FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kansas City, MO / Overland Park, KS — The Kansas City Jewish Museum is pleased to continue Mindy Goodman: Evidence of the Hand in Time, a display of thirteen new and recent mixed media sculptures and two-dimensional works by Kansas City-based artist Mindy Goodman. This body of work, which originally went on display November 8, 2009, will remain on view through Sunday, February 14, 2010, in the KCJMCA Project Cases of Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom.

Mindy Goodman: Evidence of the Hand in Time

In Mindy Goodman: Evidence of the Hand in Time, the artist presents several of her latest biomorphic mixed media sculptures and two-dimensional works inspired by the narrative potential of found materials and the art of basketry. Built from manipulated strips of reclaimed and recycled fabric, reeds, staples, pigments, and other items, these forms are suggestive of the human body and internal organs while remaining elegantly and elusively abstract.

“I became intrigued with marks left by hand and time upon fabric while studying textiles at the University of Kansas,” says Goodman regarding her initial inspiration behind this body of work. “Such details can tell the life story of cloth. Conceptually, this is important to me. I endeavor to contain my story, through evidence of hand, within the vessels I create.”

Established in 1991, the purpose of Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art (KCJMCA) is to provide innovative art exhibitions and related programming that engage seniors and diverse audiences from all segments of our community to enrich lives and celebrate our common humanity through art. KCJMCA realizes this goal through two projects: The Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom and through partnerships with local, regional and national institutions that engage in KCJMCA’s Museum Without Walls exhibition program.