| Ice Cube: Theresa Anderson and Kathy Knaus |
| Written by Ken Hamel | |||
Theresa Anderson and Kathy KnausIce Cube GalleryFebruary 26 - March 20, 2010
  Kathy Knaus (left) and Theresa Anderson (right) at Ice Cube (from the press release) Kathy Knaus "Meat Market" Butchering and painting are both art forms. The comparable components of each reveal their visceral and physical elements. Meat and paint are slimy, moist, sticky, and drippy. Brushes replace knives and canvas replaces the butcher block, greasy fat vs. painting mediums. Meat has been distinguished by society as crude and gross; however, for one Colorado artist she only sees the beauty of the form and colors. Many contemporary artists can speak to something in their past that influences them and Kathy Knaus is no exception. The "Meat Market" installation exhibit is a presentation of objects based on her experiences growing up working in the family meat market. The meat cooler built for the exhibit incorporates the cooler door (pictured) her father built many years ago. Constructing an installation based on memories attempts to say more than paintings on the wall. The installation creates a sacred space to reflect on the dialectical relationship between the imagined and the real world. "My father made a door frame from wood and then galvanized metal was placed in the door to help conduct cold air," Kathy states. "I found it leaning against the outside wall of the meat market and it brought back memories of visiting as a child and then working at the market as a teenager and young adult. I was flooded with emotions and wanted to explore these deep-seated memories. Other meat machinery was lying around and I wanted to share my excitement of finding these old pieces with an audience." Theresa Anderson "Coliseum" Rejecting the limitations of traditional painting, this installation, On narcotizaion and little flagellations, is a documentation of a month long interactive performance piece that intentionally combines stacks of printed material, autobiographical nonsense, musical lyrics, and recent tabloid exposé with mark making and the original performance documentation of the "body monoprint". "I present the viewer my own Coliseum where consuming other people's reality is part flagellation and narcotization. Personally, when I entered this place it became like no other filled with never ending people who pour their stories onto my lap as if the buckler I wear holds a map of cures." Pieces from this ongoing series, stickywater, are part of private collections and have won grants, international contests, awards, and been included in publications such as the New York Journal of Arts and Design under "new talent". Recently identified by Fine Art Critic, Kyle McMillan as one of the region's most promising emerging artists for her solo exhibit, Teeth and Gums, at the respected Denver cooperative gallery, Pirate: Contemporary Art; Anderson also has a large piece of work on rotational exhibit at the new Saatchi Gallery in London. Ice Cube Gallery at the Dry Ice Factory 3300 Walnut St Denver, CO 80205 http://dryicefactory.org
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