Exhibition Dates: December 7 – December 28, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 7 from 6–8 pm
Gallery Location: 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 am–5 pm
Contact Info: 504.522.1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present Chromaccumulations, an exhibition of new work by contemporary minimalist artist Pard Morrison. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger Gallery, located at 432 Julia Street, from December 7 – December 28, 2013. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist in attendance, Saturday, December 7 from 6-8 pm.
Supercollider, 2012. Patinated aluminum, 42 x 93 x 3 inches.
Chromaccumulations is Pard Morrison’s fourth exhibition with the gallery. The small- to large-scale works presented are instantly recognizable as the artist’s rhythmic fusions of painting and sculpture. The compositions feature a characteristic balance of vibrant color and earth tones, offset as if to specifically promote the other. The works include both wall-mounted and columnar multi-section structures. The surfaces of these simulated, sometimes perplexing geometric configurations are achieved by repeatedly baking on finishes in a process the artist describes as “patination.”
Morrison, inspired by Donald Judd’s rectilinear, minimalist sculptures and Agnes Martin’s ethereal, though also minimalist, grid paintings, continues to explore the nature of truth and perception with his work. He believes that the current anthropomorphisation of technological devices is rapidly causing the replacement of real experience by artificial two-dimensional experience. He strives to create work that, “upon first encounter primarily reads as artificially fabricated, but upon further investigation, the visual strength of its own “objectness” is compromised by specific human mark making.”
Born in 1975, Pard Morrison lives and works in Colorado. Morrison graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus on sculpture. His work is recognized internationally having shown in Singapore, Chicago, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Dallas, New Orleans and Denver, as well as an upcoming two person show in Switzerland. His work is in the collections of the Lannan Foundation, The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, The Colorado State University Art Museum, The University of Wyoming Art Museum, The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, as well as Public and Private Collections.