Patrick Kemal Pryor's First Solo Show, "Moving Pictures"
Contact: Immediate Release
Anita Sue Kolman
612-385-4239
Moving Pictures
New Work by Patrick Kemal Pryor
The Kolman & Pryor Gallery
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 16, 6-9 p.m.
Exhibit Runs Through July 6, 2013.
April 22, 2013 (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) No annual tour of Art-A-Whirl is complete without a visit to the Kolman & Pryor Gallery (formerly the Anita Sue Kolman Gallery) in the Northrup King Buildingespecially this year.
Recently named one of City Pages Top 10 Galleries in the Twin Cities, Kolman & Pryor is inaugurating a series of solo shows with Moving Pictures, new work by gallery co-owner Patrick Kemal Pryor. It is Pryors first solo show at the gallery and runs through July 6, 2013. The opening reception, at which guests should expect the unexpected, is Thursday, May 16, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Ive selected the title Moving Pictures because movement is paramount in my work, and because I will be moving the pictures into the gallery throughout the opening reception, as well as moving them around the gallery during Art-A-Whirl, Pryor explains.
Its a huge honor for me to have a solo show in the new Kolman & Pryor Gallery, Pryor adds, and to have the first solo show in a new series that will highlight each of the adventurous and innovative artists who are housed and represented by this gallery. The gallerys artists also include Kate Casanova (recently named City Pages Artist of the Year), Betsy Ruth Byers, Kelly Jean Ohl, Jodi Reeb and Karl Unnasch. Selections of their work will also be on view during the run of the show.
Our solo exhibitions will showcase our gallery artists, says Anita Sue Kolman. Ive been working with Patrick since 2008first as his artist representative and now as gallery co-owner. Over the years, his work has become looser and more playful, without losing the tremendous sense of movement, color and abstraction that makes his work so effervescent.
Pryors acrylic, abstract paintings engage mind and heart by using color and gesture to explore ideas of humor, beauty and absurdity. The exhibition includes work from his sojourn to Mexico in 2012, as well as new large-scale pieces that expand his visual language. The new work explodes beyond the circular forms for which hes well known, reintroducing wild mark making, line, layering and a greater range of color for more expressive depth.
For a preview of the show, please contact Anita Sue Kolman at anita@askanita.com or 612-385-4239. ________________________________________________________________________
The Kolman & Pryor Gallery is located in Studio 395 in the Northrop King Building at 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
Moving Pictures runs Thursday, May 16, through Saturday, July 6, 2013.
The opening reception is Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The gallery and reception are free and open to the public.
For more information about Moving Pictures and the Kolman & Pryor Gallery, please visit the gallerys web site at www.kolmanpryorgallery.com or call 612-385-4239. You can also reach Anita Sue Kolman at anita@askanita.com and Patrick Kemal Pryor at patrick@patrickpryor.com.
