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‘spring garden’ 2012

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Latest news:

GOLLY! the exhibition,
from 11 February to 14 March 2020,
at SRISA, Florence.

GOLLY! is an exhibition dedicated to Gary Jo Gardenhire’s reflection on the ways in which the personal can construct profound narratives about collectivity and the collective can provide flattened or fragile notions of individuality. 

The works are a mash up of the artist’s abstract paintings and his pattern based works dedicated to the minstrel like Golliwogs; the former, a meditation on the artist’s Midwest upbringing, of quilting and of distant geographies and, the latter, a grappling with a form of ownership and active detachment of stereotypes from their human implications.

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• All prices on request.
• Indicated sizes are approximate as paper or materials may be irregular.
• All materials are professional artist’s quality.
• Use of the term “drawing” implies work on paper.  Paintings on paper may technically be called drawing but here I have included some works on paper in the painting gallery.
• Some paintings included here were done as commissions and are therefore unavailable for sale.
• Commissions accepted for works shown in all galleries. Shop around and use the contact me page.
• A considerable amount of what I paint is grouped in series where I am able to explore a dominant theme. Dates colors and composition will vary within a series but by separating the works into series helps the viewer to better understand the logic of my output.