<em>Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Re-Evolving Door to the Moundverse</em>, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, January 19–April 22, 2018. Photo: Tom Van Eynde.
Trenton Doyle Hancock: The Re-Evolving Door to the Moundverse, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, January 19–April 22, 2018. Photo: Tom Van Eynde.

Influence without the Anxiety

“I believe in the democracy of art,” Trenton Doyle Hancock said during his Artist Talk in January. Hancock’s influences are never hidden in his work: the Bible that was central to his upbringing in his Paris, Texas home, comic books, cartoons, video games, Philip Guston, a boyhood imagination that matures…

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Local artist Sarah Harford working with Vashon students.
Local artist Sarah Harford working with Vashon students.

A Morning at Vashon High

Vashon instructor Tim Jennings and CAM’s Miriam Ruiz busily prepare the art room for the arriving students. “We’ll need the press, please,” Miriam tells Tim as she unlocks a supply cabinet. Two students stand by the door to the classroom, feigning innocence. “Did you two just lock the door?” Tim…

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Salvatore Scarpitta: Racing Cars

Salvatore Scarpitta: Racing Cars presents a major overview of the late American artist’s racing-themed artwork—drawings, paintings, collages—as well as the largest number of his race cars ever assembled in the U.S.

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