Tattoos inspire stories told on gloves painted by Ellen Greene ...

For decades tattoos were the province of men, created ?as stories to wear on one?s sleeve,? says Kansas City artist Peregrine Honig.

Honig, whose own works are laced with feminist themes, loves the idea of subverting this macho tradition. She?s found the perfect vehicle in the tattoo-inspired paintings on leather gloves by 1998 Kansas City Art Institute alum Ellen Greene. An exhibit of Greene?s gloves opens Friday at Birdies, Honig?s Crossroads lingerie shop. ?Greene paints tattoos historically delegated to men,? Honig says, and transforms them into ?wearable narratives of contemporary feminine power.? Now based in Chicago, Greene puts her own twist on the pinup girls of yore, turning them into dark goddess figures that look to Ishtar of Mesopotamia and Isis of Egypt. ?The goddesses are life-givers and life destroyers ? not merely sexual toys,? the artist says.Greene?s influences include punk rock feminism and the Riot grrl movement as well as her memories and experiences. The title of the hand-painted glove piece, ?Omi Wise,? comes from a murder ballad about a man who drowns his pregnant girlfriend. But the work also was inspired by Greene?s traumatic memories of her best friend?s murder by her boyfriend. ?I find gloves to be a perfect metaphor for the female experience of the world,? Greene says, ?and tattoos, in contrast to that, are symbols of freedom.?Greene feels that push-pull in her own existence.?Therefore,? she says, ?Each glove is a self-portrait.?Greene and Honig go way back. In art school they created a pretend sorority, which was intended as a critique of the subject, but not everyone got the joke. Honig, who organized many art exhibitions at her former Fahrenheit Gallery, says she doesn?t intend to do regular art shows at Birdies. ?The reason I?m doing this is they?re wearable,? she says. Greene?s exhibit will feature 10 hand-painted framed pieces and 15 silkscreened wearables, all priced at less than $1,000, Honig said.Honig print supports Valentine Ball Greene?s show is not Honig?s only event in the Crossroads this month. For the 15th year, she will be presenting her annual Fahrenheit Valentine Ball on Feb 14. This year?s ball, a walk-in event with a suggested donation of $5, will be at The Brick, and Honig recommends ?mod 60s resort? attire. She has lined up trumpet player Hermon Mehari and friends to play music and plans to pay them with proceeds from the sale of her limited edition print ?Everybody Loves the Sunshine,? published by La Cucaracha Press. There are 50 in the edition, and you can check it out Friday night at the City Arts Project, where Garry Noland?s exhibit continues in the main gallery, and the adjacent Pop Shop will feature Honig?s print, priced at $50. The prints can also be bought through the press?s website, www.lacucarachapress.com (shipping costs $10), and through the Dolphin Gallery. Half of the proceeds from sales will go to the Valentine Ball musicians; the other will go to La Cucaracha Press.Kemper at the CrossroadsKemper at the Crossroads always draws a big crowd on First Fridays. Its February opening marks the first solo museum show for Brooklyn-based Eric Fertman, who is exhibiting upward of 20 whimsical sculptures and several large graffiti-inspired drawings. Kemper chief curator Barbara O? Brien said she was captivated by the work when she saw it at the Susan Inglett Gallery in New York. ?I got inspired by one small work and thought it was playful and serious. The craft is very serious, and the formal qualities have a lot of art historical resonance,? she said. ?And it has a sense of play. I don?t think we get enough of that in contemporary art.? O?Brien discerns a film noir element in some of the work, as well as affinities to artists Philip Guston, R. Crumb, Martin Puryear and Edward Hopper. Some pieces, she said, have an ?exacting verisimilitude,? including a carved rotary telephone and various lightbulbs. O?Brien is particularly enthused by his installation ?Room,? which she compares to a ?3-D sketch of a red room.? Within it the artist will place a grouping of his quirky quasi-figurative sculptures made from oak, horsehair and other materials. Born in Boston, Fertman holds a bachelor of fine arts from Cooper Union, which awarded him the Elliot Lash Award for Excellence in Sculpture in 1997. He?s shown a bit in New York, where one reviewer labeled the work ?enticing? and another called it ?refreshing.?Birdies Ellen Greene: Ballad of the Tattooed LadyFeb. 3-14 Reception: 6-10 p.m. Hours: Noon-7 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-10 p.m. First Fridays.116 W. 18th St. 816-842-2473City Arts Project Garry Noland: Made and Connected Peregrine Honig: Everybody Loves the SunshineJan. 6-Feb. 18 (Noland); Honig print sale continues through Feb.14Open for First Fridays 6-9 p.m. Hours: Noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday2015 Campbell St. 816-820-4105 Kemper at the Crossroads Eric Fertman: Here?s Your Hat, What?s Your Hurry?Feb. 3-July 28 Reception: 6-8 p.m. Friday Gallery conversation: 2-3 p.m. Saturday Hours: Noon-8 p.m. Fridays; noon-6 p.m. SaturdaysKemper at the Crossroads33 W. 19th St.816-753-5784Spray Booth Gallery XOXO Salon Show & Benefit Feb. 3-March 17 Reception: 6 p.m.-1 a.m.; $10 recommended donation Hours: Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon-3 p.m. Saturday 130 W. 18th St., inside Volker Bicycles816-471-5555 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Jim Sajovic: GraphicFeb. 3-25 Reception: 6-9 p.m. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and by appointment. 2012 Baltimore Ave. 816-474-1919Belger Arts Center The Mind?s Eye: Landscapes from the Belger CollectionFeb. 3-April 6 Reception: 6-9 p.m. Friday Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday and by appointment2100 Walnut St. 816-474-3250Blue Gallery Joe Ramiro Garcia: But Seriously ?Feb. 3-28 Reception: 6-9 p.m. Friday Hours: 10 a.m-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, and by appointment118 Southwest Blvd. 816-527-0823 The Late Show William Philyaw: Devices and Desires Assemblage: Paula Frankel, Doug Schwietert, Colby K. Smith Heartbreak Group Show Feb. 3-25 Reception: 6-10 p.m. Friday Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, and by appointment 1600 Cherry St. 816-474-1300La Esquina High Seas, Low Planes: An Installation by Ari FishFeb. 3-March 10 Reception: 6-9 p.m. Hours: 12-6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, or by appointment1000 W. 25th St. (816-221-5115)Mattie Rhodes Art Center Maria Calderon: The Power of Intention Corazones Valientes Feb. 3-24 Reception: 6-9 p.m. Friday Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday 915 W. 17th St. 816-221-2349 Slap-N-Tickle Gallery 5th Annual Erotica show!Feb. 3-19 Reception: 6-11 p.m. Friday, with performances by Kiki Severe, Annie Thrax, and Zion Hours: 1-5 p.m. Feb. 4, and by appointment504 E. 18th St. 816-716-5940Carter Art Center Eric Sweet: Wide of the Mark Catherine Armbrust & Trudy Rogers-Denham: Small Worlds Open for First Friday until 9 p.m.; official reception is March 2 Friday: 6-9 p.m., includes an artists? talk at 6 p.m. Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon-3 p.m. Saturday.201 Southwest Trafficway 816-604-4278

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