projects+gallery

This year marks the 10th anniversary of projects+gallery. Since opening in 2014, we have presented exhibitions and experimental programs that challenged expectations and invited our community to engage with artwork by emerging and established artists from across the globe. Many of the artists we exhibited early in their careers have gone on to experience major art world acclaim; we are extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to work with so many talented creators and offer significant artworks to collectors.

As we enter our 10th year, we are presented with an opportunity to reflect on our accomplishments and also think carefully about what is next. What seems like a century’s worth of change has occurred in the last ten years as world events laid bare the hidden weaknesses of numerous industries, including the obsolescence of foundational elements of the art world and the ability for small and mid-size galleries to exist within the larger arts ecosystem.

Our program was able to engage audiences through openings and events but proved unsustainable as a commercial gallery operating in St. Louis. For that reason, projects+gallery is closing its doors. Our remaining artwork inventory will be available online (link in bio) and through direct inquiry.

My gratitude is with my team, both past and present, and the countless contributions they have made to growing and operating projects+gallery. I am incredibly proud of the work we have accomplished together. I also want to express my heartfelt thanks to the artists and curators who have been extraordinary sources of inspiration and collaboration through the last 10 years. Without their partnership and trust, our program could not have existed. I still believe art can change the world, but perhaps not in a gallery format in St. Louis.

Barrett Barrera Projects will continue operating and serving the needs of our museum clients, private collections management clients, and working on a project and consultancy basis.

Over the next few weeks, we will be looking back at the exhibitions and select special projects presented at projects+gallery. Thank you for an amazing 10 years.

Susan Barrett

https://hyperallergic.com/764115/sandra-paynes-bling-manifesto/
Take a scroll through this sparkling article on the practice of the late artist Sandra Payne and the recent solo exhibition of her work at projects+gallery. Thank you Hyperallergic and Eileen G'Sell!

Sandra Payne's Bling Manifesto The unabashedly feminine oeuvre of the collagist, sculptor, and conceptual artist is a smorgasbord of shimmer and sequin, a bling manifesto for the senses.

Wishing our dear friend, collaborator, and photographer Ann Ray a wonderful birthday! Ann, thank you for capturing beauty in the world and sharing it with us all. 🌹🍾
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𝘈 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 opens tonight. Join us for the reception 6-8pm and the Curatorial Talk tomorrow, Saturday, May 14, at 11am.

Joshua Woods is a photographer and filmmaker currently based in Paris. An autodidact with unbridled curiosity, Woods kneads the intellectual nuances of photojournalism with the creative flares of fashion and art. It is through this blurring of boundaries that Woods resists the tropes of what constitutes blackness; identity, creativity and reality.
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Joshua Woods
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥, 2018
Archival pigment print
40 x 30 inches

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Happy 🌍​​​​​​​​
Kevin Sloan​​​​​​​​
𝘐𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 2012​​​​​​​​
Acrylic on canvas​​​​​​​​
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