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Visually Appealing: Teens At CAM Provide Just One Of The Reasons To Check Out First Friday

Work by Edo Rosenblith
Provided by Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

First – remember First Friday. The tradition of art galleries being open in the evening on that date is well established in Grand Center and spreading. For instance, Space at 4168 Manchester, will be opening "Visions of a city: A solo exhibit" by Timothy Wagner from 6-9 p.m.

But back in Grand Center, there are several reasons to check out the work of Edo Rosenblith at the Contemporary Art Museum. The primary one, of course, is the work itself. The humor that is apparent in the work covers commentary on darker subjects. In the description of this show, “Black Space/White Lines,” website says, “The four walls of the Education Gallery are pitch black, illuminated with black light, and crowded with diverse, interlacing visual narrative.” Beyond the art, this show has been put together by the students of Teen Museum Studies.

Meanwhile, that big art institution in Forest Park – where free Fridays have a very long tradition – is opening Janaina Tschäpe: The Ocean Within. The video work is said to put viewers into “a surreal, dream-like vision of the ocean, evoking feelings of both calm and disorientation in the spectator,” according to Simon Kelly, curator of modern and contemporary art, in a press release.

The work can be seen in Gallery 301 from Aug. 1 through Oct. 19.

Donna Korando started work in journalism at SIU’s Daily Egyptian in 1968. In between Carbondale and St. Louis Public Radio, she taught high school in Manitowoc, Wis., and worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was the copy editor and letters editor for the editorial page from 1973-77. As an editorial writer from 1977-87, she covered Illinois and city politics, education, agriculture, family issues and sub-Saharan Africa. When she was editor of the Commentary Page from 1987-2003, the page won several awards from the Association of Opinion Page Editors. From 2003-07, she headed the features copy desk.