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Michael Petry is included in the group show, WORKOUT.
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25th April - 25th May
The Bottle Factory
12 Ossory Rd, London SE1 5AN


In a world that valorises self-optimization, the gym has become both temple and factory. WORKOUT explores our cultural obsession with the “perfect” body and the machines, rituals, and architectures that promise its attainment.

More info here: https://www.ohshprojects.com/workout
Curated by OHSH Projects

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OUT NOW!
​MirrorMirror
The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art
​A dazzling global exploration of mirrors, reflective surfaces, and selfies in contemporary art.

​From the art of Cindy Sherman to Anish Kapoor, from Yayo Kusama to Tracey Emin, MirrorMirror presents an intriguing and gloriously illustrated global survey of ‘reflective’ work by 150 artists across media, nationalities, genders, and locations. The extraordinary range of works featured in MirrorMirror invite us to ponder and reflect upon the nature of reality and our place within the world.

To purchase the book and for more information click the link below:

https://thamesandhudson.com/mirrormirror-the-reflective-surface-in-contemporary-art-9780500026205

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Calling The Shots

Michael Petry’s work has been included in the V&A museum hard back publication with T&H - Calling the Shots: A queer history of photography by Zorian Clayton. His lenticular print from his The Revenge of the Florist series is illustrated - and the description even uses the word ‘fisting'.

For more information and to purchase the hardback copy, click the link below:
https://thamesandhudson.com/calling-the-shots-9780500480960

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Outlaws

Petry's text and 1980’s John Galliano jacket are illustrated in the Fashion + Textile Museum’s (London) catalogue for their Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London exhibition.  It is a mad celebration of London clothes from the 1980’s curatored by Martin Green.


For more information click the link below:
https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhibitionsdisplays/outlaws/
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Apollo's Mirror
Michael Petry

St Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, New York
July 14 - September 1
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​Running in parallel with In League With Devils at the Parsonage Gallery, Petry will also present a series of bronze mirrors exhibiting at St Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church in New York. In the ancient world only the rich could afford to see themselves, as mirrors were expensive in themselves, and needed daily polishing, usually by enslaved people.

Medusa’s mirror will be shown in Maine and Apollo’s in New York. There, his large mirror will engage in a visual conversation with the Christian iconography as it did in the Wesley Chapel (Washington). Apollo was the Greek god of light and Christ is said to be the light of the world.


www.stmvirgin.org
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Artlyst Interview

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In League with Devils
Michael Petry
The Parsonage Gallery, Maine
​July 14 - September 1


​Michael Petry’s 2023 exhibition In League with Devils at The Dadian Gallery (Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary Washington DC) travels north and east to Maine and New York this summer. The main body of the exhibition will be seen at the Parsonage Gallery in Maine which will contain several bodies of works, all dealing with historic and current belief systems.

www.parsonagegallery.org 
​Artlyst Interview


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Michael Petry, Apollo’s Mirror, 2020, patinated and polished bronze. Photo credit Lisa Helfert
In League with Devils
Michael Petry


The Dadian Gallery, Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary Washington DC

May 5 - August 31, 2013

​Petry’s exhibition will contain several bodies of works, all dealing with historic and current belief systems. Petry's Apollo's Mirror (a virtual reality work 6’ in diameter) will be exhibited at VOMA (the Virtual Art Museum) in conjunction with the Dadian show, and available as a digital collectible.

Book Signing with Michael Petry!
Hatchards Piccadilly

Saturday 8 July 
2 - 4 pm


In League with Devils Michael Petry

The signing will start at 2pm and run until 4pm 
Eventbrite tickets: Book signing


The £30 ticket includes one signed copy of the regular “In League with Devils” edition.

The £130 ticket includes one copy of the Special Edition of "In League with Devils" which also comes with a unique 24k gold leaf work on paper, saying LOOK, READ or ACT, please state preference for which word you would like.

Michael Petry celebrates the ceremonial, memorialises the mythical and acknowledges, honours and explores the deeper spirits within us whom we all feel and hear yet have always found hard to name. Our gods and our devils. Stephen Fry

Published by: MOCA London and The Dadian Gallery
Hardback publication date July 1, 2023 
ISBN: 978-1-912800-09-4
Read more abut the book

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Become an Arts Patron with
an exclusive digital collectible Apollo’s Mirror
By Michael Petry
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our cutting-edge digital patronage scheme at VOMA, featuring a stunning digital collectible by renowned artist Michael Petry.

Our innovative partnership with VCollection has made museum patronage accessible to all, offering exclusive perks such as private tours, artist meet-and-greets, and access to unique gifts, while supporting our precious cultural spaces. 

