Abstract · Kansas City

Spanning fifty years of abstraction in Kansas City, this exhibition celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the college’s art collection. It also reflects the college’s and museums’ depth of commitment to artists who have a biographical or geographical connection to the Kansas City area. Begun in 1981, the JCCC collection exceeded 1,000 works of contemporary art in January 2011. Approximately thirty percent of the collection now showcases the achievements of artists associated with metropolitan Kansas City.

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The current exhibition focuses upon a rich history of abstract painting in Kansas City, but also extends to works on paper, photography, and clay. Ranging from artist Wilbur Niewald’s 1961 landscape-inspired watercolor to Lauren Mabry’s 2011 cylindrical vessel, the show provides an opportunity to establish dialogue between thirty-four works by thirty-two artists.

Artists Included in Abstract Kansas City
Corrie Baldauf	Rachel Hayes	Garry Noland	Jered Sprecher
James Brinsfield	Ke-Sook Lee	John Ochs	Caleb Taylor
Joe Bussell	Jim Leedy	Sharon Patten	Larry Thomas
Dan Christensen	Anne Lindberg	Vince Roark	Mary Wessel
Brian Fahlstrom	Lauren Mabry	Warren Rosser	Stanley Whitney
Nate Fors	Grant Miller	Eric Sall	Sandy Winters
Lester Goldman	Amy Myers	Ron Slowinski	Matt Wycoff
David Harrison	Wilbur Niewald	Kent Michael Smith	Andrzej Zielinski