Fiction for the sake of art
KC Fringe Festival producer/director writes the plot, museum supplies the setting.
The Nelson enlisted Fringe Festival writer and producer Tara Varney to come up with a story for a show. She stands in a gallery of objects that belonged to the character she created, Gilbert G. Hargrove, a 19th century adventurer and collector.
On exhibit
The show: The Magnificent Collection of Gilbert G. Hargrove
Where: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St.
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit continues through March 24.
How much: Free
It could be a hit. Or it could be a big flop.
In any event, a new exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art pushes well beyond the museum’s comfort zone in a bid to attract visitors in the 20- to 40-year-old range.
The show, “The Magnificent Collection of Gilbert G. Hargrove,” was not put together in the conventional, objects-first, way. Banking on her reputation for successful productions at the Kansas City Fringe Festival, the museum invited producer/director Tara Varney, 43, to invent a story that would define a show.
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