Join us at the KickstART Gallery (23616 Farmington Rd) for the exhibition The Industrialist and the Seer, featuring artworks by Marat Paransky and Peter Dunn. The exhibition is on view through September 28th.

A reception with the artists will be held on Friday, August 30th, from 5-8 pm.

According to Ted Hadfield, Curator of Exhibitions at KickstART Gallery, “the immediate intrigue in The Industrialist and the Seer exhibition by Marat Paransky and Peter Dunn was the idea of the ‘Found Object’.

“I was immediately taken in, yet somewhat confused by the connection and sameness in both bodies of work, but with an overall distinct difference in approach and intent.

“Paransky’s work is composed of found 3-D objects that he has reinvigorated with new meaning through distant memories and specific moments in his life. Often the artworks are revisited, disassembled, rebuilt with new meaning, depth, titles and purpose.

“Dunn’s work is 2-D with found 3-D objects that he has imagined, visualized and put to pencil and paint on hardboard. As a sculptor and designer these 2-D images seem to linger as pale organic apparitions with touches of color waiting to be massaged into the third dimension.”

Marat Paransky has created artworks with found objects and images and the raw materials for this group of works are his older artworks, his studio waste (leftover paints and glues) and other artist’s studio waste. These elements are mixed and remixed into new works in several cycles. Some of the resulting collages and assemblages may go through three to five iterations, each one several years apart. 

Peter Dunn is an object maker, designer and sculptor. His new work translates 3-D concepts into graphite drawings and paintings. Dunn received his BFA from Wayne State University and MFA from University of Michigan.  He currently serves on faculty at College for Creative Studies.

This exhibition is made possible by the kind support of Artpack Services, Inc and GLP Financial Services.