Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Making "Direct Contact"

Some of the works in "Direct Contact: Self-Made Pop," opening October 22, 2011 with a reception 6 to 10 pm at Bromwell's Gallery, downtown Cincinnati. "DC" surveys aesethetic universes created from glitter, trash, and desire. These artist are self-made and use what the world has given them to make distinctively weird and eerily precise works of art. Primary inspiration for this gig: Raymond Thunder-Sky. Raymond made drawings about construction, destruction, and the blank, supernatural swirl of things coming together and falling apart. His precision mocks makeshift road signs; his vision destroys and reinvents the way you take in the normal world.













Raymond Thunder-Sky





Tony Dotson and Bill Ross





Spencer van der Zee





Antonio Adams and Tony Dotson





Raymond Thunder-Sky





Todd M. Coe





Spencer van der Zee





Drew Kidd and Bill Ross





Bill Ross





Antonio Adams