Human Nature: Solo Exhibition By Harold Lohner

HUMAN NATURE Solo Exhibit by Harold Lohner Reception: First Friday, October 2, 5pm-9pm Five15Arts @Chartreuse 1301 NW Grand Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85007 Gallery Hours: Friday 6-9pm, Saturdays & Sundays 11am-2pm Or by appointment: five15arts@gmail.com Five15Arts presents HUMAN NATURE, a solo show by member artist Harold Lohner, opening First Friday, October 2, from 5-9pm. For his fourth solo at the collective gallery on Historic Grand Avenue, Lohner will exhibit a new collection of his one-of-a-kind monoprints. Harold Lohner’s work is characterized by bold drawing, vivid color, and layered patterns. He uses portraits and figures to tell stories about fictional individuals and their imagined lives. For HUMAN NATURE, images of natural elements, from flowers and leaves to the wind and sky, serve as metaphors for the internal and external forces against which humanity struggles. "We construct our own environment as we create culture, but we must always return to our roots as earthly animals,” said Lohner. In the series, Fall of Flowers, a figure succumbs to a downpour of pink blossoms. A large work printed on a round tablecloth includes vocalizing faces, bare tree branches, and a full moon that evoke an Autumn Night. Dual personalities and complicated relationships are illustrated in his portrait series, Strange Relations. Harold Lohner has presented his work in multiple museums and galleries in Arizona, and was the recipient of an Artists to Work grant from Phoenix Art and Culture in support of the tent-like installation, Stop this Day and Night With Me. Lohner is Professor Emeritus of Art at Russell Sage College in upstate New York, having taught there for 33 years. HUMAN NATURE opens on First Friday, October 2, 5–9 pm and continues through October 31. Gallery hours are Fridays 6–9 pm, Saturdays and Sunday 11 am- 2 pm. The artist will be on site to greet visitors and answer questions during all open hours.