Art Exhibit: "Dream Worlds"

Where: Bowersock Gallery, 373 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Mass.

Dates: opening July 3, through July 14, with opening reception, July 3.  7-9

Contact: Steve Bowersock 1-508-487-4994 

“Dream Worlds” the latest exhibit at Bowersock Gallery, will feature the work of Trenton Manning an outsider sculptor and Steve Bowersock, surreal painter, and co owner and curator of the Gallery 

 “Dream Worlds” opens with an artists’ reception, July 3, 7 to 9 p.m. and runs through July, 14th, at Bowersock Gallery, 373 Commercial Ave., Provincetown, Mass.

 Trent Manning is an exciting, new addition to the Bowersock Gallery, Gallery Manager Michael Senger says. 

 Manning’s work is as a refined outsider, sculpture/mixed media/assemblage composed of found objects, wood, metal  – whatever catches his imagination – along with his original sculpture. The recognizable found objects used to create the imaginative works are lost to the fascinating figures and stories they form.

 “I think Trent says it better than anyone. The art is derived of his personality, a ‘somewhat disillusioned cynic, with an odd sense of humor, who clings tightly to his inner child,’ Senger says. “He draws from children’s toys, an offbeat sense of humor, bringing to life fantastical work that is slightly eerie, macabre even at times, and often funny.”

 Bowersock continues to explore the representational surreal mindset, Senger says, “a tripping of the mind from the natural to the personal; a dream scape.”

“My work is about what lies beyond our comprehension, like a hidden heart beat that nature and everything around us, the common thread and its many forms,” Bowersock says.  “It’s about tapping into your imagination, tapping into a feeling. They often come to mean something more both as I work on them and later ponder them, and that’s what I hope for the viewer – an ongoing exploration.”

 Bowersock’s latest series is about storytelling and personal exploration that is connected to the bigger picture “all things.”

 The show is about the non-ordinary, about places that fascinate but we too often hesitate to go, Senger says. “It’s not to be missed.”