“Fragments of Time”  Art works by Ray Kiihne

Nov. 1 – Nov. 29 Fri 5-7, Sat 1-4

Showing at THIS project space has given me the privilege of compiling “Fragments of Time.”  In it are two paintings from 2022 and 2024 which relate to earlier works I’ve never shown before, as well as three new installations.  The first is Suite of Six, works on blackened paper with acrylic golds, blues and blacks that I scraped across the surface, much like inking a copper etching plate.  I relate them to Goya’s etching, The Sleep of Reason Breeds Monsters.  In the second installation, I’ve used five small panels to suggest high windows with two of them falling away.  And in the third, Gripped Hands of Time, are giant clock hands, their surfaces wrapped with gripping tape.

A Comments Book will be available, and I’m eager to read visitors’ reactions.

I grew up walking and riding in Nebraska cornfields and occasionally, alongside unbroken prairie.  Then I lived for two years along the ocean’s edge in California; and in the early 70’s, I found a wonderful light-filled space in which to paint in Albuquerque.  I return often to that space in my work.

Kiihne is a senior painter who has lived in Winona since 1976. He has shown most recently at the Winona Arts Center and Red Horse Gallery in Fountain City.  He holds degrees from Wayne State College, Nebraska, Ball State University, and his MFA from the University of New Mexico.  He taught at Central Michigan University, University of New Mexico, Viterbo College, Winona State University, and Escola Americana de Brasilia, Brazil.  He has shown in solo, group, and invitational shows in Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and New Mexico.

Image title: Navajo, acrylic on wood, dimensions: 26 x 30 x 1inches.