Ephemera

Organized in concert with the 27th International Sculpture Conference (Oct 25-28, 2017) in Kansas City, Ephemera features the work of Kansas City-based artists Miles Neidinger and Susan White, Oklahoma-based artist Rena Detrixhe, St. Louis-based artist Kahlil Irving, British Columbia-based artist Brian Jungen, and New York-based artist Michelle Segre.

Each artist employs seemingly ubiquitous materials to evince a sense of the fantastic - of the ordinary made extraordinary. Inherently their working processes reference the act of collecting, hunting and gathering materials to both inspire and realize their work. In so doing, familiar things are repurposed and transformed - emphasizing the duality of ephemeral objects. In each instance, the commonplace is employed to convey evocative and often personal content.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website