For only $300, you can purchase a limited digital edition of Petry's Apollo's Mirror (details below) and contribute to the work of the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion in Washington DC, where Petry's solo exhibition 
​In League with Devils will open on May 5th.

To celebrate this exciting partnership, VOMA unveil the sculpture in its virtual landscape on the same day.

Join the movement and become a patron today! 
Click here to purchase your limited edition or get in touch with us for more information.

Fear of the Flower, 2023
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Co-published by EMH Arts, London and Concentric Editions, 2023

Narielwalla’s new artist’s book Fear of the Flower celebrates queer male sexuality in a series of ‘rose-bud’ images (reminiscent of Georgia O’Keefe’s lush, sexualised blooms) painted onto the pages of a vintage pattern manual. ISBN 978-0-9572258-2-4
Introduced with a text by Dr Michael Petry the book explores the often hidden codes through which desire is indicated or expressed.

https://www.narielwalla.com/fear-of-the-flower/​

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The Word is Art
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A new publication authored by Michael Petry
Published by Thames & Hudson 

Paperback is now available for purchase

There has been much scaremongering about the ‘death of the book’ and how, as words find new ways and means of transmission, people might gradually begin to shun writing. In the digital age, text becomes information, and information strives to become free. But what value can text hold in the sphere of visual art? How is such text different to poetry? Can the poetic itself be visual art, or is text in this context consigned to the realms of gimmick and catchphrase?

Reviews and praise for The WORD is Art


Artlyst                                           Dazed

FAD 
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OUT TAKE interview with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson

The book launch was kindly hosted by Blaine|Southern

Orders
The WORD is Art - UK                     The WORD is Art - US

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CORRINA 
A short film by Michael Petry
with Vineeta Rishi as Susan
​and Sohm Kapila as Cheryl


Petry's short film made during lockdown with actresses Vineeta Rishi and Sohm Kapila has been selected for three international film festivals: Goa Short Film Festival, 1st Alibag Short Film Festival (Pune) and the Nihilist Film Festival (Los Angeles).

Synopsis: Susan and Cheryl are having a few drinks at home Zooming from LA and London. Susan starts a conversation about her school days nemesis Corrina who bullied her daily, but Cheryl keeps diverting the conversation. It slowly becomes clear that there is a secret and an unspoken tension between the two friends, broken by a shocking revelation about Corrina.


Once the film has been shown in the festivals we will provide further information on how to see it, including here on this website.
 
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Vineeta Rishi
​(Holby City, Line of Duty, Doctors, Dr Who) ​

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Sohm Kapila
​(NCIS: Los Angeles, Charmed, Coronation Street)

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Michael Petry's large glass Installation
​Crocodile Tears
​has been acquired 
by the Columbus Museum.


Columbus, Ga. – The Columbus Museum Board of Trustees and staff are pleased to announce the recent acquisition of a large glass installation by Michael Petry, an American artist originally from El Paso who has been based in London (UK) since 1981.

The Columbus Museum
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA  31906
www.columbusmuseum.com
Press Release



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Petry's essay  "On Gender Fluidity and Photographic Portraiture" in included in the new book Museums, Sexuality and Gender Activism  published by Routledge in November.  Petry examines the work of artists Del LaGrace Volcano, Artor Jesus Inkerö, Blake Little and Åsa Johannesson. All the artists are engaged in the work of interrogating and improving the integrity of such representations, even as efforts to demonize and diminish transgender people continue.
Museums, Sexuality and Gender Activism
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Photos: Blake Little, Åsa Johannesson
https://www.routledge.com/Museums-Sexuality-and-Gender-Activism-1st-Edition/Adair-Levin/p/book/978036719510

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The Study Score for A Prussian Requiem,

Music by John Powell, with Michael Petry's Libretto, has now been published.  

https://5catstudios.com/pro…/a-prussian-requiem-study-score/
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Stunning Donald Trump Commemoration Sculpture By Michael Petry Unveiled

Artist Michael Petry has created a small sculpture to commemorate a titanic event – the inauguration of Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States on 20 January 2017. Titled American Hercules it is both beautiful and irreverent at the same time. 

Artlyst 

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Limited Edition Lenticular Print  Red Roses
by MICHAEL PETRY

The Print has been bought for the V&A collection.

commission available contact for info




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​American Craft

Three pages interview on The Art of Not Making
Aug/Sept 2011
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Download the PDF


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​BBC Today
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Feature of The Art of Not Making,
The New Artist/Artisan Relationship
5 April 2011

Link to Website



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​New Glass

Winter 2010, cover and eight pages feature
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Download the PDF
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