Gallery U will host a display of the work of Konstantinov, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a crash 14 years ago.
For former Red Wing Vladimir Konstantinov, life since his 1997 accident has been quiet. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, the Russian ice legend has spent years coping with the changes that his new life brings — and finding a new passion within the realm of artistry. It was 14 years ago, just six days after the Red Wings clenched a Stanley Cup victory, a limousine hired to drive home Konstaninov, Viacheslav Fetisov and a team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov lost control in Birmingham and hit a tree on the Woodward Avenue median. This Thursday, for the first time ever, the public will get a rare glimpse into Konstantinov over the years, and the artist that he has become. Gallery U in Royal Oak will display 42 pieces from his animal-…
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Paper or plastic? A fashion designer who specializes in dresses made from recycled magazines and grocery store bags teams up with a downtown Royal Oak gallery for Paper Doll exhibit.
Artist Matthew Richmond, 32, of the Aveda Institute of Royal Oak brought his collection of unconventional paper and plastic dresses to Gallery U on Thursday night for a Paper Doll Exhibit. “It basically all started about six years ago,” Richmond said. “I was kind of bored one day sitting around in my apartment and I made a dress out of old wrapping paper that I had sitting around. I just kind of put it together.” The rest, as they say, is history. Richmond started making dresses out of recycled materials such as newspapers, magazines, bottle labels and grocery bags. His work has appeared in the windows of the Aveda Institute, where he works, and on the front page of the August issue of Metropolitan D'etroit. Richmond teamed up with …
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Ronald Wolf
6:41 pm on Monday, September 3, 2012
Wish him success. It takes courage to make a comeback after a severe injury or illness that Vladimir Kontantinov has clearly demonstrated. Hospital rehabs apparently could learn a lot from the programs offered at the Universal Institute in Troy. more ›