Michel is very pleased to announce that he will have a one-person retrospective exhibition, Captive Coal, that will be presented at the Sharp Museum of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, opening January 16th and on view through May 10th, 2024, this will be a retrospective exhibition covering 30 years of my work that will feature from the very early worker drawings and paintings through to the most recent large-scale paintings on raw canvas. Michael will give an Artist Talk at the opening and the documentary film, Work at Hand, will be screened during the run of the show at some point. A special thanks goes to Curator of Exhibitions, WM Weston Stoerger and long time collectors and wonderful supporters, John E. and Lucia Hollister.
Humanities Film Series and Bone Deep
Work at Hand was screened as part of the Humanities Film Series at the Shircliff Gallery of Art at Vincennes University, IN, where Micheal also gave an Artist Talk after the viewing. This was in conjunction with the exhibition Bone Deep.
Paxton Essay Published
Recent essay published in NeotericArt online magazine titled One Question with Michael K. Paxton, Chicago-based artist. NeotericArt asks "What is the film Work At Hand all about?"
http://neotericart.com/2018/04/09/one-question-michael-k-paxton-chicago-based-artist/