Chor Boogie “Rainbow Dreams of the Serpent Queen”
Joseph Gross Gallery
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In the gallery’s back room exhibition, Rainbow Dreams of the Serpent Queen, San Francisco based street-artist Chor Boogie’s first solo exhibition at ArtNowNY, includes 6 never before shown works from the artist’s current ‘Serpent’ series, as well as 5 new works making their East Coast début. In addition, the artist has produced for the occasion a series of miniature ‘Boogie Bird’ paintings, the iconic signature of the artist that appears in all of his works, available in limited edition.
Established in the graffiti and street art scene with a 20 plus year career as an artist, Chor Boogie took to the medium at the young age of 13, influenced by the legends of the early era including PHASE 2, Riff 170 and Vulcan, over time making a name for himself with a bold use of color and fluid dreamlike imagery. The artist’s richly detailed compositions are recognizable by their vivid color palette and deft use of line. His ‘Serpent’ series showcased in the exhibition presents a Surrealistic dreamscape of the iconic form of the serpent, a timeless signifier for the continuous and ever lasting, as well as mortal and deadly.
Chor Boogie, born 1979 in San Diego county, lives and works in San Francisco, CA. His murals have been commissioned in cities across the US and internationally, including ArtWynwood, Miami, FL; the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, NC; a Smithsonian/Capital Mall installation, Washington DC; a San Francisco Arts Commission Market Street Mural, San Francisco, CA; and a Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Mural, Ginwa in Xi’an, China; among others. His work is held in numerous public and private collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and a portrait of Hugh Hefner at the Playboy West Coast Representative Office, as well as corporate collections including Google, Zazzle.com and Westfield.
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Schedule
from June 05, 2014 to June 21, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-06-05 from 18:00 to 21:00