Juicy Steak Moustache II

I will be showing work for the second time in this show. Last year's JSM was so well received that they decided to do it again.

Opening reception is Saturday, March 23rd. See below for details.

Hope you can make it!

Kyle

The Twin Cities' brightest artists come together for an unconventional art show to launch the new Kolman & Pryor Gallery

The Anita Sue Kolman Gallery in the Northrup King Building has been a celebrated gallery for two years, launching and recognizing some of the Twin Cities' most unique visual artists, including
Betsy Ruth Byers; Kelly Jean Ohl; Karl Unnasch; Patrick Kemal Pryor; Jodi Reeb-Myers; and Kate Casanova, who was featured on the cover of City Pages for the alt-weekly's Artists of the Year issue.

Pryor, an abstract painter, has been curating the unique shows at the gallery for two years, creating shows such as "Fashioned: One Becomes Another," in 2011, which saw him collaborate with Project Runway designer Christopher Straub to turn his abstract images into fashion pieces that were like mobile three-dimensional sculptures.

"To have a good partnership, you challenge each other," says Kolman of their unique relationship, in which ideas bounce around and off one another like a pinball machine. Together, the two are like all of the other great pairs in history, finishing each other's sentences or adding comical trajectories.

"Juicy Steak Moustache II" opens the new Kolman & Pryor Gallery, on Saturday, March 16, and runs through Saturday, May 11. An opening night party on March 23, from 7 pm till 10 pm, will showcase the unique show and new partnership.

"It seemed like the perfect show to open," Pryor says. "Because we really like to have fun. And this show is all about interactive fun."

Also featured will be works by painter, Emily Bennett Beck, who turns pop-culture iconography into often excruciating images; Kyle Fokken, who creates modern toy mash-ups using antique found objects; Danny Saathoff, who creates peculiar mechanical works and timepieces that beg users to slow down; and Dave Beck, whose 3D images are virtual sculptures of both the odd and mundane.

"I don't want anyone to be afraid to come in here," says Pryor. "I want it to be a space that reflects our unique artists but also welcomes people to be a part of it. This show really reflects that."

Each of the pieces¬—from a flock of butterflies powered by a hand crank to a performance where participants are asked to draw on the gallery walls and kiss the artists—inspire people to think and interact in a unique way.