Gary Passanise: Twenty-Seven Nights by Bruno David Gallery

Ga r y Pa ss ani s e Twenty-Seven Nights

bruno david gallery

GARY PASSANISE Twenty-Seven Nights

February 16 - April 6, 2018 Bruno David Gallery 7513 Forsyth Boulevard Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, U.S.A. info@brunodavidgallery.com www.brunodavidgallery.com Owner/Director: Bruno L. David This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition “Gary Passanise: Twenty-Seven Nights” at Bruno David Gallery. Editor: Bruno L. David Catalogue Designers: Haleigh Givens, Tommy Fruhaut, and Lauren R. Mann Designer Assistant: Claudia R. David Printed in USA All works courtesy of Gary Passanise and Bruno David Gallery Photographs by Bruno David Gallery Cover image: Pink, 2018 Mixed media on canvas 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm) First Edition Copyright © 2018 Bruno David Gallery All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of Bruno David Gallery

CONTENTS

AFTERWORD BY BRUNO L. DAVID

CHECKLIST AND IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION BIOGRAPHY

AFTERWORD BY BRUNO L. DAVID

I am pleased to present Twenty-Seven Nights by multi-disciplinary artist Gary Passanise at the Bruno David Gallery. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery. Gary Passanise continues to work fluidly in a wide range of mediums. The exhibit includes intimate scaled constructions, paintings, works on paper and proposals for large scale sculpture. The construct of the ellipse both in two-dimensional and three-dimensional work remains a constant in Passanise’s ever-evolving practice. Also included in this recent body of work are four limited edition prints created specifically for this exhibit. Passanise received his B.F.A. from Webster University Saint Louis, and his M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally and has been the recipient of numerous awards and endowments, including the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts (1994); the Pollack Krasner Foundation Award (1989) and the Ford Foundation Award (1981). His works are in the collections of the Stuttgart Museum of Contemporary Art, Germany; Central Academy of Art, Beijing, China; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Ohio; and Springfield Art Museum, Missouri. Gary Passanise lives and works in St. Louis. He is the Founder & Executive Director of the Santo Foundation and, currently Professor and Director of Painting at Webster University’s Leigh Gerdine College of Art, St. Louis, Missouri. He lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri. Support for the creation of significant new works of art has been the core to the mission and program of the Bruno David Gallery since its founding in 2005. I am deeply grateful to Haleigh Givens, Thomas Fruhauf, and Lauren R. Mann, who gave much time, talent, and expertise to the production of this catalogue. Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Ruoyi Gan, Helen Fox, Haleigh Givens, Christina Lu, Lauren R. Mann, Thomas Fruhauf, Peter Finley.

CHECKLIST & IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION

Open Box 2018 mixed media on paper 9.75 x 4.5 x 3 inches (24.77 x 11.43 x 7.62 cm)

Pink 2018 mixed media on canvas 24 × 30 inches (61 × 76.2 cm)

Color Theory 2018 mixed media 4 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 inches (12.1 × 11.4 × 2.5 cm)

Spinning Aqua 2018 mixed media on paper 13 x 3 x 3 inches (33.02 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm)

Pier 2017 mixed media on canvas 60 × 20 inches (152.4 × 50.8 cm)

Rainbow with Door 2018 mixed media 7 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (19.1 × 27.3 × 6.4 cm)

Melting Pot 2018 mixed media on canvas 18 × 18 inches (45.7 × 45.7 cm)

Broken Earth and Study for EARTH (Installed)

Broken Earth 2018 archival pigment on paper A.P., edition of 10 + 2 AP 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Study for EARTH 2018 mixed media 11 × 7 1/2 × 1 inches (27.9 × 19.1 × 2.5 cm)

Stretched Heart 2018 mixed media on board 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)

TWO 2018 mixed media on board 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Prism Inverse, Black Storm, and Prism Light (Installed)

Prism Inverse 2018 archival pigment on paper A.P., edition of 10 + 2 AP 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Black Storm 2018 mixed media on canvas 20 × 20 inches (50.8 × 50.8 cm)

Prism Light 2018 mixed media on canvas 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Bold CY and Bloods & Guts (Installed)

Blood & Guts 2018 mixed media on canvas 10 × 10 inches (25.4 × 25.4 cm)

BYE CY 2018 mixed media 16 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (41.9 × 52.1 × 18.4 cm)

Five Poles 2018 archival pigment on paper A.P., Edition of 10 + 2 AP 12 × 18 inches (30.5 × 45.7 cm)

