I am the kind of parent that childless people hate. I take my kids to hip restaurants and am not deterred by the complete lack of booster seats, high chairs, or chicken fingers on the menu. I am simply not content to while away my weekends at home or limit our outings to places that have designated stroller parking. I wheel our mammoth double wide into petite boutiques and carry my cooing baby into austere galleries. We boldly go where no family unit has gone before.

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8th October 2011

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Get Your Arty-Farty On: Kemper At The Crossroads.

An anonymous art snob said: “It’s a enjoyable spectacle, but I’m not sure that it’s good art.”  My untrained eyes respectfully disagree.


I was captivated by Jeanne Quinn’s beautiful, whimsical installations at the Kemper Crossroads. The sight of delicate porcelain vessels suspended precariously from the ceiling, saved only by their tenuous hold on steadily shrinking balloons, is powerful and dramatic.   


And the radiant chandelier creation (think floating pearls and electric whale bones) draped throughout the main gallery is dazzling.


You can meet the artist for a “conversational tour” of the exhibition today, Saturday 10/8, at 2pm.
Kemper at the Crossroads: 33 West 19th Street.

Ceramic In(ter)ventions will be on display until January 2012.
http://www.kemperart.org/exhibits/current.asp

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