Three Cubic Feet of Stone, Blood, and Meat
September 23, 2022 - October 29, 2022
Monaco is pleased to present Three Cubic Feet of Stone, Blood, and Meat a solo-exhibition of kinetic sculptures, paintings, and science experiments by artist Connor Dolan (St. Louis, Missouri), organized by Monaco member Marina May in the Main Space.
Please join us for an opening reception Friday September 23, 2022 from 6 to 9 p.m with viewings available on Saturdays from 12 to 4 p.m. and by appointment.
For all inquiries and appointments please contact: Marina May at m.may@wustl.edu; IG: @marinamae_west, or Monaco at info@monacomonaco.us
WHO IS CONNOR DOLAN?
Connor has read 300 pages of federal regulatory code to find a way to legally buy yellowcake uranium as an unemployed undergraduate. It’s also true that several of his paintings have been incinerated by an EPA hazmat team.
Connor has an almost neurotic curiosity about the world. Fact-finding and click holes entertain him as much as TV. Consequentially, his artwork often centers on a captivating fact he has stumbled across and expands outward to incorporate complicated materials and misunderstood subject matter that lies beyond everyday familiarity. Things like radiation, pharmaceuticals, petroleum, germs, GMOs, and even narcotics are all fascinating and relatively unnerving. While often considered outright dangerous, he presents these technologies as complex tools—able to be used for both good and bad.
Elegant and striking visuals function as an icebreaker for deeper engagement with these topics. Connor utilizes sleek, modern, and minimal materials, often employing repetition and symmetry in my hybridized paintings in addition to strategic flashes of supersaturation.
BIO
Connor Dolan is an artist born in Miami, Florida and currently resides in Missouri where he is pursuing a degree at Washington University in St. Louis. He incorporates portraiture, abstraction, and sculpture into his practice. His creations are scientific and research heavy, but aesthetic forward. Connor works with dangerous and hard-to-obtain materials, leading him to communicate with the EPA, OSHA, and the National Radiation Commission as well as a network of anonymous overseas suppliers. His work has been shown at Bruno David Gallery in Clayton and Des Lee Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri; Sapien Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri; Zero Empty Spaces Gallery in Hallandale, Florida; Bona Gallery, Tedd’s ART Works, and The Manor in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He attended the residency Project @ 1303 in Silverton Colorado in June 2022, and is currently back at Washington University in St. Louis.
IG: @csnnor
Website: www.connordolan.net/
For all inquiries and appointments please contact: Marina May at m.may@wustl.edu; IG: @marinamae_west, or Monaco at info@monacomonaco.us
Exhibition documentation generously provided by Kalaija Mallery IG: @goodartdoc