
Kim Alsbrooks
Lorraine Divine, 2015
Oil on aluminum
8 x 4 1/2 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
Lost and Found: Featuring Kim Alsbrooks and Nikki Couppee
September 25, 2015 – January 3, 2016
This exhibition underscores the ability some artists have to decontextualize the marginalized or overlooked, and to imbue the ordinary with something extraordinary. Works made of found materials from RAM’s collection are combined with the work of two featured artists. Kim Alsbrooks emblazons found trash, such as aluminum cans, with detailed oil and graphite portraits of historical figures. Interested in the connection between adornment and social status, Nikki Coupee uses found objects, Plexiglas, and brass to create jewelry that appears opulent even though it is made of non-precious elements.
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Artists in the Exhibition
Kim Alsbrooks, Boris Bally, Don Baum, Harriete Estel Berman, Jerry Bleem, Teri Blond, Ken Bova, Lou Cabeen, Nikki Couppee, Robert L. Dancik, Robert Ebendorf, John S. Fraser, Leopold Foulem, John J. Grant, John Garrett, Geoffrey Gorman, Rowena Gough, Walter S. Hamady, Bobby Hansson, Bruce Helander, Tina Fung Holder, David V. Holmes, Judith Hoyt, Lissa Hunter, Jerome E. Karadis, Esther Knobel, Robin Kranitzky, Gyongy Laky, Lauren Levy, John J. Libowski, Keith LoBue, Hollyanne Mitchell, Zoe Morrow, Judy Onofrio, Kim Overstreet, Bryan Petersen, Susan Shie, Karyl Sisson, Kiff Slemmons, Susan Kasson Sloan, Alan Burton Thompson, Anne Wilson, and Nancy Worden
Lost and Found: Featuring Kim Alsbrooks and Nikki Couppee
September 25, 2015 – January 3, 2016

Kim Alsbrooks
Lorraine Divine, 2015
Oil on aluminum
8 x 4 1/2 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Photography Courtesy of the Artist
This exhibition underscores the ability some artists have to decontextualize the marginalized or overlooked, and to imbue the ordinary with something extraordinary. Works made of found materials from RAM’s collection are combined with the work of two featured artists. Kim Alsbrooks emblazons found trash, such as aluminum cans, with detailed oil and graphite portraits of historical figures. Interested in the connection between adornment and social status, Nikki Coupee uses found objects, Plexiglas, and brass to create jewelry that appears opulent even though it is made of non-precious elements.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Kim Alsbrooks, Boris Bally, Don Baum, Harriete Estel Berman, Jerry Bleem, Teri Blond, Ken Bova, Lou Cabeen, Nikki Couppee, Robert L. Dancik, Robert Ebendorf, John S. Fraser, Leopold Foulem, John J. Grant, John Garrett, Geoffrey Gorman, Rowena Gough, Walter S. Hamady, Bobby Hansson, Bruce Helander, Tina Fung Holder, David V. Holmes, Judith Hoyt, Lissa Hunter, Jerome E. Karadis, Esther Knobel, Robin Kranitzky, Gyongy Laky, Lauren Levy, John J. Libowski, Keith LoBue, Hollyanne Mitchell, Zoe Morrow, Judy Onofrio, Kim Overstreet, Bryan Petersen, Susan Shie, Karyl Sisson, Kiff Slemmons, Susan Kasson Sloan, Alan Burton Thompson, Anne Wilson, and Nancy Worden
Gallery of Work
Exhibitions at RAM are made possible by:
Platinum Sponsors
The Estate of Karen Johnson Boyd
David Charak
Judith and David Flegel Fund
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ron and Judith Isaacs
Nicholas and Nancy Kurten
Windgate Foundation
Diamond Sponsors
City of Racine’s Grow Racine Grant
Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation
Ruffo Family Foundation
Ruth Arts Foundation
Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Tom and Irene Creecy
Richard and Patricia Ehlert
Herzfeld Foundation
Reliance Controls
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
W.T. Walker Group, Inc.
Wisconsin Arts Board
Silver Sponsors
Anonymous
Art Bridges
Baird
A.C. Buhler Family
Lucy G. Feller
Ben and Dawn Flegel
Jim Harris
Sharon and Tom Harty
Lise Iwon
J. Jeffers & Co.
Johnson Financial Group
Dorothy MacVicar
Jan Serr and John Shannon
Bronze Sponsors
Ellen and Joseph Albrecht
Andis Foundation
Susan Boland
Virginia Buhler
Butcher & Barrel/Amos Los Tacos
Educators Credit Union
Express Employment Professionals
Tony and Andrea Hauser
Bill and Debbie Keland
Susan Manalli
Jean and Alex Mandli, Jr.
The Prairie School
Cathy Stanghellin
Georgiana Treivush
Twin Disc, Inc.