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Art event sprays new creativity
By Diana Matusewic
 Media Credit: Blair Schlichte SCSU senior Val Snobeck calls out numbers for the next person in line to get their photo taken as the Lone Ranger. The aerosol art show consisted of graffiti artwork from floor to ceiling, with a photo booth and a live band.
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Featured at the Kiehle Gallery is an art show that is unlike the ordinary; it’s less like a museum and more like an event.
“It’s really wild, but it’s got a lot of care and love,” said Bruce Tapola, professor of painting at SCSU.
Tapola came up with the idea of having an aerosol art show. He asked Andrew Neher (graphic design major) and Val Snobeck (painting major) to put it together,
“They taught me more about aerosol art than I ever knew,” Tapola said.
Neher and Snobeck asked Denis Conrad, artist in Minneapolis and Bill Lindmeier, an art major from Madison, Wisc. to help with the project.
“Since early summer we’ve been working on it, but the installation took a week and a half,” Neher said. “I think it’s nice to try to involve a viewer more (in order to) make it an event.”
Tapola was awed by the outcome, especially by the originality of it.
“A lot of shows that I’ve seen in there, they’re a lot tamer,” he said. “To me the difference is, there’s more energy, there’s an irreverence, they were more ambitious in a way (and) I like how generous it is; it just gives you so many things to look at and think about.”
The visual was aerosol painting, inspired by graffiti. Even though the artists had an idea in mind, there was no message implied. It’s open for interpretation,
“A viewer can look at it and play with it in their mind,” Snobeck said.
The basic idea was hidden identities. Those who do graffiti want their name to be known by spray painting it, yet they won’t reveal themselves.
“The way the city deals with graffiti is they try to cover it up,” Neher said. “(It) fits into the idea of Lone Ranger (who) didn’t want his identity revealed so he wears a mask.”
“We also liked how he’s kind of faded out, unlike super heroes,” Snobeck said.
The interactive part of the show included a photo booth where visitors could get their picture taken dressed like the Lone Ranger (the pictures that were taken Monday will be displayed).
There was also live music provided by Denis Conrad, from Minneapolis, and his roommates.
“I like rock shows and I like art to be as exciting as rock shows,” Snobeck said.
Even the merchandise was homemade-there’s shirts, posters, and an annual magazine (no cause) that has a variety of artwork. Neher and Alan Henderson (once attended SCSU) started the magazine in 1999, but then Henderson moved to Minneapolis.
“Andrew and I worked on the second one together,” Snobeck said. “We got some people from campus to submit stuff and some people from other parts of the world.”
The opening was Monday night from 6-9 p.m. and will continue until Dec. 22.
“I think it’s the best show I’ve seen in that gallery in the past five years,” Tapola said.
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