Art spotlight: Miles Mendenhall, Conrad Ventur and Lisha Bai

April 1, 2011 at 6:33PM
Carbon print by Miles Mendenhall.
Carbon print by Miles Mendenhall. (Tom Herberg — Franklin Art Works/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Opening: Operating independently, three artists will transform Franklin Art Works' walls, floor and air with new pieces today. Minneapolis' own Miles Mendenhall offers huge, enigmatic silvery shapes in a minimalist mode that he's concocted by reviving an early-20th-century process known as carbon printing. Up to 5 feet square, his prints involve pixelated images manipulated and layered to produce unusual depths of color and tone. New York artist Conrad Ventur has installed "If You Knew," a video tribute to Nina Simone in which the singer's image is refracted through a rotating prism. Lisha Bai, also of New York, is redoing FAW's floor with wave patterns cut from black-and-white vinyl flooring. All this and a party, too.

  • Opening 6-8:30 p.m. Fri. followed by a Food Pyramid performance and light show by Ventur, free. Franklin Art Works, 1021 E. Franklin Av., Mpls. Ends May 26, free. 612-874-7494 or www.franklinartworks.org
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