What? Sweet Feet 3
When? Thursday, October 6th, 7-10PM
Where? Pink Pump Royal Oak
Who? Niagara, Topher Crowder, Jerry Vile & many more
Why?: A Portion of the sale’s proceeds go to The Paula Tutman Children’s Tooth Fairy Foundation.
Sweet Feet 3 Features Big Time Local & National Artists /The 3rd Installment Of Shoes As Art –Pink Pump Celebrates Art/Fashion Connection
It’s Fall and that means it’s time for Pink Pump’s annual exhibit of creatively embellished footwear, Sweet Feet 3 with Its best roster of artists yet- featuring, Post-Pop art doyenne, Niagara, the hyper obsessive illustrator/painter, Topher Crowder plus 8 other local and national artists such as legendary Comictoon painter Anthony Ausgang (Los Angeles) Agitprop painter from Kansas City, Betsy Barratt will also bring an added edge to the exhibit, while Clawson painter Jon Parlangeli, a Neo Cubist will bring a taste of Post Modernism to the affair, as does Tony Roko, Kim Hoxworth, & Tara Lazaroff.
A portion of the sale of the art will go to Paula Tutman’s Children’s Tooth Fairy Foundation http://childrenstoothfairyfoundation.com
The mission of Children’s Tooth Fairy Foundation is to provide access to dental care and oral health education to underserved children in Southeastern Michigan.
Artist Highlights:
Niagara- Recently launched her new apparel line with Pink Pump in Summer 2011, In November 2011, Niagara will be along with fellow Destroy All Monsters mates, Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw will be the subject of a retrospective at the Prism Gallery in Los Angeles, following with her first solo exhibit in Detroit in over 7 years at Re:View Contemporary Galley in July 2011.
Chris Dean- The leading American practitioner of the art of lenticular painting, Chris Dean has just installed two of the largest lenticular murals in the world at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. Dean in has had solo shows in London at Mauger Modern and is busy on his next large scale project for 2012.
Anthony Ausgang- This legendary LA Comic Surrealist, has been a founding figure of the “Lowbrow” movement. Ausgang’s hyper kinetic cats have graced CD covers ( Most recently, MGMT’s newest release) and now is the author of the Dada tale The Sleep of Puss Titter or… A Lysenkoist Life In The Random-Word Generator, which was released earlier this year.
The 3rd installment of this fun and creative take on fashion and art, is Thursday, October 6th from 7-10PM at Pink Pump’s flagship location at 309 S. Main in downtown Royal Oak.
All works of art are available for purchase and will be on display for 3 weeks at the Royal Oak Pink Pump. www.pinkpump.com
Pink Pump’s Sweet Feet 3
Thursday, October 6th 7-10PM
309 S. Main (between Third & Fourth Street)
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
Tel: 248-543-4418