Posted July 06, 2022in Art News
“Contemporary Abstraction: Collaging Space and Color” is playing at Moberg Gallery through Sept. 2. It’s an ambitious exhibition that includes works by 20 artists from around the world. All work in abstraction. That means this show is interactive. No two people take the same thing away from viewing an abstract
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Posted June 01, 2022in Art News
Jeff Fleming is in his final year as Des Moines Art Center director. He’s been director since 2005 and has worked at the museum since 1999. He was the first director ever hired from within the ranks, and he has been the most successful director of my lifetime, which began
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Posted May 04, 2022in Art News
“Modern Concepts” is a new print show at the Des Moines Art Center. The curator is Jeff Fleming, the retiring museum director. That is a rare thing, but Fleming said he loves the subject. “Modernism was both an approach to artmaking as well as a mindset that focused on the
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Posted April 06, 2022in Art News
Sarah Grant and Scott Charles Ross are Des Moines painters with big followings. They have been paired together for years. They moved together from Olson-Larsen Galleries to Moberg Gallery because they wanted to paint bigger and show more frequently. Moberg has the tall ceilings to make that happen. Grant is
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Posted March 02, 2022in Art News
There are all kinds of cool things going on at Olson-Larsen Galleries. For starters, the gallery recently acquired the building next door, which used to be a bank. Now it’s an art gallery with a vault. That makes Olson-Larsen a three-building gallery as they acquired the gallery a block east
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Posted February 02, 2022in Art News
Winter is the best time to visit museums and also to muse the works of surrealists. Currently the Des Moines Art Center offers both opportunities during a very cold season. Museums are warm places, often, as in the case of DMAC, free thanks to the generosity of benefactors long dead
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Posted January 05, 2022in Art News
Moberg Gallery’s Winter Group Show offers artwork in many styles, shapes and colors. It features James Ellwanger, an artist known mostly for sculptures and public art. He also is a multi-media guy, using acrylic, steel, limestone and digital platforms. He is currently focusing on textiles and their stitching together. Having
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Posted December 01, 2021in Art News
David Dahlquist’s show opening at Moberg Gallery was also a retirement party for his administrative duties at RDG. For the first time this fall, Moberg Gallery is showing two of Iowa’s best-known artists. Their November exhibition featured David Dahlquist, a man who has worn many hats very well. After a
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Posted November 03, 2021in Art News
Surrealism was designed to horrify as many people as it amused. The Art Center’s latest show is “Fantasy Figures – Surrealistic Works on Paper.” Because surrealism was designed to horrify as many people as it amused, this show is both disturbing and entertaining. The Art Center describes the show in
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Posted October 06, 2021in Art News
In paintings like “Fall of Eden,” he comments upon technology and its effect on humanity. Chuck Hipsher grew up in Council Bluffs, later attending the University of Iowa and The School of Chicago’s Art Institute. He worked in New York, Chicago and Detroit, and lately he has shown his work
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