A Visit to Kuaba Gallery

Every so often, I pay a visit to Kuaba Gallery, 

located on the on the second floor of the King Cole

building on the northeast corner of Meridian and 

Washington Streets. It's great to be able to see 

contemporary fine art at an intersection

I frequently pass on my way to do other things.

I stop in to visit with a couple pieces

by El-Anatsui, draped golden wall hangings

made from the caps for liquor bottles;

the man has found rich luster, texture, and

color in the most common, innocuous

of materials. I never tire of the pieces I've

seen here and at the Indianapolis

Museum of Art.

Currently on display is ceramic work

by Netherlands-born sculptor, Annelies Heijnen ,

whose white earthenware pieces are

full of pattern and color. The piece I've shown

here would provide both visual and tactile

pleasure for just about forever, every time 

one traced its patterns and colors

with the eye and hand.