-04:00Articles, Artists, Art|

The Poetry of Artists Books The altered book in the hands of a master artist! Hands of Josephus by Miriam Schaer. Miriam's work never fails to surprise me and move me. It is poetry in form and motion. Mary Ann Sampson's Faulkner Suite is poetry by Suue Brannan Walker. Double Meaning of Yield by Regula Russelle has poets writing about writing poetry 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 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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Reader’s Art Installation Continues

2023-06-08T01:28:08-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Reader's Art Installation Continues It may look complete, but Jon and I are still working on the layout. Last night he tightened the table cover....can't keep the man away from needle and thread! The signage is up...that is always fun to do. I love t hose press on letters! See Jody's book floating in the air? 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. About Susan Hensel [...]

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