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"The Lookout" by Jason John
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"Miss Coney Island 2011: Orange," Kenneth Browne
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"Self-Portrait," Jian Cui
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"The Lookout," Jason John
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"Self Portrait with Glasses," Benjamin Shamback
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"Wave," Joseph Miller
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"Release" Scott Bricher
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"Susheela," David Stranger
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"Suzanna Seated," Dean Fisher
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"Self Portrait with Jumbling Tower Painting," Derek Wilkinson
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"Body and Soul," Joseph Lauer
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"Taking Out the Trash," Derek Wilkinson
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"Periphery and Friction," Megan Sterling
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"Desert Rat," David Christiana
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"Portrait of a Photographer," Dean Fisher
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"Cole," David Christiana
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"Christopher," Raymond Hummel
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"Head and Toe," Laurie Lisonbee
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"Into the Light," John Sacran
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"Nude Study," Joseph Moniz
This year’s regularly held show of figure art from across the U.S. at Fontbonne University is really worth a look. The Figure Now was juried really well by gifted painters Steve Huston and Nathan Lewis.
Derek Wilkinson’s “Taking Out the Trash” is a hilarious riff on the seriousness of the self-portrait. Joseph Lauer’s “Body and Soul” is an enigmatic portrait of a construction worker obscured by the protective grid of the equipment he steers; he becomes his machine. Jason Sacran’s “Into the Light” is a study in chiaroscuro—you can marvel at the sunlight glinting through a man’s arm hairs (as never before).
Have a look-see.
The Figure Now, through March 1 at Fontbonne University Gallery of Art, 6800 Wydown. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Saturday noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call 314-862-3456.
Photographs by Byron Kerman
