Fixing a Hole Oil on canvas • 41" x 48"

Requesting Your Ear's Appearance Oil on canvas • 72" x 84"

Falling on Used Use Oil on canvas • 36" x 27"

Settling an Argument Oil on canvas • 54" x 62"

Clipping the Amatory Oil on canvas • 50" x 45"

Fallow Oil on canvas • 45" x 55"

Helping You Decide with Metal Balloons Oil on canvas • 60" x 72"

Tossing Paper Lips Oil on canvas • 43" x 36"

Concrete Coats Oil on canvas • 50" x 44"

Cover Below the Waist Oil on canvas • 72" x 84"

Medicated Belly Oil on canvas • 84" x 65"

Telephone Game Oil on canvas • 72" x 77"

The painting below is not part of Mr. Michalski's current exhibition but is available at the gallery. Please call us at 859.425.1188 with questions or for pricing information.

Stained Glass Oil on canvas • 66" x 84"

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About the Artist

Lennon Michalski's work has been shown internationally in group shows in Mexico, Columbia, and China, as well as widely in Kentucky. He has won a number of awards and fellowships, including participating last summer in the prestigious Anderson Ranch Arts Center Advanced Painting Studio Workshop. Michalski earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Kentucky University where he now teaches in the College of Art. The artist now lives and works in Lexington.

The Ann Tower Gallery is pleased to present Michalski's first solo show in Kentucky. His newest body of work allows us a glimpse into the multi-faceted imaginings of his mind. The work includes both recognizable imagery and a deep grasp of abstract form and space. Michalski's images simultaneously create feelings of hope and curious unease, enveloping the viewer with their colorful magnitude. Strangely familiar creatures float through fiery space; translucent wings bloom to embrace something unknown. The Marriage Between Violence and the Hello creates a beautiful juxtaposition of fortitude and fascination with color, line, and energy.

Artist's Statement

The Marriage between Violence and the Hello
(settling an argument)

This body of work reflects the idea of the deterioration of a closely-knit relationship between two individuals and the attempt to salvage what was once considered enjoyable. I use perspective and color in patterns that present a conversation between the tone and line arrangements. The more intense abstractions that lack a solid form deal with the emotional side of clashing personalities and the changes being experienced. I show qualities of displacement by using animals such as birds and cats, as well as abstract machines; animal tendencies and mechanical repetitions reveal the decay of the friendship. I am interested in organizing forms into conflicting situations and depicting them in argumentative realms.

Lennon Michalski, 2007

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