Funk Muffins by William Rimel Location: Pre Security, Terminal 1, Ticketing Lounge Will Rimel’s Funk Muffins collection is based on children’s toys and figurines. Inspired by the designer artist-made toy movement, Rimel found a perfect outlet for creativity which reflects his unique worldview. The artist explains “everyone can relate to toys… I can take ideas […]
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Girls with Fruit, Vol. 2
Girls with Fruit, Vol. 2 by Tiffany J. Sutton Location: T2 Concourse East Wall In The Girls with Fruits, vol. 2 collection, photographer Tiffany J. Sutton references mythological stories, medical knowledge, and art historical imagery when she selects a specific fruit symbolic of her subjects’ essence. In creating narratives about women regardless of their ethnicity, […]
Glass Prairie
Glass Prairie by Lindsay Obermeyer Exhibition Dates: through December 2019 Location: Ticketing level of Terminal 1 Glass Prairie features more than a dozen glass beaded flowers that mimic the real native prairie flowers of Missouri. Obermeyer says her works invites visitors to see the beautiful aspect of our native, natural landscape. Her creations are made […]
Artifacts of Empire
Artifacts of Empire by Ria Unson Exhibition Dates: January 2025 Location: Kling Family Gallery East, Terminal 1, Lower Level Artifacts of Empire is a collection that embodies the idea of narratives as both instruments and products of empire and explores how imperialism and capitalism shape the evolution of culture and identity. Unson is particularly interested […]
Dreamscapes
Dreamscapes by Allison Sissom Exhibition Dates: September 2023 through September 2024 Location: Terminal 1 Light Boxes For her Dreamscapes series, Allison Sissom uses the process of collage to find novel connections that form new narratives. Sourcing images from second-hand children’s books and nature photography, Sissom weaves intimate moments into impossible dream-like scenes. Delicately cutting out […]
Elemental
Elemental by Dee Levang Exhibition Dates: Now through October 2024 Location: Pre-security, Lower Level A Concourse Wall These modernistic circular weavings embody Levang’s innovative approach to fiber art. Constructed with a nontraditional warping technique she developed, the pieces are assiduously and repeatedly cut, knotted, and woven onto a monofilament matrix attached to a circular form. […]
Flyover Country
Flyover Country by Timothy Meehan Exhibition Dates: Sept 2023 through Sept 2024 Location: Post-Security, near gates E34 and 36 Determined to reimagine the notion that St. Louis is “fly-over country,” this Midwest native found inspiration at the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. This painting depicts a from the airplane window when flying back home. In […]
Homesick
Homesick by Amy Bautz Exhibition Dates: Sept 2023 through Sept 2024 Location: Post-Security, near gates E34 and 36 This series of paintings are based on locations in the artist’s hometown of St. Louis. They are meditations on place, longing, homesickness, nostalgia, and time-sickness. Instead of a title, each piece is identified by its closest street. […]
Permanence of Change
Permanence of Change by Flo Art Collective Exhibition Dates: Through December 2024 Location: Post-Security, near gates E34 and 36 Two static pieces that harness movement and human interaction, mimicking the energy of how individuals flow in and out of their own lives like tourists are what travelers can view as they are moving down the […]
Recast
Recast by Sarah Frost Location: Post-Security, Terminal 2, near gate E10 Each element in Recast has been cast from something found in one of the 79 neighborhoods that comprise the City of St. Louis. The objects that were cast were chosen for their visual interest and include everyday items, temporary installations, and parts of the […]