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HAPPINESS IS A WARM GLOCK or A SHOT AT THE BIG TIME

CAT MANOLIS POKES AT GUN CULTURE.

Catch this show while you can still afford her work because this artist provacateur’s star is on the way up.  Cat Manolis’ upcoming solo art exhibition in Durham’s Golden Belt, A Shot At The Big Time OR Happiness Is A Warm Glock pokes a sharpened stick at gun culture and the Second Amendment questions recently forced into American’s consciousness after multiple  mass shooting tragedies.

    “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.”
Jennifer Dasal, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art

  ” …Cat is a wild woman (that’s a compliment). She is brave in her approach, subversive in     her humor, talented in her touch and humorous when it counts.”
Louis St. Louis, “Artist At Large” for MetroNC Magazine

Manolis earned a BFA from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC, and a MFA from UNC-Chapel Hill. Her work regularly appears in group and solo exhibitions nationally.  She is scheduled for two NC solo exhibitions so far this year, has lately been invited to a solo exhibition at Northwest Florida State College’s Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, and is presently being considered for an exhibition at a major museum.  Her paintings have recently been included in the prestigious Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. #21 and in MetroNC Magazine.  Her illustrations have been published by St. Martin’s Press.

EXHIBITION DATES: JULY 1- JULY 28, 2013
RECEPTION DATE: JULY 19, 6-9PM
LOCATION: ROOM 100 GALLERY, GOLDEN BELT ARTS BLDG., 807 E MAIN ST., DURHAM, NC 27701

Private viewings will be happily arranged and reviews are welcome.  Contact the artist at:
cnmanolis@gmail.com             www.catmanolisart.com         www.facebook.com/cnmanolis