Ken Winnick: No Longer and Not Yet - Das Schaufenster Gallery [Temporary Exhibit]

This exhibit, Kin Winnick’s: No Longer and Not Yet visually responds to iconic philosophers Hannah Arendt and Vilém Flusser with contemporary statements that tell stories with harnessed sentiments, detailing the concept of the knowing “self” that either lifts the voices echoed in our collective humanity or becomes lost in the atmosphere of confounding social dynamics and historic constriction. “With profound resilience and moments of weariness, John Affolter and the inspiring brilliance of the digital artists of No Longer and Not Yet—Cassie Arnold, Amy Usdin, Georgina Lewis, Jeffrey Smith, Quincey (Makayla) Miracle, Chelsea Wrightson, John Swartwout, Jeremy Davis, Ceci Cole McInturff, and Daniel Brickman—all have created a delightful, smart, and responsive spectrum of three-dimensional art that keenly investigates insightful ways of surviving the looming presence of the year 2020.
The Curator’s Choice artist John Affolter and his work Maga Ghost Flag deliver a compelling visual critique, metaphorically representing diverse ethnic citizens, a fragile American democracy, and the phantom-like absence of “accuracy” symbolized in the intentional absence of the American flag’s true colors: red, white, and blue. Local and national artists have passionately crafted a body of work that was displayed both digitally online and at the local gallery Das Schaufenster, operated by German artist Anna Mlasowsky in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.