Matthew Blackwell "Whoop Em Up Cindy"
Edward Thorp Gallery
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atthew Blackwell’s third solo show at the Edward Thorp Gallery, takes its title from an Uncle Dave Macon song from the 1930s. Much like Uncle Dave’s freewheeling world of small town characters, medicine show revelers and holy rollers, Blackwell unleashes his cast of performers by means of a vital and raw painterly language. There’s a cheerleader at the bottom of her world, a ball player punting a devils head, a hermit stepping out of the woods at daybreak. There are cameos by Tom Waits, Eyeball Jim, Bob Dylan, Tiny Montgomery and perhaps Wilco’s Romeo whose vocal chords are made of gold. Evoking a rural world of Arcadian bliss conflicted by poverty and wayward desire these paintings depict a glimmer of hope, or at least the courage to whistle as we walk through the graveyard. Everyone is looking for something, be it a path or a hollow log to call home.
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from December 05, 2008 to January 17, 2009