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PRESS CONTACT: Kathy MacPherson (310) 665.6909 kmacpherson@otis.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Otis College of Art and Design to Present Exhibition
Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction
Solo Exhibition of Recent Work by Prominent Pop Surrealist Painter Todd Schorr
LOS ANGELES – March 25, 2010 – Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present the exhibition Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction, to be held June 26 through September 11, 2010 at Ben Maltz Gallery. A public opening reception takes place Saturday June 26, 4-7pm, sponsored by Hurley, featuring music by GLUE ONE. A limited edition Hurley t-shirt designed by Schorr is available for purchase one night only, and Schorr conducts a book-signing of his recent monograph American Surreal published and presented by Last Gasp Books during the reception. Otis Continuing Education is offering exhibition-related, art-making workshops for kids and families during the exhibition July 10, 31, and August 21, 10am-12pm. The gallery hosts a conversation with Schorr and Curator Meg Linton on Saturday, September 11 at 3pm.
Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction is a solo exhibition featuring 50+ paintings and preliminary drawings from the last ten years by Los Angeles-based artist Todd Schorr, a leading figure in the Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow art movements. Schorr is undeniably inspired by Renaissance masters such as Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, and Salvador Dali, as well as the early animated cartoons of Walt Disney and Max Fleischer, underground comics best exemplified by Zap, and classic films from the 1930’s such as King Kong and Frankenstein. Using the exacting techniques of the old masters, his highly polished, fantastic paintings are intricate narratives about evolution and the plight of man. Schorr says: “Like any artist of worth, it took many long years of struggle and investigative thought along with trial and error as well as constant honing of technique to reach the point where I felt I had created a language which, when spoken well, would command some semblance of purpose. I work in what is best described as a surreal style but filtered through the mind and eyes of what is, for better or worse, uniquely American.”
Object Description
| Exhibition | Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction |
| Artist(s) | Schorr, Todd |
| Title | Press release for "Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction" |
| Year | 2010 |
| Decade(s) | 2010s |
| Curator(s) | Linton, Meg |
| Description | For immediate release: March 25, 2010. |
| Gallery | Ben Maltz Gallery |
| ImageID | TSrelease |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full Text of PDF | PRESS CONTACT: Kathy MacPherson (310) 665.6909 kmacpherson@otis.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Otis College of Art and Design to Present Exhibition Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction Solo Exhibition of Recent Work by Prominent Pop Surrealist Painter Todd Schorr LOS ANGELES – March 25, 2010 – Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to present the exhibition Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction, to be held June 26 through September 11, 2010 at Ben Maltz Gallery. A public opening reception takes place Saturday June 26, 4-7pm, sponsored by Hurley, featuring music by GLUE ONE. A limited edition Hurley t-shirt designed by Schorr is available for purchase one night only, and Schorr conducts a book-signing of his recent monograph American Surreal published and presented by Last Gasp Books during the reception. Otis Continuing Education is offering exhibition-related, art-making workshops for kids and families during the exhibition July 10, 31, and August 21, 10am-12pm. The gallery hosts a conversation with Schorr and Curator Meg Linton on Saturday, September 11 at 3pm. Todd Schorr: Designed for Extinction is a solo exhibition featuring 50+ paintings and preliminary drawings from the last ten years by Los Angeles-based artist Todd Schorr, a leading figure in the Pop Surrealism and Lowbrow art movements. Schorr is undeniably inspired by Renaissance masters such as Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, and Salvador Dali, as well as the early animated cartoons of Walt Disney and Max Fleischer, underground comics best exemplified by Zap, and classic films from the 1930’s such as King Kong and Frankenstein. Using the exacting techniques of the old masters, his highly polished, fantastic paintings are intricate narratives about evolution and the plight of man. Schorr says: “Like any artist of worth, it took many long years of struggle and investigative thought along with trial and error as well as constant honing of technique to reach the point where I felt I had created a language which, when spoken well, would command some semblance of purpose. I work in what is best described as a surreal style but filtered through the mind and eyes of what is, for better or worse, uniquely American.” |
