The 1708 Gallery, downtown, is holding an art opening this Friday, January 4th at 7 p.m., as part of First Fridays, including art from Kai Richter, Kathy Snow Stratton, Merrill Shatzman. The show, Constructing Form, runs through January 26th.
German artist, Kai Richter, is a family friend with ties to the Near West End and Northside. His mother, Florrie Richter, went to St. Catherine’s and his Grandmother, Mrs. Wimble, is at Westminister Canterbury in Richmond’s Northside. Richter’s art typically is construction inspired installation, it will be intersting to see how he adapts his work to the 1708 Gallery and his American audience. He is interested in exploring the relationship between weight and foundation with raw construction materials. Sort of a deconstructed building meets pick-up sticks.