Michael Krueger | island undone
March 28 – April 27, 2024
island undone is Michael Krueger’s second exhibition with the gallery, sharing eight new works in drawing. The works for this exhibit lean on narrative fictions that explore betrayal, melancholy, transformation, and forgiveness. Aspects of the Shakespeare play The Tempest weave through the works, as do narratives from folk and country music. These new drawings articulate emotionally charged land and seascapes; light, color, location, and point-of-view help locate visions of space as narrative and emotional experiences.
Grounded firmly in drawing, Michael Krueger works in a variety of media including, painting, drawing, printmaking, animation, and ceramics. Michael’s artwork reflects a deep interest in American history, contemporary American culture, art history, the human experience, and personal memoir. Recent solo exhibitions include, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO, Fuga Villa Morra, Asuncion, Paraguay, Académie Beeldende Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium, and The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY. Krueger’s artworks have been collected by numerous public and private collections, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI, Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium, Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA, Kansas City Collections, Kansas, City, MO, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Michael Krueger is a Professor at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, an Honorary Resident Dropper and a Tamarind Artist.
