NEW EXHIBITION OPENING AT GALLERY VISIO

POP MANIFESTO: The Second Coming

Featuring:

Kevin McCoy [Work/Play]

Jermaine Clark

Skip Jones [Made Monarchs]

Erika Brown

February 23 – March 22, 2012

Opening Reception Feb 23, 4 – 7pm

Featuring emerging artists from the St. Louis community and UMSL, this second coming of "Pop Manifesto" is a visual declaration on contemporary pop culture. Co-sponsored by Made Monarchs, the show will feature a variety of media: illustration, design, painting, and sculpture in an attempt to create a visual dialogue that explores what pop art means to 21st century viewers.  Gallery Visio is located on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. www.umsl.edu/~galvisio.  

Fannta Drummer: An Artist on the Rise

This past winter Fannta's work was featured in the "Life Blood Exhibit" at Gallery Visio. Organized and curated by Jennifer Weigel, the group exhibition focused attention on the topic of menstruation. The fifteen female artists that participated in the show employed a variety of media to examine and celebrate the physiological, psychological and sociological issues associated with this female rite of passage.