SUMMIT HOTEL

5345 Medpace Way
Cincinnati OH 45227

"Rick Mallette: New Works"
November 28, 2022 - February 6, 2023
























ARTIST STATEMENT

Mallette works quickly with no preconceptions, searching for surprises in the medium, formally and metaphorically, often referencing the human head and figure. Whereas conventional caricature exaggerates dominant facial/figurative features to capture a likeness, Mallette abstracts the facial/figurative features to conjure a unique inner mood or emotion.

His early influences originate in the caricature of his youth, namely cartoons, comics, album art, Mad magazine, Dr. Suess and hot rod culture. 

In this exhibition, Rick adds acrylic markers and spray cans to his preferred medium of brushed acrylic paint, enriching his visual vocabulary with fresh expressive possibilities.


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EXHIBITION INVENTORY 

1. Blue Mitten Resurrection Knoll (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 16 x 17 inches

2. Trying to Levitate Over a Field of Donuts (2021) Acrylic on Wood. 24 x 24 inches

3. Walking Away from Sherbet Bickers (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 16 x 20 inches

4. The Crowning Blurp of Flesh Bulb Lick (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

5. Embarrassed, Burned and Bewildered (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 12 x 12 inches

6. Professor Pink, No Way Out (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 24 x 30 inches

7. Bone Wind Pine Thicket (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 18 x 23 inches

8. Pony Kicks the Ass’ Pricks (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 24 x 24 inches

9. Dancing Cantaloupes at Club Katydid (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 16 x 21 inches

10. Periscope Blush Bent Over a Pumpkin (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 16.5 x 22 inches

11. Too Ripe, Make Me Simple (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 24.5 x 32 inches

12. Excavating a Fruit Cake Fumble (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 48 x 72 inches

13. Throwing Crayons at a Goat (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 48 x 72 inches

14. Pick an Ellipse, Stars Collide (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 16 x 20 inches

15. Porpoise Prism Prison Break (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 16 x 20 inches

16. Snow Rib Fracture in Tiny Town (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 36 x 48 inches

17. Collision Course on Happy Grass Lane (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 36 x 36 inches

18. Color Tour of the Over Thinker (2022) Acrylic on Gatorboard. 48 x 48 inches

19. Clown’s Backdoor Jubilee (2022) Acrylic on Wood. 36 x 36 inches

20. Candy Ass (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 36 x 36 inches

21. Tangled Sink Harvest (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 48 x 72 inches

22. Blood Fist Lilacs (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 16 x 20 inches

23. Red & Black Drawing (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 48 x 72 inches

24. Squeaky Hinge Tongue Migration (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

25. Beluga Bill Pillow Fight (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

26. Special Greg Popsicles the Wind (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

27. Pull Tab Watermelon Headache (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

28. Hurt Turnin’ Heads for a Cherry Pucker (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

29. Hearing Red on the Farmer’s Carpet (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

30. The Picnic (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches

31. Get Your Skinned Head Off of My Lawn (2022) Acrylic on Canvas.24 x 36 inches

32. Dew Loop Lemon Mound (2022) Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches