Seattle's Roq La Rue Gallery has a star-studded group show opening this Friday, May 8. Titled "Lush Life," the exhibition features Glenn Barr, Joe Sorren, Chris Berens, Travis Louie, Kukula, Femke Hiemstra, Brian Despain, and many other great painters. Top, Barr's "Summer"; Below left, Travis Louie's "Miss Cynthia." The whole show is viewable online too. From the show description:
While many galleries in the "underground"/Pop Surrealism art scene have increasing turned towards street art, Roq la Rue has decided to instead focus on the more formal, Symbolist -inspired painters in the genre. "Lush Life" brings together painters in both the alt-art world as well as contemporary art scene, who all work within a guideline of tight technical craftsmanship as well the use of opulent and decadent imagery to convey higher inner truths and emotions. This take on "Neo-Symbolism" is different from it's predecessor in that while it still mines the unconscious for a sense of mythic gravitas, it incorporates American culture's pervasive pop culture-flavored and cartoony aesthetic.
