Join us on SATURDAY, JULY 12 to celebrate the opening Double Vision, an exhibition of work by Lawrence Tarpey and John Wilde.

This exhibition brings together works by Lawrence Tarpey and John Wilde, two singular artists who share a commitment to representation, imbued with a healthy dose of Surrealist illogic: surprising juxtapositions, elements of desire and decay, and dreamlike scenarios merging reality and fantasy. Learn more HERE.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Primarily a self-taught artist, Lawrence Tarpey took some studio classes at the University of Kentucky, and relied on subscriptions to Art in America and other art magazines to inform himself about modern and contemporary art. His work shares affinities with Chicago Imagist artists such as Jim Nutt and Karl Wirsum, and with Surrealist practitioners including Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, and Joan Miró. Beginning early in the 1980s, he has been a part of Lexington’s music scene as a member of bands including Active Ingredients, The Resurrected Bloated Floaters, Born Joey, Rabby Feeber, and The Yellow Belts. Tarpey has exhibited his work at galleries and art venues including Heike Pickett Gallery, Momentum Gallery, Institute 193, and the University of Kentucky Art Museum.  

John Wilde studied art and art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he later taught courses from 1948 until 1982. His paintings and drawings are in museum collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Art Institute of Chicago; Detroit Institute of Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; among others. Works by Wilde (from the John and Shirley Wilde Estate) are represented by the Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee, WI.