(Left) James Flames (Right) Joshua Budich
In The Garage: 'Art Celebrating Geek Culture opens Friday at Blank Space Gallery in Connecticut. Inspired by Weezer's Blue Album staple "In The Garage" which shares a lot of theme's with The Beach Boy's "In My Room" is about the places we went as children and young adults where we felt safe, from the Mushroom Kingdom, the Garage Band, to fighting in the Ring against Bald Bull. It harkens back to a simpler time in our lives when the most pressing issue was getting home from school to save the Princess, or covering three chord punk songs in the basement with friends. It's the common shared pasts we've all had being "geeks." Finding within our own memories the idea that though we might have been playing Nintendo by ourselves, we were hardly alone.'
(Left) Matt Leunig (Right) Exclusive World Premier Tim Doyle
The show will feature exclusive work from
aelhra, aRT, Joshua Budich, Armando Chainsawhands, Tim Doyle, Nate Duval, Rene Gagnon, James Flames, Free Humanity, Matt Leunig, Moniker, Zeb Love, A. J. Masthay, Brain Methe, Russ Moore, Jermaine Rogers, Justin, Santora, Jay Shaw, Jon Smith, John Vogl (The Bungaloo) and David Welker.
ALSO
Exhibitor Joshua Budich has a new print called, 'Brutally Cool' - an obvious homage to Quentin Tarantino. It's a 12"x18", 5-color screenprint; signed and numbered, limited-edition 150, available now for $25.
