Upcoming Exhibitions
Previous Exhibitions
 Gary Bolding:
From Window to Wall
October 21, 2006 – January 28, 2007
Emily S. Macey Gallery
Image: Gary Bolding, O.D.I.O. No. 3XL, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 80” x
120”, Courtesy of Gary Bolding.
For more than twenty years, Gary Bolding has worked toward creating
exquisitely polished, often surrealistic paintings that take thoughtful, but
humorous looks at art historical and pop culture references. In paintings such
as Man with a Flaming Wiener, he packs together layer upon layer of
self-referential and more broadly cultural material. Most recently, however,
Bolding has moved into an entirely different mode of painting: richly textured,
highly abstracted, subtly colored, and large-scale. This new work, still layered
to a strong degree, brings the imagery of his paintings back to the surface of
the canvas, replacing a Renaissance view of the painting as window with a thick
impasto that projects from the wall.
Currently Professor of Art at Stetson University, Bolding has had one-person
exhibitions in venues throughout Florida, the Southeast, Europe and Mexico. He
has received numerous awards and honors during his career, has been the
recipient of two Individual Artist Fellowships from the State of Florida, and
was a finalist for an NEA/Southern Arts Federation Fellowship.
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