Artist Kim Radatz with a piece from her exhibit at Salt Creek Artworks. Photo: Marina Williams/Creative Loafing
An exhibition of sculpture and installations by Kim Radatz, titled Talking Out Loud, opens Fri., Mar. 14, 6-9 p.m. at the Galleries at Salt Creek. Creative Loafing photographer Marina Williams shot a whole mess of fabulous photographs of Radatz’s work for an article I wrote about the show that comes out in Wednesday’s paper. Check out Marina’s Flickr page>>
There’s one piece you’ll see in the pictures that’s not finished—it’s The Lottery, which incorporates three blue plastic kids’ pools. (Not to confuse you, but there’s another piece in the show called The Lottery, too. It’s the handmade apron floating above a pile of stones—a reference to a famous short story of the same title by Shirley Jackson.) At the opening, the plastic pool piece will function as a lottery for prizes—but to see what those prizes are and how it all works, you’ll have to attend!
Kim Radatz. Games People Play (detail). Mixed media, 2007. Photo: Marina Williams/Creative Loafing
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1 Erika Schneider // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I am sorry to notice that there is neither an announcement or a comment on the opening of the interim space of the TMA which was this past Friday March 7th. The space is small but extremely interesting. The drawing show was well presented and looked fantastic. There was a meager turnout compared to other openings of the TMA.
We need as a community to be supportive of these efforts if we have any sort of ambition towards a successful artistic community and market it cannot happen without successful community spaces such as the museum.
2 megan // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:40 pm
I included Drawing Beyond the Plane in the Weekend Round-Up post (below) and it also appears as a See & Do pick in the front of this week’s Creative Loafing, but I was not able to attend on Friday night or during the museum’s hours on Saturday because of other obligations. (I also missed events at Brad Cooper Gallery and Hoffman Porges Gallery, though I would like to have attended both.) I hope to stop by the TMA in West Tampa when they open again on Tuesday.
Hey, I wish there were more media venues for arts coverage. My decision to forgo the TMA opening was motivated in part by the fact that it was covered quite nicely in the St. Petersburg Times. Just a guess, but I would suggest that the awful weather on Friday night had more to do with low turnout than anything else.
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