PARD MORRISON: THE FOREST June 17 - July 17, 2022
Pard Morrison
Despite hard metal and sharp edges, Pard Morrison’s aluminum sculptures create an effect of playfulness, of movement and animation. Standing still, they emit a keen sense of aliveness. With their brilliant colors, lively geometries and stark physicality, the metal sculptures are the result of Morrison’s conversation with nature, with his personal contemplations in the forest. A Geometric Abstractionist, Morrison welds sheets of aluminum into box-like forms. Each color is individually hand brushed pigment fired in an oven, not unlike glazing ceramics. Every color is fired separately in order not to contaminate its neighbor so the energy of the lines and the clean color shifts create a feeling of flow and movement. The almost mathematical placement of color and form create a sense that the sculptures might be artificially fabricated but Morrison’s deliberate brush work is a clear part of the painting, adding the human touch of mark making.
The show features a collection of columns and sculptures; assorted wall installations and 7 free standing columns of varying sizes, one of which rises nearly 12 feet into the air. Morrison’s dreamlike forest is the expression of his wanderings, the result of his insights into nature and wilderness. The colors are wild and explosive but the sculptures themselves are very controlled with hard edges and tight, exacting lines. He uses color “as a compositional tool which is inherently emotive.” Morrison strives for affirmative emotions, art that is uplifting and inspiring. The pieces are delightful without being naïve; playful but not frivolous. Morrison has produced a body of work that is both intelligent and expressive. Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit,” and Pard Morrison brings us a forest filled with jubilance and inspiration; an exhibition of barely restrained joy.
Sunlight on the Platform, 2021, fired pigment on aluminum, 5 x 72.5 x 2 inches
The Moon In Daylight, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 24 x 6.75 x 3.25 inches
Bad Tempered Prom Queen At A Homecoming Dance, 2021, fired pigment on aluminum, 30 x 30 x 1.25 inches each
All Of Our Love, 2021, fired pigment on aluminum, 96 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches
In Your Eyes The Rising Sun, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 108 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches
Catch A Moon, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 120 x 15 x 15 inches
Catch A Moon, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 120 x 15 x 15 inches
In Your Eyes The Night Sky, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 96 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches
Bed of Leaves, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 108 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches
Starduster, 2022, fired pigment on aluminum, 96 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches
Sunlight on the Platform, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 5 x 72.5 x 2 inches PMOR115 Click to inquire about this work
$10,500
All Of Our Love, 2021 fired pigment on aluminum 96 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches PMOR106 Click to inquire about this work
$22,000
The Moon In Daylight, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 24 x 6.75 x 3.25 inches PMOR117 Click to inquire about this work
$4,500
In Your Eyes The Rising Sun, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 108 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches PMOR122 Click to inquire about this work
$24,000
$12,000
Catch a Moon, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 120 x 15 x 15 inches PMOR123 Click to inquire about this work
$26,000
Bad Tempered Prom Queen At A Homecoming Dance, 2021 fired pigment on aluminum 30 x 30 x 1.25 inches each PMOR104 Click to inquire about this work
Grace, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 140 x 20 x 20 inches PMOR124 Click to inquire about this work
$36,000
In Your Eyes The Night Sky, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 96 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches PMOR120 Click to inquire about this work
$22,000
Bed of Leaves, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 108 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches PMOR121 Click to inquire about this work
$24,000
Starduster, 2022 fired pigment on aluminum 96 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches PMOR119 Click to inquire about this work
$22,000
Born: 1975 in Colorado Springs, CO Education: BFA, Sculpture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2022 The Forest, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2021 Bloom, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2019 Warp & Weft, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2018 Heliotrope, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA In Fields, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2016 Inde/Jacobs, New Work, Marfa, TX 2015 Spontaneous Order, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA Hypnagogia, RULE Gallery, Denver, CO 2014 Some Ghost, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Language of Man, Galerie Knoerle & Baettig, Winterthur, Switzerland 2013 Chromaccumulations, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2012 Supercollider, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX Phantom Limbs, James Kelly Contemporary, San Fe, NM Recent Works, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2010 At The Edge Of The World, RULE Modern and Contemporary, Denver, CO Recent Work, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA 2008 Ghost Call Love, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX Candyland, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2007 50 Ways To Fall In Love, RULE Modern and Contemporary, Denver, CO Peripheral, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Pick Up, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2005 Huminimalism, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY 2004 Hybrids, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA Surface and Structure, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2004 New Paintings and Sculpture, RULE Modern and Contemporary, Denver, CO 1997 Pilgrimage to Mnemosyne, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Selected Group Exhibitions: 2021 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2020 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2019 Harmonies in Color, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA Colorado Abstract, Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, CO Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2018 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2017 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Heavy Metal: Pard Morrison, Elliot Norquist, & Jeremy Thomas, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2016 The Last Picture Show, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. (INFRA) STRUCTURE: complex, below, and further on. Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM. Dallas Art Fair, James Kelly Contemporary, Dallas, TX. 2015 Small Works, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. Grand Opening, Inde/Jacobs, Marfa, TX 2014 Scope Basel, Galerie Knoerle & Baettig, Winterthur, Switzerland
Celebrating American Artists, Collectors Contemporary Editions, Singapore Inaugural Show New Space, RULE Gallery, Denver, CO outLINE, James Brooks Fine Art, Coast Mesa, CA James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2013 Confluence, ArtSpace @ Helutrans, SGAS, Singapore AGAIN, Repetition, Obsession, and Meditation in the Lannan Collection, The Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM Catalyst, Denver Botanical Gardens, Denver, CO Art of Renewal, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Colour + Form + Function Approaches to Abstraction, Collectors Contemporary, Singapore 2011 Formal Elements, GOCA University of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO New Mexorado, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM 2010 Small Works: Art + Object, A Small Sculpture Invitational, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX Stripped, Neo-Minimal Strategies in Contemporary Art, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX Essential Forms: Intricate Meanings, Geometric Abstraction From The Permanent Collection, Colorado State University Art Museum, Fort Collins, CO New Work, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2009 Front Room/Back Room, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX Red, RULE Modern and Contemporary, Denver, CO 2008 Group Hug, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX 7808, 30th.Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2007 Los Angeles Art Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Baraker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA Spring Forward, FAC MODERN, Colorado Springs, CO Peep Show, RULE Modern and Contemporary, Denver, CO 2006 Diptychs, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2005 Comeback, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA Small Works, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2004 Love For Sale, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO Colorado 2004, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO Ford Park 5th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Jim Cotter Gallery, Vail, CO Groupshow, James Tigerman Gallery, Chicago, IL Colorado Art Expo, RULE Modern and Contemporary, Denver, CO 2003 James Tigerman Gallery, Chicago, IL Objects, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Warhol, Lichtenstein, Morrison, Armour Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO 2002 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2001 Contemporary 2001, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO 2000 aHead Contemporary Art House, Provincetown, MA 1999 Three Emerging Artists, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO Selected Collections: The American Embassy, The Hague, Netherlands. The Lannan Foundation Colorado State University Art Museum University of Wyoming Art Museum Tulane University Colorado Springs Fine Art Center The Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation Columbus State University
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