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Ann Resnick's Wichita Trifecta | Jefferson Godard, Curator at Salina Art Center

Photo by Dimitris Skliris courtesy of the Ulrich Museum of Art From a trinity of solo exhibitions at the Ulrich Museum, Fisch Haus, and Steckline Gallery, the Wichita art community is celebrating the forty year career of artist Ann Resnick. Trained as a printmaker, Ann is a conceptually-based artist, cultural advocate, and former gallerist. She also has a focus on chronicling those we have lost. More specifically, her work commemorates and honors the lives of others.  Chapter & Verse , curated by Ksenya Gurstein at the Ulrich Museum of Art focuses on larger serialized works spanning from 1992 - 2021. A series of plastic floral bouquets entitled Offering (2005), radiates on the wall upon entering the exhibition. Organized in a mesmerizing circular pattern, the flower groupings range from a single flower to collections of twenty. While vibrant and celebratory, Offering points to processional themes of remembrance and grief.  In the daunting thirty-six foot long work, Our To...