~~~ UPCOMING EVENTS ~~~
2.15.2020: Luchador004.png and El Margo Amargo Present:
The Parts Unknown
opening reception = Saturday February 15 >>> 7 to 10pm
additional open hours: Thursday, February 20 (7 to 9pm)
The Parts Unknown are a tag team of multi-media artists and musicians who will be in the squared circle with your brain.
They play a punk rock meets electronic psychedelic that recall Suicide and early Butthole Surfers. Their performance is an
experience with mind-melting animation performed alongside their music. The Parts Unknown are made up of visualist, singer
and acrobat, luchador004.png and electronic musician, vocalist, and bad dancer El Mago Amargo. Their visual and performance
art is a world built from the personalities of professional wrestling. The merchandise the Parts Unknown create is artwork
derived from their unique personas that come in the form of comic books, t-shirts, posters and other collectibles.
So, do you have what it takes to get into the ring and put over The Parts Unknown?
The Parts Unknown
opening reception = Saturday February 15 >>> 7 to 10pm
additional open hours: Thursday, February 20 (7 to 9pm)
The Parts Unknown are a tag team of multi-media artists and musicians who will be in the squared circle with your brain.
They play a punk rock meets electronic psychedelic that recall Suicide and early Butthole Surfers. Their performance is an
experience with mind-melting animation performed alongside their music. The Parts Unknown are made up of visualist, singer
and acrobat, luchador004.png and electronic musician, vocalist, and bad dancer El Mago Amargo. Their visual and performance
art is a world built from the personalities of professional wrestling. The merchandise the Parts Unknown create is artwork
derived from their unique personas that come in the form of comic books, t-shirts, posters and other collectibles.
So, do you have what it takes to get into the ring and put over The Parts Unknown?
3.21.2020: Carl Smith. Black and White paintings.
opening reception Saturday, March 21 ----> 7pm - 10pm
additional open hours March 26 (7 to 9pm)
Painting at the rate of thought or painting and creating at the same time. It’s not new but it is a challenging way to make
a unique image and hopefully say something meaningful and personal. For years I have done this with my paintings in color,
but this black and white series gets me closer to my end goal of making a personal image while relating to a genre of
painting already in place (abstract expressionism). When I return to painting in color it will be very different.
I never know how the difference will present itself, but it always does when I start working.
Many of these are paintings made with white acrylic paint and black spray paint. It takes around 8 attempts usually to
and on the final image. Sometimes a good image is acquired on first try, but that one is no good; the image doesn’t
work without repeated attempts to find it. The paint must be built up to have any effect.
I started painting at a very young age, and always sought to make paintings that might relate to a tradition of abstract
expressionism. I have no idea why this is so, but I know it’s the best way for me to make the best image possible.
That’s all that matters. Franz Kline’s influence on American painting and my own work cannot be understated,
and of course his work was a huge influence here.
I know my artistic future is not in the path never taken; the high-art path of trying to do what has never been done.
Being honest about my influences and finding a way to communicate that reality in the painting is a large ingredient
in the final product. Intent is crucial and simplifying that intention to the reference of the creative act
is of the highest importance.
opening reception Saturday, March 21 ----> 7pm - 10pm
additional open hours March 26 (7 to 9pm)
Painting at the rate of thought or painting and creating at the same time. It’s not new but it is a challenging way to make
a unique image and hopefully say something meaningful and personal. For years I have done this with my paintings in color,
but this black and white series gets me closer to my end goal of making a personal image while relating to a genre of
painting already in place (abstract expressionism). When I return to painting in color it will be very different.
I never know how the difference will present itself, but it always does when I start working.
Many of these are paintings made with white acrylic paint and black spray paint. It takes around 8 attempts usually to
and on the final image. Sometimes a good image is acquired on first try, but that one is no good; the image doesn’t
work without repeated attempts to find it. The paint must be built up to have any effect.
I started painting at a very young age, and always sought to make paintings that might relate to a tradition of abstract
expressionism. I have no idea why this is so, but I know it’s the best way for me to make the best image possible.
That’s all that matters. Franz Kline’s influence on American painting and my own work cannot be understated,
and of course his work was a huge influence here.
I know my artistic future is not in the path never taken; the high-art path of trying to do what has never been done.
Being honest about my influences and finding a way to communicate that reality in the painting is a large ingredient
in the final product. Intent is crucial and simplifying that intention to the reference of the creative act
is of the highest importance.
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