PAUSE: The Surreal Still Life
Opening: Friday, May 19th 2023
Arch Enemy Arts presents PAUSE, a group exhibition inviting twenty artists to explore what it means to create a SURREAL STILL LIFE. We wondered what incongruous juxtapositions and uncanny associations they might employ. How would they capture unconscious creation in object form, and what could happen if they pressed pause on the passage of time?
From riffs on vanitas still lifes by Michele Melcher, Ethan Price, and Kazuhiro Hori to phantasmagorical shifts in perception by Rain, Audrey Montoya, and Ten Yetman, this collection is broad and bizarre. A variegated delight that is still and alive, composed and automatic, like centerpieces from your strangest dream.
PAUSE: THE SURREAL STILL LIFE features new work from Adam Alaniz, Alex Kuno, Anthony Solano, Audrey Montoya, Bennett Slater, Colete Martin, Ethan Price, Gigi Chen, Happy D, Jane Windsor, Katie Gamb, Kazuhiro Hori, Laura Catherwood, Mary Esther Munoz, Maryann Held, Michele Melcher, Rain, Richard Ahnert, Shailinn Messer, and Ten Yetman.
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by Candice Musher
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'PAUSE: The Surreal Still Life' will be on view from May 19th - June 11th, 2023.
Sold works will begin to ship the week of June 18th unless other rush shipping arrangements have been made.
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All pieces marked with a red dot have been sold.
Payment plans are available - email to inquire.
"Still Life With Flowers" (2023) acrylic on canvas 12" x 12" framed to $1500 USD
"Earth" (2023) gouache on paper mounted to panel 10" x 20" $800 USD
"Centerpiece" (2023) acrylic on cradled wood panel 16" x 16" framed to 17" x 17" $1375 USD
"Biblical Accurate Carrots" (2023) needle felted polyester and wool 7" x 11" x 2" $800 USD
"Recalling" (2023) needle felted polyester and wool 4.5" x 6.5" x 6" grouping of 3 $700 USD
"Grapefruit" (2023) needle felted polyster and wool 5" dia. x 2.5" (x2) $700 USD
"Lemons" (2023) needle felted polyster and wool 6" x 3" x 12" $700 USD
"Pedigree of Grapeness" (2023) oil on wood 12" x 16" framed to 15" x 19" $2000 USD
"Holding" (2023) acrylic on canvas 20" x 16" $850 USD
"The Killing Jar" (2023) acrylic on paper 5" x 12" framed to 13.25" x 20.25" unavailable
"Still + Life" (2023) acrylic on wood panel 11" x 14" unavailable
"Epilogue" (2023) oil on panel 11" x 14" framed to 16" x 20" $1850 USD
"Honeymoon" (2023) mixed media, hand-cut and dimensional collage 16" x 20" framed to 17.5" x 21.5" $700 USD
"Back for a Second Slice" (2023) oil on masonite 5" x 7" framed to 11.25" x 13.25" $500 USD
"Still Pink Life" (2023) acrylic on canvas 12" x 12" framed to 13" x 13" $1850 USD
"Study of Dreams" (2023) oil on panel 12" x 24" x 2" $900 USD
"Dark Inventory" (2023) acrylic, ink & gouache on paper 5" x 7" framed to 9" x 11" oval $550 USD
"Waxwing Wreath" (2023) acrylic on board 14.25" x 12.25" framed $825 USD
"Memento Mori with Small Demon" (2023) oil on panel 10" x 12" framed to 12.5" x 15" $1700 USD
"Manifest" (2023) oil on masonite 16" x 20" framed to 19" x 23" $4300 USD inquire for availability
"Tools of The trade" (2023) oil on canvas 20" x 16" framed to 22" x 18" (in vintage frame) $1900 USD
"Alive In The Web" (2023) oil paint on panel 9" x 12" $650 USD
"Urn with Leda and The Swan" (2023) acrylic and ink on canvas 11" x 14" $950 USD
"Unicorn in Captivity and a Banana" (2023) acrylic and ink on canvas 11" x 14" $950 USD
"Ninja in a Vase (I Have A Brain, A Brain In A Jar)" (2023) acrylic and ink on canvas 9" x 12" $850 USD
STILLEVENS
October 4th - 26th, 2019
For our October group show, Arch Enemy brings together eleven AEA artists for our first ever exhibition of still-life works. A slight departure from many past shows that have included mostly figurative works, and in some cases something new from the artists themselves, Stillevens features new works by Alex Eckman-Lawn, Alex Kuno, Colin Frangicetto, Emma Black, Erich Moffitt, Jessica Dalva, Michael Weaver, Michelle Avery, Rebecca Yanovskaya, Sarah Cannon, and Wiley Wallace.
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All pieces marked with a red dot have been sold.
Payment plans are available - email to inquire.
"The Watcher" (2019) graphite, charcoal on paper mounted to panel 16 x 20" $800 USD
"Flower Skull" (2019) acrylic on wood panel 10 x 10" $450 USD
"Stash" (2019) ballpoint pen, 23k gold leaf 5 x 7" framed to 8 x 10" $650 USD
"Forest Floor Still Life with Mirror" (2019) oil on panel 10 x 10" $900 USD
"Victory Fell On Us" (2019) oil on cradled wood panel 10 x 20" $800 USD
"Secrets Kept" (2019) mixed media sculpture 9" tall, 6.5" at base 11.5" tall glass cloche $950 USD
"Cathedrals" (2019) acrylic on panel 8 x 10" framed to 13 x 15" $500 USD
"Momento Mori (Any Minute Now)" (2019) cut paper collage 8 x 10" framed to 9 x 11" $375 USD
"Still / Growth" (2019) acrylic, thread 22.5 x 22.5" in diamond orientation $480 USD
"Altar" (2019) acrylic, charcoal, spray paint 16 x 20" panel $550 USD
"Blues and Roses" (2019) watercolor on paper, mounted to handcut wood panel, varnished 16 x 9" $800 USD