Gilded Pear Gallery is excited to present two summer exhibitions: "Shaping Perspectives” by Nichole Gronvold Roller and Kimberlee Rocca in the main gallery- and- “Sehnsucht” by Julia Kulish, on view in the 2nd floor gallery. Receptions are free to attend and are open to the public. Appetizers and drinks are complementary. Explore 2 featured exhibitions and salon-style sales galleries during the event. All works are available for purchase online and in-gallery.
"Shaping Perspectives” Main Floor Exhibition
“Shaping Perspectives” brings together two artists who challenge and expand the boundaries of painting, asking us to reconsider its definition and invites us into a conversation where painting becomes not just a surface, but an evolving spatial experience as sculpture…What unites both practices is their shared interest in bending our expectations. The works challenge the viewer to see design and structure as essential components of painting’s ongoing evolution. Spatial engagement becomes central to each artist’s practice, though approached in distinct ways. Gronvold Roller utilizes an almost Op Art aesthetic, creating illusions of depth that prompt the viewer to spend time within each singular, self-contained visual space. Rocca, on the other hand, allows the work to expand into the physical environment, activating space much like how jewelry adorns the body. The work finds its place within an architectural context, asking the viewer to consider the environment and its physical presence within it.
https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/shaping-perspectives
“Sehnsucht ": 2nd Floor Gallery
“Much of my work is created out of an overflow of the thoughts churning in my mind as I stand before the easel with brush in hand. Musical lyrics, prayers, and books that I am reading all find their way into every brushstroke on the canvas. Those thoughts are just as much a part of a piece as the paint itself, and therefore, often find their place as titles of my paintings. “Sehnsucht” (zeen- zookt) is a series of paintings born out of spending time in the writings of one of my favorite authors, CS Lewis. Lewis explored the idea of humankind’s spiritual hunger and a shared experience described as, “sehnsucht”, a German word used by many poets and writers of the Romantic era to describe a profound, yet fleeting longing for something we can’t explain, but know that it is beyond anything we will find in this world…
“These [the beauty of art, music, nature] are a scent of a flower we have not yet found, the echo of a tune we have not yet heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.“ - CS Lewis
https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/sehnsucht
Gallery operations and features:
Visit Us: Drop in anytime during gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm, and CLOSED on Sunday. Appointments for our services (i.e.-custom framing, art appraisals) are preferred.
Features: A limited parking lot is available with 1 handicap space. On street parking is available on 3rd Avenue and 8th Street- non-metered. The MedQuarter features protected bike lanes and bicycle “parking” can be found on the opposite side of the building by the Pocket Park on 3rd and 8th
