Upcoming Show

I’ll be showing 2 pieces, “Il Teatro dei Roditori” and “All American Boys”. “Liberty Takes a Holiday” is featured on the actual Scroll. For more information on the Scroll go here.

Friday, May 12 – Sunday, July 14, 2006
Opening reception: Saturday, May 13, 2006 6-9 p.m.

Museum of Modern ARF
1116 N. Hudson St.
Arlington, VA 22201
703-528-4800
www.Modernarf.smugmug.com

The Scrolls,” is an international discourse and “rolling” conversation amongst artists regarding the war in Iraq. 77 artists from 4 continents contributed work to the project, including works by 8 Iraqi artists currently living in Bagdad. The exhibition also contains a scroll created by artists from Washington, DC and Arlington, VA. The exhibition asks the question “Why?” the War…Mary Walker of South Carolina sent a piece called “Why” to a number of her colleagues and asked them to add to it in the manner of a scroll. Seven scrolls were created; They opened at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, sponsored by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs in 2005.

Cleveland-based artists Barbara Chira and Julie Friedman, organized the presentation of the Scrolls at Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College/Western Campus, Parma, Ohio in early 2006.

This is the debut of the scrolls in the Washington area.

The public reception is Saturday, May 13 from 6-9 pm and coincides with the return of the American Friends Service Committee’s “Eyes Wide Open” Memorial of Boots that commemorates the US Fallen. It returns to DC for the third time. “Eyes Wide Open” will be on the National Mall on 14th Street from May 11-14. This year, a new Memorial to the Iraqi children, women and men killed in the war will be unveiled as well.

Mary Walker, founder, curator and visionary of the Scrolls, will be in attendance at the May 13th reception, at Modern ARF in addition to a number of the artists who contributed to the Scrolls.

The Museum of Modern Arf is across the street from the Clarendon Metro Elevator (Orange Line).

Check out what James at Black Cat Bone has to say about it, as well as Jimbo. Thanks much.

Studio One Eight
2452 18th St NW (corner of 18th and Columbia in Adams Morgan)
Washington, DC 20009
703-395-1932

The curators have put together an excellent website with a catalogue of the artists. Nice to see Rita’s pretty face splashed throughout the site.

“Engendered Species: An international exhibition that questions the traditionally fixed binary classification of gender, exploring how we “do” or “undo” both the gendered body and gender as a performance, as well as examining gender as endangered. ”

April 2 – 6, 2006

CSU Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd,
Long Beach, CA 90815

The exhibition then travels to the Gay and Lesbian Center of Los Angeles.

April 8 – May 12, 2006

The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Engendered Species was conceived and curated by students in two Cal State Long Beach courses: an art history seminar taught by Dr. Karen Kleinfelder, Fall 2005, and a museum studies practice class taught by Victoria Bryan, Spring 2006.

Art of War – Opening this Saturday, March 18, 7-10pm

“Studio One Eight presents The Art of War. The exhibit marks the 3-year anniversary of the Iraqi conflict that began on March 20th 2003. The show brings together works inspired by the conflict and current events in the Middle East. The exhibit will includes artwork by artists Anna U. Davis, Dana Ellyn, J Coleman, Jordin Isip, Kelly Towles, Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Matt Sesow, Peter Excho, Jared Davis, Scott G. Brooks, and many others.”

My submission is Il Teatro dei Roditori…

At the convergence of war, politics, and commerce, an operatic tragedy is playing out. The competing interests in the military industrial complex have created a shadowy wake of abuse, lies, and cover-ups.

Eighty-five percent of the troops say a major reason for the U.S. mission is “to retaliate for Saddam’s role in the 9/11 attacks.” Intentional or not, the whole story in this theater of the absurd is not heard.

I’m boxing up and sending out these three drawings for the show.

From the gallery: “La Luz De Jesus Gallery proudly presents its 9th annual juried group exhibition, “Everything But the Kitschen Sync”. This gigantic, no-theme exhibition will feature work from what we feel are some of the most relevant artists working today.

The Clayton Brothers, Mark Ryden, Michael Hussar and Tim Biskup are a few of our trusted favorites who have participated in the past. Please join us this March in supporting the latest and most original efforts from the nation’s alternative art scene.”

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
8:00 – 11:00 pm
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027