Mike Wright & Paul Kelly
8-21 July 2016
Provincetown sculptor Mike Wright, who creates abstract assemblages of found painted wood, is a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant winner. Wright presents two new series of interlocking hanging sculptures, “Things in Common” and “Tides”. Says Wright, “The point of using found wood is that, as debris, it seems unpromising. But that lack of promise is also its appeal–the peeling paint, the colour scrubbed by salty waves, sand or human use. My principal parameter is that the wood must be found in Provincetown. The second is not to paint that wood, because its patina is impossible to duplicate.”
Paul Kelly began his “Above It” series of oil paintings based on the bird’s-eye view of Provincetown provided by Google Earth. Kelly continues to explore the edges of abstraction in his landscapes, refining colour and brushstroke and morphing lines and perspectives.
(adapted from the gallery’s press materials)
INFORMATION
Alden Gallery
423 Commercial Street
Provincetown, Massachusetts 02657 USA
(508) 487-4230
Hours:
Sunday-Thursday, 11AM-5PM and 6-9PM
Friday-Saturday, 11AM-5PM and 6-10PM
Image:
Things in Common #1
by Mike Wright
14″x14″x4″
found painted wood
Courtesy of the Alden Gallery, Provincetown