CAT MANOLIS; ARTIST PROVOCATEUR Goes International!!
Cat is now represented by PRIISKORN CONTEMPORARY in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her first show there opens March 7, 2014!
PRIISKORN CONTEMPORARY, Fredericiagade 14 DK-1310 Copenhagen
10 BEST IN 2013!!
My solo show “Shot at the Big Time OR Happiness is a Warm Glock: New Work By Cat Manolis” was listed in Blue Greenberg’s Herald Sun article 10 BEST IN 2013!!! (with picture!)
Exhibiting at the WORLD OF ART SHOWCASE at the Raleigh Convention Center!
This is a huge international art exhibition at the Raleigh Convention Center from Oct. 31- Nov. 3rd. The booth looked FABULOUS!! Check out my paintings “Unstable Environment #3: Skeet, Skeet!” and “Girls Just Wanna Have Guns.”
CAT IS ON THE COVER!!
MY PAINTING, “Not A Lollipop” WAS ON THE COVER OF THE TAMPA/SARASOTA WEEKLY, “CREATIVE LOAFING” MAGAZINE! There was also a very large picture inside accompanying the article about boundary-pushing art.
This painting SOLD before the show, “ART DEAL WITH IT,” opened at BlueLucy Gallery. The couple that bought it had me sign the cover at the opening reception.
GREAT PRESS for SOLO SHOW in Herald-Sun newspaper!!
Follow this link to the Herald-Sun article, “Bold Statements at DAG and Golden Belt” re: my solo show at Golden Belt Gallery 1 in Durham, NC”
REVIEWS from Atlanta show!
Here are the reviews. My painting is mentioned in both and the second one has a big picture of it as well:
http://burnaway.org/material-
THE PRESS FOR “Happiness Is A Warm Glock” HAS BEGUN!!!
This article is appearing is the News & Observer now (6/23) about my upcoming solo exhibition,
“Happiness Is A Warm Glock” in July. Nice BIG pictures!!
Here’s a “Glocky” topical debate:
Here’s a “Glocky” topical debate:
Resolved: Congress should renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban
http://www.debate.org/debate/25068/
Jennifer Dasal from the North Carolina Museum of Art writes about the work in Cat’s upcoming solo exhibition, “Happiness Is A Warm Glock”
“Cat Manolis takes a tough topic—questions about gun control and ownership rights—and spills it directly onto her brightly colored, ornately decorated canvases. Scenery and characters reminiscent of traditional English hunting portraits blend and blur into elements of our contemporary life, creating a fascinating whirlwind of imagery, excess, and political satire. We, as viewers, are drawn in by the startling and strange imagery—yet the bigger questions, ever more timely in light of the shootings at Newtown, Aurora, and elsewhere, leave us unsettled. Who is exempt from Manolis’s provocative sarcasm and wit? She keeps us guessing, talking—and, more importantly, keeps us looking.”
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Jennifer Dasal,
Associate Curator of Contemporary Art
North Carolina Museum of Art