Netherland 'The Next Gig'

Rotofugi Toy Gallery presents Netherland 'The Next Gig'

"Hey everyone. That's right, my first show in Chicago in close to 2 years and my first solo show since showing with Shag in Palm Springs in February. I'm hoping to make this Rotofugi's highest attending show since we've moved to our new location so I need you there! Hope you all can make it...."

Netherland 'The Next Gig'
Jan 13th [2012] 7p-10p

at Rotofugi Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, ILL

Netherland 'The Next Gig', a photo by billy craven on Flickr.

Cut & Paste: 21st Century Collage

"In the digital age, the original meaning of cut and paste has been replaced with a few clicks of a mouse, This has led to a lot of derivative and unimaginative computer produced work. In response to this, artists have returned to using more traditional methods of making images. There has been a resurgence of drawing and illustration and collage has recently been rediscovered. Collage is the natural progression of illustration, as it combines drawing with the other mediums..."


Cut & Paste: 21st century Collage

TELEPATH "You'd Be Wrong"

TELEPATH 'You'd Be Wrong', a photo by billy craven on Flickr.

Just received a surprise in the mail from TELEPATH UK

Title: "You'd Be Wrong"
5"x7" mixed media on cardboard
More info: telepathlondon.bigcartel.com and Flickr

Album Cover Mash-Ups by Christian Marclay

Unless you've spent the last decade living under a rock, you've probably heard a mash-up or two. You know, a DJ takes the music from one song and plops the vocals from a totally different song on top of it...and let's not confuse 'mash-ups' for 'sampling'. Mash-ups generally work best when the marriage is ironic. [see youtube for Rick Astley vs Nirvana].

New York based visual artist & composer Christian Marclay goes a step further, he mashes-up LP covers, creating some seriously over the top collages.

NETHERLAND ART: SWINGIN' COLLAGES

Netherland is hands down, one of the grooviest collage artists around. His fondness for 70's magazine ads & hi-fi appliances can't be beat, man.

Wanna see more? Check out Netherland's Flickr Here and his website HERE

CECIL TOUCHON: A COLLAGING GENIUS

Cecil Touchon's collages make great sense of the abstract through the manipulation of typeface, old advertisements, geometric shapes & color...or lack there of.

Fusion Series #1872
Collage on Paper
12x9 inches

RYAN DOOLEY: GENIUS or MADMAN?

On a semi-recent trip back to NYC I snapped a random picture of this primitive bird-man figure scrawled on a wall, somewhere around West 23rd & the West Side Hwy. I had absolutely no idea who the artist was, until last month, that is. With a wee bit of research and a dash of dumb luck, I found out that dudes name is Ryan Dooley and I'm convinced that he's either a freaking genius or a complete and total madman or both.

PS: when you view the attached video, titled 'Home 3", be on the look-out at the 2-minute mark where you'll see the bird-man figure again.

Check out his 2-dozen or so Vimeo's HERE or hit up Ryan's website HERE

I Got You by Mark Searcy

Mark Searcy hails from the Pacific Northwest and is a collage-ing MF!

I Got You
8.5" x 11" | Digital

www.thisdotcomtaken.com
www.flickr.com/photos/thisdotcomtaken

LILLIANNA PEREIRA 'THE RECORD IS FAR FROM COMPLETE'

The Elephant Room Gallery is currently hosting 'The Record Is Far From Complete' works on paper by Lillaianna Pereira. The show runs until May 1st.

"Lillianna Pereira was born & raised in Western Massachusetts. She grew up on a steady diet of comic books which fostered her love of visual storytelling & inspired her to put pencil to paper..."

Check out her Flickr: HERE and HERE

The Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave
Chicago, IL