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Fans in Russia

My website has been getting a high volume of hits from Russia. I did some digging and found my work and links on about a dozen Russian blogs. My Russian being a bit rusty I turned to Alta Vista’s Babel Fish Translation application. It worked like a charm and now I have a rough translation of what’s being said.

Most of it was very complimentary – though there were a few remarks about my parents and something about a werewolf. Here are a few very rough translations.

“Dyadechkiny figures were pleased very (apparently because we with it eksperimentim in one river bed) But here is zhivopiss’ already too of frankenshteynopodobna. Even for me too)”

“the widely arranged eyes – this is stylish. manner pleases itself.”

“To Brooks, probably customers all brains of proyebali by the requirements to correspond to the expectations of the degenerate parents of those degenerate children, coma it illustrates degenerate books. Here and it stretched on real art”

“child with the deviations gorged the rabbit, a good illustrator for the children’s books”

“this is the mortal sin, this is the sick fantasy of the artist yes, it is unpleasant”

These are from Tiphareth and the homicidal maniac’s Journal.

Back from LA/ Pop Surrealism

Back from LA and getting settled in. I spent yesterday catching up and worked on St. Sebastian painting and today heading to the NGA to hear Robert Liberace talk about the Rembrandt show. I’ll be taking his painting and drawing class this April.

LA was great – public reception was packed for “Everything But the Kitschen Sync“. It was quite an interesting crowd – lots of fun outlandish outfits – heavy goth leaning.

The Lowbrow/Surreal Pop/underground arts “movement” seems obscure in DC, but in LA and NYC it is off and running. Small galleries that were once tucked in toy stores are branching out and starting Galleries with a capital “G”, and one of the first Surreal Pop artists has his first museum show. We drove up to Pasadena and saw Mark Ryden’s show “Wondertoonel” at the Pasadena Museum of Art. I’ve been a fan for several years, and many people have commented on similarities in our work.

The Lowbrow movement is also known as Pop Surrealism, and at other times Carnivalesque. Here is a great list of links.

pop Surrealism

In LA

Slumming around in LA for the weekend.

In town for the “EVERYTHING BUT THE KITSCHEN SYNC GROUP SHOW” at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. A private artists reception was held last night and the big public reception is tonight from 8-11. I was glad to see that “Anger had been bought earlier in the day. There is really great work there. I see it online or in magazines but nothing like the real thing. Images from the show are online here.

Anger and Charity

DRAWING NATIONAL 2

I’m showing “Goatgirl” (Girl with Pet Goat)

DRAWING NATIONAL 2
A Juried Exhibition of Drawings
February 21-March 11, 2005
Curated by Sarah Stecher

Opening reception: February 21, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Location: The Art Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Paul Peck
Art Building on the Rockville Campus.

For information please call: 301-279-5115
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/artrockville/

Gallery Neptune – A collection of art by gallery artists

Opening reception is Friday February 11 from 6 to 9. I’ll have three drawings in the group show over at Gallery Neptune. One new drawing is another take on “Hope” from the Virtue series. The others are Vanity and Greed, from the Seven Deadly Sins series, most recently seen at Artomatic. This is also Art Walk night in Bethesda so it’s a great opportunity to see lots of work. Frasier Gallery is having an opening reception for their drawing show as well.

Hope


Gallery Neptune

4808 Auburn Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone: 301-718-0809

E-mail elyse@galleryneptune.com

Hours:
• Thursday 12-6 PM
• Friday 12-6 PM
• Saturday 12-6 PM
• By appointment 301-718-0809