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Featuring:
Michael Thomsen, Mixed media wall sculpture
Kyle Fokken, Mixed media sculpture
Nicholas Harper, Painting

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As the Rogue Buddha Gallery celebrates its 10th year of business, we are proud to exhibit three artists whose artwork captures the spirit of the RBG and whose artistic maturity, not unlike the Rogue Buddha itself, has come to fruition. 

Thomsen’s altar-like wall sculptures literally beg the viewer for attention.  A conglomeration of found objects, toys, signs and various other media demand the viewer to become intimate with each piece by following its surreal narrative.  Reminiscent of carnival midways and secret hidden rooms, each piece captivates and challenges at the same time.

Inspired by antique toys, Kyle Fokken uses found object and rough construction materials to create his unique visionary sculptures.  The objects he chooses to build with are not used based on their original form but rather for how they can be manipulated in order to fulfill Fokken’s final vision through a metamorphosis of form and content.

Known mostly for his iconographic portraits of women with long necks and disfigured limbs, Harper aims to challenge the viewers perception of beauty and humanness. Through exploring individual psyche, he hopes to transcend merely capturing the portrait of the sitter, but rather, exposing the psychological and spiritual aspects of the subject through distortion, atmosphere and Harper’s personal symbolism. In an attempt to capture the tension Harper believes to exist in humans today, he strives to present the subject in both divine and worldly aspects focusing on everyday people and not the preordained “holy” people of history.