New works, installation, performance & memorabilia by Asteroid Head Art Club at Lawrence Arts Center.

Video shot, edited and sound tracked by Scott Stewart of Artstew Magazine

“It’s All Over Now – Summer Solstice” by Lee Piechocki, 15 x 20 inches, ink and acrylic on paper

posted by: Brent Carter

“For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.” (source: Barbican Art Centre)

Who knew zebra finches were so into no wave?

posted by: Harold Johns III

This Saturday, February 13, Love Garden Sounds (822 Massachusetts in Lawrence, KS) present new works by Kelly Kearns. The opening goes from 6-9pm, with food provided by Local Burger and music by “Let’s Hang Out.” Kearns’ newest works are large mixed media pieces on paper and explore the natural world, composition, and color. All works are for sale, with small prints available for low pricing.

Artist Statement:
Kelly Kearn’s work is part of an ongoing exploration of how the world is viewed through our senses; memory, imagination, and everyday digital encounters. She is interested in the multiple layers that our minds create through personal experiences with nature and how each individual relates to their environment. Using images of landscapes, Kelly re-invents these memories by using textures and muted colors that relate to her own personal encounters with nature. Although this fascination with the immense variety of objects in nature is shared, each individual experiences nature differently by blending visual, sensual, and emotional layers based on their interactions with the world.

posted by: Tricia Rock

Exhibition Info: (by Alaska Noyes)
Asteroid Head Art Club is at it again. Their upcoming show at the Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Lawrence, KS), Welcome To Asteroid Head Land… Dude, is a tacit invitation to escape everydayness, at least momentarily.

The group has been doling out such invites since they formed in the spring of ‘09. Clad in matching uniforms they have set aside the lone artist in the studio art production model for something a little more tribal, a little more exuberant. Collaboration is at the heart of their work, often a multitasking of painting, sculpture, printmaking, and performance.

This is an outlet with a healthy dose of optimism and no dearth of absurdity. There is potential energy when Asteroid Head gets together, energy greater than the sum of its parts. It is in the interactions, the exchanges, the sharing of information, dreams, anecdotes, theories, and whims. It is in having things to do, not because you have to, but because you want to and you can. Nothing is too silly, too weird, or too ambitious to talk about, laugh about, consider, attempt. Asteroid Head Art Club, for its ragtag members, has become a site for experimentation, trials, tribulations, and camaraderie.

Asteroid Head Land is a physical embodiment of this group spirit. It is an unpredictable installation full of collaborative energy, absurdity, and papier-mâché. Welcome to Asteroid Head Land… Dude.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 12th, 7-9pm

Exhibition Dates: February 12 – March 13, 2010

posted by: Brent Carter

Let Me Have More Than You Want To Give And I Will Give You Back More Than You Want To Take is an exhibition of recent work at Wonder Fair (803 Massachusetts in Lawrence, KS) by Lawrence-based artist Kelly John Clark.

This exhibition will feature a series of large scale colored pencil drawings produced by the artist in his home during the last 9 months. The drawings, which consist of soft colors, intricate patterning, and meditative line work, encompass Clark’s ongoing animosity towards aging, companionship, and modernization. The gallery reception for Let Me Have More… will be held Saturday, February 13th from 6-9pm, and will feature limited edition merchandise produced by the artist as well as live music by Blakey Bear beginning at 8pm.

posted by: Brent Carter