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Article: Art in the Heartland.(Report from Kansas City)(Cover Story)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- June 1, 1995
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Dramatic outdoor sculptures, a new museum and an increasingly ambitious art scene are helping this midwestern city reinvent its cultural identity.
In many ways, Kansas City is still a sleepy Missouri River town of broad boulevards, Italianate fountains, antiquated shopping centers and tree-lined plazas. Aside from barbecue sauce and a renowned collection of Asian art, the city's main boast, culturally speaking, has been that half a century ago, during its brawling Pendergast days, it once spawned the world's greatest saxophone player--Charlie Parker.
But recently Kansas City's artistic tempo has begun to pick up. In one scant year the fitting of sharp teeth ...