Prism Invert, Lightning, and Velvet (Installed)

Prism Invert 2018 mixed media on canvas 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Lightning 2018 mixed media 19 × 18 × 9 inches (48.3 × 45.7 × 22.9 cm)

Velvet 2018 mixed media 18 × 20 × 3 1/2 inches (45.7 × 50.8 × 8.9 cm)

Universe, Lightning, Velvet, and Prism Invert (Intalled)

Universe (Installed)

Universe 2018 archival pigment on paper A.P., edition of 10 + 2 AP 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

For R. S. 2005 mixed media 16 × 20 × 6 inches (40.6 × 50.8 × 15.2 cm)

Buoy 2018 print on rice paper A.P., edition of 10 + 2 AP 13 × 18 inches (33 × 45.7 cm)

Plane Warped 2018 mixed media on ragboard 12 × 20 inches (30.5 × 50.8 cm)

Tethered Elipse 2018 graphite on dyed ragboard 12 × 16 3/4 inches (30.5 × 42.5 cm)

Plane Warped 2 2018 mixed media on ragboard 12 x 20 x 2 1/2 inches (30.48 x 50.8 x 6.35 cm)

Untitled 2018 mixed media on canvas 14 x 11 inches (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

Untitled 2017 oil on canvas 18 x 18 inches (45.72 x 45.72 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink on paper 18 x 23 3/4 inches (45.72 x 60.33 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink on paper 22 3/4 x 18 inches (60.33 x 45.72 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink on paper 21 x 24 inches (78.7 x 94 cm)

Unititled 2002 ink on paper 18 x 22 3/4 inches (45.72 x 60.33 cm)

Vine (Magenta) 2002 hand colored etching 29 1/2 x 21 inches (74.93 x 53.34 cm)

Fiber Sea (Olive) 2002 hand colored etching 29 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (74.93 x 53.98 cm)

Vortex V 2000 ink on paper 29 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches (75.57 x 53.98 cm)

Structure Study XI 2001 ink on paper 29 1/2 x 22 inches (74.93 x 55.88 cm)

Untitled 2000 ink on paper 29 x 22 1/4 inches (73.66 x 56.52 cm)

Untitled 2000 ink on paper 29 x 22 1/2 inches (73.66 x 57.15 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink on paper 30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.34 cm)

Blue Ice, AP 2002 ink on paper 29 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches (75.57 x 53.98 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink and mixed media on board 13 x 16 inches (33.02 x 40.64 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink and mixed media on board 12 3/4 x 17 inches (32.39 x 43.18 cm)

Line Study 2002 ink on paper 22 1/2 x 30 inches (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

Steel Web 2002 ink on paper 22 1/4 x 30 inches (56.52 x 76.2 cm)

Untitled, AP V 2000 ink on paper 22 1/2 x 29 inches (57.15 x 73.66 cm)

Criss Cross Iron 2002 ink on paper 21 x 30 inches (53.34 x 76.2 cm)

Xte Violet 2002 ink on paper 22 1/2 x 30 inches (78.7 x 94 cm)

Untitled, AP III 2000 ink on paper 22 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches (57.15 x 74.30 cm)

Untitled 2002 ink on paper 8 x 21 inches (20.32 x 53.98 cm)

Vortex I 2000 ink on paper 30 x 21 1/4 inches (76.20 x 53.98 cm)

Gary Passanise: Twenty-Seven Nights (installation view)

GARY PASSANISE Lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri EDUCATION 1981 1977

Southern Illinois University, M.F.A. Webster University, St. Louis, MO, B.F.A.

SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2018 2016 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2001 2000 1997 1996

“Gary Passanise: Twenty-Seven Nights,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO (catalogue) “Gary Passanise: Selected Paintings 1996-2016,” ARCADE Museum, St. Louis, MO “Gary Passanise: Painting,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO (catalogue) “Survey Fifteen Years of Painting”, The Everbank Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Constructions,” Space B, New York, NY “Stacks,” Isolation Room, St. Louis, MO “The Sky Is No Longer the Limit,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Diary of Consequence,” Snowflake Citystock, St. Louis, MO “No-Structure,” Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Gary Passanise,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO “Gary Passanise: New Work,” William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis. MO “White Girl,” Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Project SeriesVideo, St. Louis, MO “PM Project,” The Phatory, New York, NY “New Paintings,” Stein Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Heartland,” Hendron Gallery, Lindenwood University, St. Louis, MO “New Paintings & Sculpture,” Mossa Center, St. Louis, MO “Millennium,” Thomas K Lang Gallery, Vienna, Austria “Wax Structures,” Stein Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1995 1994 1993 1991

