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| Room 1801.Photo by Belger Crane Yard Gallery |
| MEDIA ADVISORY
Premiere of Peregrine Honig: Suites |
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WHAT:
Beginning Friday, September 18th, visitors to Belger Crane Yard Gallery can unlock a new multimedia installation by artist Peregrine Honig.
Suites is a near-exact replica of a room in Kansas City’s historic Hotel Phillips that served as the artist’s impromptu studio in early 2015. Working alone in “temporary luxury,” Honig created a series of seductive, ink-blotted drawings that explore themes of privacy, intimacy, power, and sexuality. The resulting work hangs lavishly on the walls while a sensuous dance suite, choreographed by Jane Gotch and filmed by Johanna Brooks, plays on the hotel television.
Please note: Peregrine Honig: Suites is a single or double occupancy room with a maximum stay of 10 minutes. Guests must check in with the gallery manager for reservations.
WHEN: Friday, September 18 6:00 – 9:00 pm
WHERE: Belger Crane Yard Gallery
2011 Tracy Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64108
WHO: Peregrine Honig is an American artist whose work is concerned with the relationship between pop culture, sexual vulnerability, social anxieties, the ethics of luxury and trends in consumerism. Honig was born in San Francisco, CA, and studied at the Kansas City Art Institute. At age 22, she was the youngest living artist to have work acquired for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s permanent collection. Honig’s work is included in numerous private and public collections including the Fogg Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. In 2010, Honig appeared on Bravo’s artist reality television show, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. That same year, in collaboration with Landfall Press, she produced Widow, a magazine that explores the relationship between fashion and art. Honig’s work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions and included in group exhibitions across the country. |
| | Peregrine Honig, Weeper, 2015, 12 x 12 inches, ink on paper. Photo by Belger Crane Yard Gallery. |
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The Belger Crane Yard Studios art complex is conveniently located between Belger Arts Center, in the Crossroads Arts District, and Kansas City’s historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. This four-building facility, constructed between 1908 and 1918, has become a destination for artists and art lovers. It houses the Belger Crane Yard Gallery, a contemporary art gallery; the Red Star Artist in Residence program; studios for ceramic artists; Asheer Akram Metalworks, a metal workshop; the Lawrence Lithography Workshop, a lithography gallery and workshop; The Random Lab ceramic studios; and Crane Yard Clay, a ceramic equipment and supply business. This exhibition takes place at Belger Crane Yard Gallery. Exhibitions are also scheduled at Belger Arts Center at 2100 Walnut Street. For more information, please contact Michael Baxley, Gallery Manager, mbaxley@redstarstudios.org or 816-474-7316.
Downloads:
Press release attached, Image 1: Peregrine Honig, Weeper, 2015, 12 x 12 inches, ink on paper. Photo by Belger Crane Yard Gallery. Image 3: Room 1801. Photo by Belger Crane Yard Gallery
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