Mark Dean Veca "As Cold As They Come"
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
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This exhibition includes over 20 new ink and acrylic paintings—the largest of which measures seven feet wide and depicts a hot rod monster reminiscent of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Veca also presents Popeyeconography, a series featuring the beloved comic sailor Popeye, along with the full cast of accompanying characters from the classic strip. In addition to these subjects, Veca mines a variety of genres for his source material including renaissance art, contemporary art, advertising and film.
Using the sculptural forms of toys, statues and other objects as a structure within which to improvise, Veca transforms his subjects into surreal, psychedelic hallucinations of their former three-dimensional incarnations via skillfully stylized line work in the tradition of underground comix icon Rick Griffin.
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from September 12, 2009 to October 10, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-09-12 from 19:00 to 21:00