Paul Kotula Projects is pleased to present still/rolling, a solo exhibition of recent work by American artist Jim Shrosbree, exploring a limitless interpretation of the figure and architecture through a signature form of abstraction. This is the artist’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery; it will be on view at the Woodward Avenue gallery through December 19, 2026.
Organized in celebration of Jim Shrosbree: Long Division (2026), a book funded by Nicole McEntyre and The Wege Foundation in cooperation with Maharishi International University, still/moving features a selection of the artist’s recent sculpture and painting, although the line between the two is often blurred. In the early 1990s, Shrosbree embraced the wall as a meeting point for sculpture, opening a dialogue between three- and two-dimensional artforms. His wall hung sculpture has come to incorporate drawn and dimensional lines and taped and painted shapes that are placed directly onto the wall; even cast shadows become integrated flat shapes. Similarly, his paintings may include dimensional elements, at times extending beyond the frame of the painting, making them as much an object as a painting.
Shrosbree’s images allude to various forms of structural design-from nature and human anatomy to domiciles and spacecraft- yet their association is never one of fixity. The artist revels in abstraction. And humor. While Shrosbree’s work leans toward the sublime, there are nods to the comical through image and material. A simple form like a cylinder with rounded ends might suggest a pill, a propane tank, or even a body part, more so if sheathed within nylon. Titles may be descriptive codes. Long Division is a long form divided in two. Yet the form suggests a reclining figure, perhaps one the magician magically divided in two.
Since the mid-1970s, Jim Shrosbree’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally in many solo, two-person and group exhibitions and his work is included in such permanent collections as Broad Art Museum (MSU), Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art Center, Detroit Institute of Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Mint Museum.
Shrosbree is a recipient of several awards and fellowships including those from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pollack-Krasner Foundation. He has also been awarded several artist residences including those at the American Academy in Rome, Edward F. Albee Foundation, MacDowell, and Yaddo. The artist currently lives in Fairfield, Iowa and is Professor at Maharshi International University.
An opening reception for still/moving will take place at the gallery's Woodward Avenue location Saturday, November 14, 5:30 to 8:30 PM. The public is cordially invited. Parking is available on the street and in the lots beside and behind the building.
Gallery Hours: Thursdays through Saturdays, 11 AM to 5 PM during exhibitions and by appointment. Closed Thursday, November 26.
