Evoke / Provoke: Humanity in Art

Gallery VICTOR is thrilled to announce our most ambitious exhibition to date! EVOKE / PROVOKE: Persons of Interest will feature over 50 artists curated between our two galleries and filling over 5K square feet of exhibition space. This powerful show focuses on human connection and emotion in all its guises by a diverse gathering of established and emerging artists.

Highlights include:

• Gallery VICTOR’s premier of New York-based artist Nathan Brad Hall, whose monumental portraits were displayed at the Zillman Art Museum in Bangor, Maine earlier this year. Nathan’s evocative and provocative Wait for Me, a nearly 7-foot square canvas of a man’s face, inspired the title and concept of our show. Wait for Me must be seen in person! This introduction of Nathan’s work precedes his solo exhibit at Gallery VICTOR planned for summer of 2025.
• Bruno Surdo’s exquisite, detailed, and complex paintings will be on view, including a new tour de force inspired by Greek and Roman mythology called, The Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs.
• New York Painter Rose Freymuth-Frazier’s unflinching and cheeky paintings always grab attention, and her newest cowgirl canvas, Gone Wild, is one for the ages.
• Mary Borgman’s charcoal on mylar portraits never cease to amaze for their sensitive portrayal of the subject and Mary’s extraordinary technique. Our show features several of her works including her full-length Portrait of Manop which was included in the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition, Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge from 2012-2014 in Washington D.C.
• Peter Lupkin just completed Idol, a haunting figure study inspired by Michelangelo’s Pietá. Like all of Peter’s work, his latest is rich with symbolism, color, and texture.
• Zack Zdrale’s, classically rendered and fresh off the easel painting, Introspectator, will make you wonder if you’re at the Louvre, while his Biathalon speaks to today’s harried lives.
• Our galleries will also showcase an astounding group of photographers and sculptors to round out the exhibition.

We are extraordinarily proud of our enormously talented family of artists, and we can’t wait to share this exhibition with you. For out-of-towners, the exhibition will be fully featured online on Artsy.

Image attached: Nathan Brad Hall, Wait For Me, oil on linen, 75 x 75 inches