The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art will host a gala on September 29 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Oppenheimer art collection!

Stefanie Gutheil / Berg I / 2009 / Oil and mixed media on canvas / 98 x 79 inches

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Oppenheimer art collection and will open with a gala on September 29 at 7pm! The show opens free to the public on September 30.

“Works by regional, national and international artists converge at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College, which will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Marti and Tony Oppenheimer’s patronage of the college and museum with a museum-wide exhibit of artworks the couple have funded.

‘The Oppenheimer Collection is now synonymous with the Nerman Museum. It is the foundation upon which our permanent collection rests,’ said Bruce Hartman, the museum’s executive director.

The Oppenheimers have funded the purchase of 152 pieces; the anniversary exhibit will display approximately half of them.

‘We’ll have a number of never-before-exhibited works,’ Hartman said, citing new acquisitions of works by Dana Schutz, Allison Schulnik, Angel Otero, Asad Faulwell and Stefanie Gutheil.

The museum is producing a 340 page book, with entries by Kansas City critics and writers on each of the 152 artworks. It was edited by David Cateforis, professor of American art, modern and contemporary art at KU.

An opening gala — the Oppenheimer Collection 20th Anniversary Celebration — will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 29. ‘There will be hundreds of artists in attendance,’ Hartman said. ‘Marti and Tony are flying in artists in the collection from around the U.S.’ Tickets to the gala cost $125. The show will open free to the public on Sept. 30.” Read more.

Stefanie Gutheil is Featured on Stylecaster’s Scene Shapers

Scene Shapers: Berlin Artist Stefanie Gutheil Loves Monsters

By Susie G for Stylecaster

The city of Berlin has become a vital hotspot in the world of modern art over the last few years, attracting many painters, musicians and other creatives to the German capital. The art and music circles in the city have built up such a reputation of being an international creative hub that many struggling artists from all over the world are willing to cash in their personal savings just to make the artistic mecca to Berlin.

Fortunately for German-born artist Stefanie Gutheil, she didn’t have to travel great distances to settle in this dynamic metropolis.

Based out of East Berlin, Gutheil is an artist whose body of work centers around her manifestations of large canvas paintings and sculptures that integrate traditional materials such as oil and arcylic paints with mixed media. Documenting her daily interactions and observations of people from all walks of life, she transforms the characters she meets into cartoonish creatures.

Gutheil’s studio also happens to be situated in an area where the hip East Berlin nightlife scene is literally right at her door. Being emersed in grotesque views of the area’s after hours follies, Gutheil stylizes the darker side of urban partying into “larger than life” paintings and sculptures–essentially capturing party monsters in their truest form.

On September 8th, the denizens of New York will get a chance to meet face-to-face with Gutheil’s 2D and 3D monsters during her showing, titled “Dreckige Katze,” at the Mike Weiss Gallery in Chelsea until October 8th.

Party monsters and other creatures of the night are highly encouraged to attend!