Todd Bienvenu “Borrowing Tomorrow’s Fun”
Life on Mars Gallery
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A Brooklynite by way of Little Rock, Arkansas and New Iberia, Louisiana, Bienvenu paints babes, boozers, buckets of blood, brawlers, punk rockers, apocalyptic zombies, pro wrestlers, country outlaws, camel toes, happy penises and masturbation technology.
His themes of southern culture, sex, rock and roll and religion allow him to embrace and extend the traditions found in the figurative expression of Max Beckman, Phillip Guston, Frank Auerbach and Chaim Soutine. Combining a masterful handling of the medium of oil paint with expert draughtsmanship, Bienvenu simultaneously embraces the tradition of figurative expression while denying its overt heroism; using humor, sarcasm and the imagery of popular culture. He embodies much of his generation’s ennui, and its struggle for the authentic in the time of Meta, digital and new media.
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Schedule
from September 05, 2014 to September 30, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-09-05 from 18:00 to 21:00