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Arts and Culture

Preview: Russell Young’s Fame/Shame at Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Reception September 17th

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Red Elvis
All Photos By Gail

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17th (6-8pm) 

Bertrand Delacroix Gallery is thrilled to announce FAME/SHAME, a one-time special collaboration between the gallery and famed British artist Russell Young. The artist is internationally renowned for his colorful enamel screen-print paintings of celebrities, often coated in shimmering diamond dust. In Anna Wilding’s documentary on the artist, he states:

“My art is best described as fame and shame.”

This is exemplified in this exhibition’s mix of glamorous celebrity photos and mug shots. Continue reading Preview: Russell Young’s Fame/Shame at Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Reception September 17th →

Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

Halloween Pet Costumes Gone Wrong!

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Marilyn Pug

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Arts and Culture

Modern Art Monday Presents: James Rosenquist, Marilyn Monroe, I

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James Rosenquist Marilyn Monroe I
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James Rosenquist (born November 29, 1933) is among my favorite living American artists. Rosenquist’s large-scale paintings reflect the flat, uniform, and graphic style of the commercial billboards he made while working as a sign painter. Later, as a visual artist, Rosenquist drew inspiration from advertising and mass media. Many of his works are based on found images from magazines, collaged together and reproduced at a large scale, powerfully juxtaposing people, objects, visual symbols, visual texture and text to create new and sometimes cryptic meanings.
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David Datuna Presents Elements at Birnam Wood Galleries

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Albert Einstein with Euclid’s Elements Diptych (All Photos By Gail)

You can say this much about art exhibits comprised of Portraits of Pop Culture Icons: EVERYBODY DOES IT. Seriously, Ev-Ree-Bah-Dee. What keeps an exhibit of Pop Culture Portraiture from being a total yawnfest is the defining twist that the artist puts on his or her work (see Erik den Breejen’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On at Freight and Volume for an excellent example of what I’m talking about).
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Post It Note Portrait of Marilyn Monroe

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This large scale 8-bit portrait of Marilyn Monroe is made up of thousands of individual, strategically placed Post It Notes! I bet it looks even better the farther away from it you get. Impressive!