Michael Petry’s Mirror Mirror is a striking exploration of our fascination with mirrors and reflective surfaces. It explores this subject through art over the centuries, although mainly through the perspective of contemporary artists today. Working across media, this...
Michael Petry is interviewed by Jonathan Evens about his upcoming 'In League with Devils' exhibition. JE: Why, when secularisation has led many to reject all forms of divine being, are you creating art by "sifting through the sands of time to uncover the old stories,...
Two of the main schools of art practice in the early 21st century are dominant. The conceptual school, which draws its inspiration from Marcel Duchamp and traces its lineage to Warhol, Koons, and Goldsmith’s School of Art, sees the concept of the work as primary....
Michael Petry’s latest book, In League with Devils, beautifully weaves together his multidisciplinary practice, showcasing a collection of installations and artworks spanning his career and projects since 2012. Within the pages of the captivating book, Petry delves...
The Luce Center for the Arts & Religion is presenting 'In League with Devils' by Michael Petry, an exhibition exploring forgotten Gods, resurrected rituals & queer desire. "Michael Petry celebrates the ceremonial, memorialises the mythical and acknowledges,...
Artists Michael Petry and William Cobbing here in conversation for the first time in this exclusive interview for Artlyst. Michael Petry is an American multi-media artist and author who lives and works in London. He is director of MOCA, London (Museum of Contemporary...
Michael Petry is a visual artist whose works often leads him to write about the topics of his artistic attention. His books on Installation Art came from so many people asking him (in the 80s and early 1990’s) ‘what is installation’? His The Art of Not Making...
The Holburne Museum has invited Petry to make a new feature installation and to place two other pieces about existing works in their collection. The main installation is called A Line Lives in the Past and the Future and consists of a large glass ley line...
Michael Petry talks to Guy Reid in our latest interview in the Artist to Artist series. Reid is currently showing at MOCA London. The exhibition runs until 29th April. MP: Guy many people are astounded that the Man Walking has been carved from wood – can you tell us a...