MICHAEL KANIECKI OPENING APRIL 12, 1-5PM, @ MOSS + MINERAL

Please join us for an opening reception for Tacoma artist, Michael Kaniecki, opening Saturday, April 12, 1-5pm, at Moss + Mineral (www.mossandmineral.com). “Drawings” is an exhibition of original figure drawings and limited-edition prints that reaffirm the emotional and expressive power of hand drawing in the age of digital media.

Some of Kaniecki’s nude drawings have a nervous expressionism reminiscent of the works of early Viennese artists such as Egon Schiele; others take a more modernist angle. “I find the deep richness of charcoal on paper seductive” both for the artist and the viewer, he says. “

“Creation Story” is a limited-edition series (the original set was purchased for a permanent collection in Moab, UT), an abstract tour de force in four parts. It begins with an unsuppressed, almost explosive energy that evolves from a dense black cumulus (chaos) to the condition of duality, and finally, a cellular sense of order.

A transplant from Moab, Kaniecki is best known locally for a 40+ foot scroll painting he created at a vacant downtown bank building over the course of 3 months for Spaceworks Tacoma. The artist – as well as the art – was on public display for the duration.

The bold juxtaposition of nudes and abstraction creates the powerful dynamism of this show. Read more at http://mossandmineral.com/2014/04/01/michael-kaniecki-opening-at-mm-april-12/.

Opening reception for Michael Kaniecki – Saturday, April 12, 1-5pm at Moss + Mineral, 305 South 9th Street in Tacoma; 253.961.5220. www.mossandmineral.com