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Hal Bromm
90 West Broadway, 2nd floor
New York, NY, 10007
+1 212-732-6196
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Rick Prol b. 1958
Rick Prol (b. 1958, New York, NY) is a New York based artist who received a B.F.A from the Cooper Union in 1980. From 1982 onward, he began showing his exuberant works, which echoed neo-expressionism and street graffiti, throughout New York City galleries including a solo exhibition at Hal Bromm Gallery in 1984.
His cartoonish figures set in dystopian urban scenes are simultaneously humorous and horrific, evoking a sense of absurdity born out of said juxtaposition. Boldly painted in vibrant colors, his works pinpoint human follies and suffering in an unapologetic and uniquely stylized way using techniques of distorted perspective and contrasting tones which often draw the viewers’ eyes to the primary figures.
Prol’s work is in many private and public collections including the Smithsonian Libraries Collection, the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, the Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, NYC and the Guggenheim Museum, among others. Moreover, Prol’s work has been exhibited at Leeahn Gallery in South Korea, Kaj Forsblom Gallery in Finland, The Dorian Grey Gallery, and Hal Bromm Gallery here in Tribeca.
Exhibition History:
Rick Prol: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
City Streets
Figure!
Untitled
Vintage East Village
40: The Anniversary Exhibition
1985
1985
1985
1987
2005
2016
Press:
Office Magazine
Whitehot Magazine