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Finally. Saint Squirrel is complete. This will make up a part of the 12 paintings I’m working on for my first art show. The Squirrel Show (real name to be revealed closer to show date), will feature work that preserves Scottish lore, religious iconography and pop culture.
I’ve also created a short animation of still photos and music showing the stages of Saint Squirrel: Protecting You ‘Cause You’re Nuts!, from start to finish.
Saint Squirrel: Protecting You 'Cause You're Nuts!
Title: Saint Squirrel: Protecting You ‘Cause You’re Nuts!
Size: 18″ X 24″
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date: 2010
Artist: Carollyne Yardley
YouTube: Watch Animation
My friend Elena gave me a tourist guide for Santa Fe about 3 years ago. The one gallery that stood out in my mind, which I bookmarked and linked from my blogroll was the Pop Gallery Santa Fe.
CJ Metzger Dead Love-Muertos in the Forest, 2009 MIXED MEDIA original on boar
They focus on the type of art that I really like best. The Pop Gallery was established in January 2007. Representing POP Art in numerous media with an esteemed focus on POP Modernism, Illustration Art, Animation, Photography & Sculpture. Nestled across from the historic Coyote Café on Water Street the gallery hosts an environment unique to the city with vibrant color and a European salon atmosphere thus embracing locals and tourists alike.
Owners & curators Michael McDowell & Sharla Throckmorton-McDowell bring over 20 years of diverse high end fine art experience to the gallery which serves private and corporate collections throughout the world, and are a real treat to interact with when making an art purchase.
I’ve been following different shows and represented artists (through the Pop Gallery email newsletter and Facebook fan page) like CJ Metzger & Miss Mindy (known as the Artist Sisters), Brandon Maldonado (whose art I will post in future blog post), and more. When I walked through the doors - I had a religious experience. Sharla, the owner (she owns it with her husband), greeted us at the door and made us welcome right away. To make a long story short, I fell in love with a CJ Metzger painting called, Dead Love-Muertos in the Forest, 2009, MIXED MEDIA original on board. It has all the elements I love such as big eyed girls, animals, yummy colours, religious iconography (Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead - mask), and nice boobs.
I highly recommend you sign up to receive their newsletter at the Pop Gallery website to receive notices about events and new pieces for sale.
Pop Life: Art in a Material World explores the complex relationship between contemporary art, marketing, and the mass media that has evolved since the 1980s when Andy Warhol’s uttered his provocative maxim that “being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.”
Organized by Tate Modern, London, in association with the National Gallery of Canada.
An article about this Victoria art show caught my eye in Focus Magazine. It’s called, Can I Draw you a Bath, currently on show at the View Art Gallery. Primarily I noticed the blurb because it mentioned Publications such as 3X3 and Juxtapoz having helped broaden our view on illustration. I had just finished reading my first copy Juxtapoz Magazine (love at first sight), and was therefore intrigued.
The View Art Gallery is putting on a show with three artists who use concepts and elements of illustration as a way of transferring information in their work. It looks like these artists have a sense of humour too; I like that.
Check out the Outre Gallery in both in both Melbourne and Sydney (Australia). They are passionate specialists in contemporary international pop, lowbrow, pop surrealism, street, tiki, modern folk, retro with a twist and underground art.They dig art that crosses over with design, pop and counter culture.
Melbourne based artist Martin Harris creates candy-drenched children’s fantasylands in the most delicate watercolours of amazing and enchanting detail. Of his art Martin says, “My pictures attempt to lift the veil as it were so that others may glimpse this ‘other world’’. My fascination and love of children’s picture books, comics, toys, 1960’s television (Thunderbirds, Dr Who, and Pinky & Perky to name but a few) combined with my childhood memories and my love of animals are the basis and inspiration for my art.
Martin is working towards publishing his artwork for children’s books and is currently working doing illustrations for Lonely Planet travel guides.