“Constructions,” LedisFlam Gallery, New York, NY “New Paintings & Prints,” CSK Gallery, Denver, CO “Resonant Light,” Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO “Gary Passanise: Recent Work,” LedisFlam Gallery, New York, NY “Conscience of the Rectangle,” Stein Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Gary Passanise,” LedisFlam Gallery, New York, NY “Gary Passanise: New Work,” Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Gary Passanise,” Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

“OVERVIEW_2018,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “OVERVIEW_2017,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Burst of Memory,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “AND / OR,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO (catalogue) “OVERVIEW_2014,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Blue – White – Red,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Contemplating Limits,” University of North Texas, TX “Paper,” Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO “Contemporary Artists Respond to Art History,” Edwardsville Art Center, IL “W.O.P. 1,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Legends of Warcraft”. Muli-media Video Installation, SOHA Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Current Paintings”, Invitational Group Exhibition, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL “Recession Rejuvenations,” Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Invitational Group Exhibit of Gallery Artist”, Thomas Masters, Chicago, IL “Invitational Group Exhibit,” Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition,” Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL “Alumni Invitational,” Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL “Works on Paper” William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, NM “Sixteen on 21,” Metropolitan Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO “The Columbia Invitational,” Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO “East/West Painting Illinois/Missouri,” Edwardsville Center for the Arts, IL

2007 2006 2005 2002 2001 2000 1998 1997 1996 1993 1992 1991

“St. Louis Painters,” Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO “Abstraction in the Heartland,” Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO “Elements of Scale,” Arts and Artists, Washington University, St. Louis, MO “Laumeier Acquisitions 1997-2000,” Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO “Grado Sequence,” Installation, Leather Trades Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Spring Exposition,” Joseph Silvestro Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Catalogue) “Kursk,” Crowe T. Brooks Gallery, St. Louis, MO “The First Five Years,” Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO “Inform V,” Lemp Gallery, St. Louis, MO “Group Exhibition,” MMC Gallery, Marymount College, New YorK, NY “City Series,” Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA “Light & Color,” Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY “Contemporary American Painters,” Central Academy of Art, Beijing, China “National Painting,” Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN “Material,” Deson Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL “Group Exhibition,” Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY “Webster University Faculty”, Ballarat University, Victoria, Australia “Contemporary Sculptors”, Lindenwood University, St.Charles, MO “Emerging Artists”, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY “New Work”, Robert Morrison Gallery, New York, NY “Group Invitational,” Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY

GRANTS & AWARDS National Endowment for the Arts, MAAA Pollack Krasner Foundation New York City Creative Artist Project, MAC Ford Foundation Award for Painting Sverdrup Travel Scholar

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Stuttgart Museum of Contemporary Art West Germany Central Academy of Art Beijing China Saint Louis Art Museum Laumeier International Sculpture Park Albright Knox Museum Buffalo New York Springfield Art Museum Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art Mitchell Museum Pulitzer Publishing Mercantile Trust Olney Central College Southern Illinois University Owensboro Museum of Fine Art National Gallery of Brooklyn Webster University St Louis & Vienna Austria Emerson Electric Price Waterhouse Paragon Southwestern Bell St. Louis Children’s Hospital General Steel Historic Restoration May Companies Anheuser Busch American Airlines AT&T A G Edwards Renaissance Grand Hotel Daum Museum, Sedalia, Mo. Peabody Energy First National Bank Columbia

PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Professor, Director of Painting, Leigh Gerdine College of Art, Webster University, St. Louis, MO Executive Director, The Santo Foundation

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ARTISTS Laura Beard Heather Bennett Lisa K. Blatt Michael Byron Bunny Burson Judy Child Carmon Colangelo Alex Couwenberg Jill Downen Yvette Drury Dubinsky Damon Freed Douglass Freed Ellen Jantzen

Michael Jantzen Kelley Johnson Howard Jones (Estate) Chris Kahler Xizi Liu James Austin Murray Bill Kohn (Estate) Leslie Laskey Yvonne Osei Patricia Olynyk Gary Passanise Judy Pfaff

Charles P. Reay Daniel Raedeke Tom Reed Frank Schwaiger Charles Schwall Christina Shmigel Thomas Sleet Shane Simmons Buzz Spector Cindy Tower Ann Wimsatt Monika Wulfers