TYSON GRUMM
"All But Genius”
Patricia Rovzar Gallery
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EXHIBITION: June 1 - 28, 2023
ARTIST MEET & GREET: Saturday, June 3, 3-5pm
This month marks PRG’s annual exhibition with Tyson Grumm, a surrealist artist who always has a story to tell. In this body of work, Grumm recalls a cohort of inventors who are “All But Genius.” Each painting captures the story of gizmos, gadgets, experiments, and innovations that couldn’t quite get off the ground, but had the potential to change the course of our lives. This legion of notorious, albeit failed, inventors come together to inform a collection of hilarious, witty, odd, and curious narratives that could only be shared through the creative lens that has come to define Grumm’s illustrious artistic career.
The 24 different paintings in the exhibition transport us into an alternate reality where animals are fully fleshed characters that are often known to upstage their human counterparts. Grumm has written accompanying stories for each painting that read with the dry humor, staged seriousness, and satire of a mockumentary.
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Established in 1992, Patricia Rovzar Gallery has earned a reputation for exhibiting contemporary works in a variety of mediums. We follow a mission to represent and promote unique and diverse works from a select group of established and emerging artists both from the Northwest and beyond. Our monthly rotation of exhibitions affords novice and experienced collectors the opportunity not only to explore extraordinary work, but also the opportunity to engage and meet some of our artists in the process.