I went to the Moss Street Paint in last weekend, and was most impressed by Steve Chmilar’s work. I have posted an image to the left. Steve sent our an email to his guestbook fans and directed us to this link filled with artists from the Surrealism Pop Art Lowbrow art movement.
Beinart International Surreal Art Collective www.beinart.org. One of my favourites is Mark Ryden, one of the most celebrated artists of the Pop Surrealism movement.
I knew my people were out there, or at least where I’d like to get to. Check out this article.
Dorothy Circus Gallery is a new space in Rome dedicated to “Lowbrow” and “Pop Surrealism”, two of the most controversial, vital and exciting movements of contemporary art.
The gallery conceived by Alexandra Mazzanti and Jonathan Pannacciò.
Dorothy Circus Gallery is an encounter between classical criteria and the will to experiment, the gateway for those who want to approach the fascinating artistic current born in late 60’s Los Angeles.
“Lowbrow” and “Pop Surrealism” are born from an unusual alchemical fusion, a multicultural mix in which memories of childhood games blend with aspects of noir carnival, reinventing an ectoplasmic reality that reflects the complications of everyday life. The confusing and hallucinated psychic automatisms of the surrealist movement are now mixed with the American hot rod culture, underground comics and punk music, creating a perfect chaos , where absolute iconographic anarchy reigns . Pinups from the 50’s smile at a gothic Alice rival of Lolitas dancing softly to the songs of the Pixies and Cure. Scenarios inspired by Hieronymus Bosch are filled with strange animals, clumsy figures and comical demons. A paradoxical atmosphere with weird presences that reminds us of a David Lynch film, a multicultural melting pot: street culture, pure pop, bizarre illustration, manga.
Andy Warhol's portrait of David Hockney, part of Pop Life: Art in a Material World. Photograph: PA
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Mark Brown guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 12 May 2009 16.46 BST
Tate Modern yesterday put out an appeal for identical twins to appear in their gallery. It shouldn’t be too arduous – just sit in front of a pair of Damien Hirst’s spot paintings while people look at you.
The call was made as details were announced of Tate Modern’s big autumn show, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, which will look at the legacy of Andy Warhol’s declaration that “good business is the best art”. The exhibition, three years in the planning, will look at subsequent artists at their most self-aggrandising – from Jeff Koons to Tracey Emin.
Tate Modern’s chief curator Sheena Wagstaff said they wanted to pinpoint the moment in the 1980s when “a key aspect of late Warhol became a thrilling legacy for subsequent generations of artists”. The show will explore how, after Warhol, artists have not only commented on the mass media culture of the last 30 years, but have been very much a part of it, infiltrating the cult of celebrity.
I found a website through Artnews Blog that linked to a show of 10 artists from the southern California region. Two artists in particular - I just fell in love with their work. When I have more time to dedicate to my art, my goal is to start illustrating scenes with a storyboard and narrative of the art with characters set in the middle of a story or a situation.
The Bay Centre is pleased to welcome its newest retailer, Artevo! Located on Fort Street, Artevo is a unique art gallery offering many categories of artworks, from high end decorative to true fine art. From August 27th to September 14th, Artevo will host a tour celebrating the Life and Retrospective Works of Dr. Seuss. For more information, call 250-389-1699 or visit www.artevo.com.
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, began his career as a little known editorial cartoonist in the 1920s. His intriguing perspective and fresh concepts ignited his career, and his work evolved quickly to deft illustrations…read full bio.
Review:
I popped into Artevo to take a look at the Dr. Seuss artwork. The items are serigraphs reproductions, BUT - the fact that you can see the large size paintings of the characters from all your favorite childhood bedtime stories makes this gallery worth a visit. Since the reproductions are such high quality, you get the same feeling as you would from the original (more or less). I had no idea Seuss painted large scale. You’ll also see the book characters in really surreal settings before they made it into the storybook setting. Very cool. Also interesting is his artwork from his advertising days. Really funny political cartoons as well.
