Free copy of the new book Carnivora is being offered by CPOP Gallery in Detroit MI by emailing MOTORCITYBLOG and then attending the show to check out the killer artwork by clicking here and asking for it - 1st emailer gets the freebie!
The book has been given away - Thanks!
"If you miss this show you are just plain stupid." - johnny knuckles
Saturday January 12 to February 22
For more information about the CARNIVORA exhibition please visit ©POP Gallery
IN PERSON ON THE WEEKEND OF SAT/SUN JAN 12/13TH
World Premier and first leg in the exhibit tour of "Carnivora -The Dark Art Of The Automobile" which will coincide with the book release of the same name published by Barany Books/Scapegoat Publishing with an opening reception on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 7 PM, followed by a book signing by a number of the showcased artists on Sunday, January 13th, from 1 PM until 5 PM.More than 80 internationally renown post-
Pop artists contributed a piece or two for the book and exhibit (much, but not all of the works in the book will be on display) most notably, Robert Crumb, HR Giger, Robert Williams, Marshall Arisman, Stanley Mouse, Joe Coleman & Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO.
Detroit is well represented in both the book and exhibit with Niagara, Glenn Barr, Tom Thewes, Camilo Pardo, Chris Dean & Topher Crowder.An incredible array of some of the most well-known, Comic Expressionists, Post-Pop painters and Kustom Kulture renegades , all celebrating Detroit's gift to the human race.
Curated by NY Artist Super agent, Les Barany, Carnivora is a shadowy realm where flesh and machine coalesce into humanity’s greatest technical achievement — the Automobile.
Inispensable extensions of our nervous systems, cars are metallic monsters as dark and destructive as the men and women who drive them.Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles takes you on a chilling joyride powered by the Automotive Age’s hottest artists.
Carnivora presents a world where propriety and rules fly out the window vent like a lit cigarette butt , or a glob of spittle. Great art generally comes from a dark place, an alternative reality , a place of danger and excitement, not safety and comfort. Many of Carnivora's contributing artists were weaned on Kustom Kulture and all of it's thrill-seeking and dangerous glory. Here you will bear witness to the dark communion of flesh and metal, power and speed, life and death.
Welcome to Carnivora , drive at your own risk.
The exhibit runs to February 22nd, 2008
©POP is located at 4160 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan 48201, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Willis, 4 blocks south of the Detroit Institute of Art.
The Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12 Noon until 7 PM and Sunday from 1 PM until 5 PM.Phone us at (313) 833-9901 or visit the Gallery on line at www.cpop.com or www.MySpace.com/cpopgallery and for more specifics on the exhibit please visit www.MySpace.com/lesbaranyscarnivora, or email us at rick@cpop.com.
BOOK INFO
Published by the new Scapegoat imprint, Barany Books, Carnivora features work by 112 artists and writers. Advance copies of the book will be unveiled at the January 12th, 2008 opening of an exhibition of the same name at ©POP Detroit Gallery.
The exhibition, showcasing art from the book, will run concurrently with the Detroit International Auto Show. It will then move to L.A.’s L’Imagerie Gallery at a soon to be announced date in the Spring and to NYC’s Fuse Gallery in July.
For more info on Carnivora, the book also visit http://www.baranybooks.com/.
contact Les Baranay: LesBarany@aol.com