Patrick Gantert & Michael Royce: Hamster Wheel

Headstone is thrilled to present Hamster Wheel, a two-person exhibition with Patrick Gantert and Michael Royce. Gantert exhibits a range of drawings dating from childhood to adult life at a scale which mirrors that growth period. Royce offers his quintessential and engulfing large acrylic paintings on canvas. Together, these two artists initiate summersaults for the brain. Their disorienting yet logical depth feels like you’ve fallen into a story that never ends, a kind of binge-watching that is surprisingly still. Gantert arranges object puzzles that look like ephemeral wall sculptures consisting of blue painter’s tape, baker’s twine, and a few shoelaces- only to realize its colored pencil. Royce’s concepts oscillate from sarcastic, charged perspective on patriarchy to self-deprecating humor on the state of one’s mental health.

Installation photography by Veronica Fassbender.