May Issue 2001
Former Charlestonians Return Home for Piccolo Spoleto Exhibit in Charleston, SC
William McDougal and Michael Petrovich are presenting an exhibition of contemporary abstract and figurative expressionism in a new show entitled, Recent Existential Works, to be presented on the third floor of 42 Broad Street in Charleston, SC. McDougal is showing large-format digital photographic images and lithographs of his drawings, and Petrovich is exhibiting abstract paintings, Polaroids and photos as part of Piccolo Spoleto 2001, from May 26 to June 10, 2001.
Will McDougal describes his show of art as digital expression used at its simplest. The photos are direct from camera to printer with no digital manipulation in between. They are stored on the smart-media card of his camera as low-resolution jpegs and are printed at 48 by 60 inches at 4000 dots per inch, using a digital photographic process. The blowups are printed on archival paper, mounted on archivally-sound PVC, and then laminated. The lithographs, from drawings done over the last 10 years, are about man's relationship with himself in the context of his relationship with others. Simple black and white drawings, they dramatically capture gesture, line, and the apprehension of the individual face when confronted with others.
New York and Massachusetts-based painter, photographer, writer and video artist, McDougal graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1990 and has been working as an artist ever since. His influences range from Jean Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol to his ancestors, such as his late great uncle, Samuel Gaillard Stoney, the maverick Charleston historian. He has exhibited in group shows at Tippy Stem Fine Arts, La Mama La Galleria, New York Galleries, among others, and his work is held in private collections throughout the United States.
New York-based performance artist, shaman, poet, and painter Michael Petrovich returns to Charleston to show his latest paintings, photos, and performance art after a seven year absence. His work explores a personal language he has created by using abstract and figurative art to embody messages which can be understood on universal levels. His influences are the abstract expressionists, outsider artists, and Middle Age painting.
In his current work, Petrovich uses found pieces of wood or objects and gallons of black, white, and yellow paint. Soon his constructions begin to take on definition and shape, ranging in size from two by two feet to four by five feet in size. After finishing a group of these smaller pieces, he begins piecing them together into one large work. These completed puzzles can cover entire 20 by 30 foot walls and be made from as many as 50 separate pieces of art. The assembly of these puzzles may change from venue to venue.
Petrovich graduated from the School of the Arts at the College of Charleston. He has shown at the Halsey Gallery at the College of Charleston, The City Gallery, and Piccolo Spoleto, as well as in New York City, and Paris, France.
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