Remnants

Remnants January 16-February 17, 2021

 Please join Art Saint Louis for Remnants, our first in-Gallery exhibit of 2021. This new juried exhibition features new artworks by 37 St. Louis regional artists. This exhibit is no longer on view.

PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS
Art Saint Louis is located at 1223 Pine Street in downtown St. Louis. There are parking meters on Pine Street and Olive Street and all nearby streets. Parking meters run 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Fines are steep ($20), so don't let your meter expire. Visit Downtown St. Louis.org's website for additional parking suggestions. You might also download the handy Parkmobile app, whereby you can pay for and monitor parking meter via your mobile phone.

Hourly parking is usually available in the Park Pacific Garage located on Olive just West of Tucker (entrance is on the South side of Olive). Parking is at your own expense and payable by credit card upon exiting the garage. Access to the garage & hours are currently limited. For info: 888-614-7426. Be sure to take your parking receipt/ticket with you when you exit your car to visit the Gallery or you won't be able to get back in to the garage to get to your garage. Your parking ticket is your key to get back in to the garage. Art Saint Louis cannot validate parking.

The Gallery is easily accessible by Public Transportation with MetroLink and MetroBus with MetroBus stops nearby.
If you are uncomfortable driving downtown, you might want to consider a carpool or rideshare to our location.

 The 37 featured artists in Remnants are:

Remnants
Jurors' Statements

“Artists are scrappy people - determined, resourceful out of need, a bit rough and ready. The Cambridge Dictionary’s definition of scrappy hits a nerve: “… willing to oppose others without fear in order to achieve something.”

Remnants brings together artists who deal with what is there and available. These artists work by manipulating, juxtaposing, and piecing as opposed to creating from the position of a blank canvas or empty space. They interact with and converse with material from the past, whether literally or thematically, and what results is a new thing.

These artists never run out of stuff - materially or subject-wise. They aren’t necessarily dependent on money or space. Because of this quality, the work in this show truly represents empowerment and opportunity, cleverness and wisdom. It values the past, even values the mess as an opportunity to make a different future.”

— Linda Vredeveld, artist, educator, St. Louis, MO

“Most criteria for jurying an exhibit focuses on image choice, technique development, color management and creativity.  Of course, those are important artistic elements to all artists, including myself.

Interesting how the topic of remnants has been an important element for many artists. The idea brings up the reinvention of ideas as well as materials into another life for the art works. Using remnants from one part of our life, to build upon and make a creative statement in our art, makes for a very thought-provoking solution.

My first impressions were from the wide use of materials each artist used. I very much enjoyed seeing fabric, found objects and objects that are reminiscent of remnants from another place.

I also applaud the artists’ use of technical styles. From sharp focus to expressive emotional presentation. Each artist expressed a very personal and creative style.
I am so impressed by all of these artists, that they took this challenging topic and made wonderful works of art. The art works are indeed well executed and creatively developed.” 

— Mark Weber, artist,  Professor of Art, Chairperson,
St. Louis Community College Wildwood,
Wildwood, MO

Some of the 53 artworks featured in Remnants:

Shae Henderson, St. Louis, MO. “Everything but the Complexion.” 2020. Mixed Media Collage, 24”x20”. $100.	Tamara Louise Eberle, St. Louis, MO. "Organic." 2020. Digital Art on Photographic Paper, 16”x16”. $250.	Meg Howton, Carbondale, IL. “Either Way You Slice It.” 2020. Ceramic, Mixed Media, 13”x7”x3.5”. $275.
Polly Sievert, St. Louis, MO. “Barefoot Serenity.” 2018. Clothing, Lace, Velvet, Stitching, Driftwood, Stones, 16”x8”. $225.	Carolyn Owen Sommer, Springfield, IL. “When it Rains.” 2020. Mixed Media Collage, 30”x18”. SOLD.	Carrie Sleme, St. Louis, MO. “Drift.” 2020. Acrylic on Canvas, 48”x30”. SOLD.
Terry Lay, St. Louis, MO. “The End of All Things #3.” 2018. Watercolor on Paper, 25 1/2” x31”. $1,500.	Barbie Steps, St. Louis, MO. “Winter in Tasmania 2.” 2019. Photograph on Metal, 16”x24”. $275.	Maurice Hirsch, Chesterfield, MO. “Utility Box Cover.” 2017. Digital Photograph on Metal, 12”x18”. $200.
Suzy Farren, Webster Groves, MO. “Cosmic Harmony.” 2020. Mixed Media, 19”x27”. $500.	Robert Kokenyesi, Godfrey, IL. “Encrusted Spring I.” 2020. Ceramics, Glaze, Car Spring, 6”x6”x3”. $300.	Nolan Wright, Carbondale, IL. “Shipwreck.” 2020. Basketry, 7”x20”x14”. $2,250.