A variety of traditional and pop sculpture styles flow through the hands of Care Ekpo. A full suit of plate bronze armor tailored to the measurements of a woman that no foe would wittingly show aggression, monumentally traces the silhouette of womanhood physically and figuratively. In the contemporary sphere, Ekpo displays several other table top... Continue Reading →
William Zweifel, Founders, Vanguard Gallery Night
Melding bronze casting and glass blowing, William Zweifel aesthetically pleases decorative art tastes with incredibly detailed woven glass structures that drape over bronze centerpieces. A native of Chicago, Zweifel now makes Wisconsin his artistic home where he constantly explore innovation in industrial arts. Back to Main Post, Bronze Age 2.0, Vanguard Sculpture Services, Gallery Night... Continue Reading →
Laura Priebe, Founders, Vanguard Gallery Night
Imaginatively reconstructing pre-history Laura Priebe's depiction of a Moroccan Trilobite playfully and didactically leads an expedition to the primordial past. This creature sits reanimated from archeologists sketch books, so that its shell's ridges and other sensory structures can be experienced in detail. Priebe has public artwork that can also be seen at Hartung Park along... Continue Reading →
David Aschenbrener, Founders, Vanguard Gallery Night
Swooping and winding in and out of vessels possible of existing only in the artist realm of reality, David Aschenbrener miraculously takes ice-based sculptures of flowers and charges them with valiant gestures that marry the rigid bronze structures Aschenbrener gives the fibrous materials like stems and leaves to the gentle flowing forms of pedals made... Continue Reading →
Pt. 2, ExFabula, John Gurda on Capital Court’s History
Looking Back Historian John Gurda guided the evening's story tellers by explaining signposts of historical significance to the Capitol Heights neighborhood and Milwaukee's Black community. In 1956, a mall that came to be known as Capitol Court made Capitol Heights its home. It was Milwaukee's third major shopping center, after Southgate, on South 27th, and... Continue Reading →