RALPH PUGAY
Critter

Foreigner (detail), 2014
acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 inches

Summer Genes, 2014
acrylic on panel, 11 x 14 x 3/4 inches

United in Hunger, 2014
acrylic on panel, 12 x 9 x 3/4 inches

Wake Up Baby, 2014
acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 inches

Spiders Eating Popcorn, 2014
acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 inches

Frying Butterflies, 2014
acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 x 3/4 inches

Mergers, 2014
acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 inches

Projected Relief, 2014
acrylic on panel, 10 x 8 x 3/4 inches

Ghostly Memory, 2014
acrylic on panel, 16 x 12 x 3/4 inches

Infrared Bulls, 2014
acrylic on panel, 9 x 12 x 3/4 inches

Scanner, 2014
acrylic on canvas, 16 x 12 inches

Violent Reaction, 2014
acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 inches

Foreigner, 2014
acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 inches

A Snake Also Has Muscle Memory, 2014
acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 x 3/4 inches

Double Happiness, 2014
acrylic on panel, 9 x 12 x 3/4 inches

October 2 through November 1, 2014
Reception: Thursday October 2 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

THE WORK
At once humorous and unsettling, Ralph Pugay's paintings depict absurd narratives in which the mundane and fantastic converge. Incongruous symbols, ideas and cultural norms collide unexpectedly, resulting in perverse situations or outright catastrophe. For Pugay, the work celebrates odd thoughts and fleeting phenomena that are normally disregarded as incidental, like daydreams.

The creation of works in this exhibition was funded in part by a 2014 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the Oregon Arts Commission.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

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PRESS
Gallery preview: Ralph Pugay at Upfor - The Oregonian
Ralph Pugay: Critter - Willamette Week
Best of 2014 - PORT

RALPH PUGAYCritter

October 2 through November 1, 2014Reception: Thursday October 2 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

RALPH PUGAY
Critter

October 2 through November 1, 2014
Reception: Thursday October 2 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm