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Pattern of Distress Exhibition Reception
Reception and Artist's Talk on March 3 at Harford Community College
The Chesapeake Gallery in the Student Center at Harford Community College features the colorful and complex paintings of Kevin Michael Runyon in an exhibition that opens Thursday, March 3 with a reception and artist’s talk from 6 to 8 PM. Curated by Professor Heidi Neff of the Art + Design Program at Harford Community College, the exhibit is on view through April 6. Runyon is an HCC alum.
Kevin Michael Runyon has spent much of his life in and around Baltimore and currently lives and works in Washington, D.C. Initially working in the field of digital photography and film, Kevin also has a background in graphic design. His paintings are a geometric nod to cheap patterns; with its Day-Glo pigments and odd color combinations, overlapping painting windows, and a very painterly sensibility, Runyon creates a cross between wallpaper, op art, and the drippy bodily abstraction of the mid-20th century. His work is inherently campy in its body politics, its blatant use of color combinations that question good taste in painting, and have the size and presence of traditional Abstract Expressionist images.
Chesapeake Gallery hours are Monday and Thursday, 8:30 AM-7 PM; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 AM-5 PM; and Friday, 8 AM-4:30 PM.
