Our Artist for the month of 
August 2020 is

BEN TOLMAN

​​Please click this image to visit his gallery page. ▲

​January 24 to March 24, 2017

Reception: Wednesday, January 25 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CST
​211 W Main St, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804
​

Of particular interest to our member artists:

Joe MacGown will be including this collaborative drawing  in his upcoming exhibition at the
​Gumtree Museum of Art in Tupelo, MS. 

​Antipodes Project 3. 70 by 44 inches. Collaborative drawing by:

Ben Tolman, Joe MacGown, Joseph H. MacGown, Julianne MacGown, Ryan Thornburg, Otto Rapp, Marnie Pitts, Pizo Meyer, Zachary Nolin, Chloe Marsters, Jay Garfinkle, Marcel Bakker, Paulo Cunha, Alexander Bostic, Deborah Valentine, Gil Perry, and Lars Peterson.

A successful opening on July 29th 2016 at the Fridge Gallery in Washington DC

​​Antipodes Video on FB - Live at the Opening

posted by Otto Rapp

The drawing "Scroll", by artist Bette Burgoyne, was completed in early 2011 and displayed through April 2011 at Amo Art Gallery. "Scroll" is white pencil on black paper, measuring over 10 feet in length. Display requirements make viewing "Scroll" in person a rare experience. In order to share the drawing with everyone, this 5 minute video was created.

- Video editing by Jeff Cerar / 4th Wall Films.

- Music permission for Animal Collective's "Visiting Friends" specifically for "Scroll" granted by Animal Collective, Rough Trade Publishing, and Fat Cat Records.

- Image file of "Scroll" courtesy of Art & Soul Photo, Seattle, WA.

Scroll
​a white pencil drawing on black paper measuring over 10 feet in length, debuted in April 2011 at Amo Art.

posted by Otto Rapp

​Antipodes Project:  
70 by 44 inches. Collaborative Micron pen drawing on 20 pieces of 11 x 14 inch Bristol Paper.
Participating Artists:
​Ben Tolman, Joe MacGown, Joseph H. MacGown, Julianne MacGown, Ryan Thornburg, Otto Rapp, Marnie Pitts, Pizo Meyer, Zachary Nolin, Chloe Marsters, Jay Garfinkle, Marcel Bakker, Paulo Cunha, Alexander Bostic, Deborah Valentine, Gil Perry, and Lars Peterson

This panel is currently on display at 
LUSO - AMERICAN SURREALISM of the 21st Century: Mississippi State, MS​
from January 21 to February 19, 2016

Here are the individual 20 panels that make up this magnificent work: 

© the copyright belongs to each participating artist on this project

Note:
​this is just one of the project pieces artists were working on. There may be more completed in future.
​Joe told me some time ago that there might be additional panels on this one as well - it is a growing work! 

​
For more news, if you are on Facebook,
​check out the Antipodes Project Group ► 

Bator Art Gallery Beskidzka Galeria Sztuki 
and
Centrum Promocji Kultury 
w Dzielnicy Praga Południe

invites you to the opening reception of “Magical Dreams III”

opening in Bator Art Gallery: 
19 September 2015 at 7 pm. 
The exhibition continues untill Nowember 30th 2015 
ul. Myśliwska 60, 43-370 Szczyrk

opening in Centrum Promocji Kultury: 
Jannuary 9th, 2016 at 7 pm. 
The exhibition continues untill Jannuary 30th 2016 
ul. Podskarbińska 2, 03-833 Warszawa

SURREALISM NOW - Português
International Surrealism Now é um projeto do pintor surrealista Santiago Ribeiro, que se tem dedicado à promoção do surrealismo do século XXI, através de exposições pelo mundo. A exposição está patente na Antiga Capitania do Porto de Aveiro, até ao dia 30 de abril.
A International Surrealism Now começou em Coimbra em 2010, onde Santiago Ribeiro preparou uma grande exposição organizada pela Fundação Bissaya Barreto. Este evento, já esteve em Conímbriga, no 50.º aniversário do Museu Monográfico de Conímbriga. Fez depois uma itinerância por Paris com o apoio da GAPP – Galeria de Arte Portugal Presente e Liba WS, organizado uma vez mais pela Fundação Bissaya Barreto e Santiago Ribeiro, e por Madrid com o apoio de Yamal Din. Depois disso, foi para Dallas com o apoio da artista surrealista norte americana Shahla Rosa.
Surrealism Now conta neste momento com 64 artistas de 30 países.
A exposição é composta com obras de desenho, pintura, fotografia, arte digital e escultura.
A exposição pode ser visitada de segunda a sexta das 9h30 às 12h30 e das 14h00 às 18h00. Entrada gratuita.

SURREALISM NOW - English
International Surrealism Now is curated by the artist Santiago Ribeiro, who has dedicated himself to promoting  surrealism of this century through exhibitions around the world. The exhibition is open in the former Old Captaincy of the Port of Aveiro, until the 30th of April.
The International Surrealism Now began in Coimbra in 2010, where Santiago Ribeiro prepared a major exhibition organized by Bissaya Barreto Foundation. This event has been in Conímbriga, the 50th anniversary of the Museu de Conimbriga.  It then went to Paris with the support of GAPP - Art Gallery Portugal Present and Liba WS, organized once again by Bissaya Barreto Foundation and Santiago Ribeiro, and Madrid with the support of Yamal Din. After that, it went to Dallas with the support of the US surrealist artist Shahla Rosa.
Surrealism Now exhibits at the moment with 64 artists from 30 countries.
The exhibition consists of works of drawing, painting, photography, digital art and sculpture.
The exhibition can be visited from Monday to Friday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 14.00 to 18.00. Free admission.

posted by Otto Rapp 

New Book written and illustrated by Andrew L. Paciorek

Containing over 100 original pen & ink portraits alongside biographic text, The Human Chimaera is an indispensable guide to the greatest stars of the circus sideshows and dime museums.

Includes a foreword by John Robinson of Sideshow World.

Available now in a choice of three cover formats.

Update: 
JUSTIN EHRLICH interviews Visionary Artist ANDY PACIOREK

Strange Lands
A Field-Guide to the Celtic Otherworld

Post by Otto Rapp

Click the image for a preview of the book

About the Author:
Andy Paciorek is a graphic artist, drawn mainly to the worlds of myth, folklore, symbolism, decadence, curiosa, anomaly, dark romanticism and otherworldly experience. He is fascinated both by the beautiful and the grotesque and the twilight threshold consciousness where these boundaries blur. The mist-gates, edges and liminal zones where nature borders supernature and daydreams and nightmares cross paths are of great inspiration.

About the book:
Strange Lands is a deeply researched and richly illustrated information guide to the entities and beasts of Celtic myth & legend and to the many strange beings that have entered the lore of the land through the influence of other cultures and technological evolution. 
At nearly 400 pages and featuring over 170 original illustrations, Strange Lands is an essential accompaniment for both the novice and seasoned walkers between worlds.
The following text from the foreword by Dr Karl Shuker ~ 
"Right from a child, I have always been fascinated by mythology and folklore, especially the rich corpus originating in the British Isles, and I have read very extensively on the subject. However, I can say in all honesty that Strange Lands is one of the most comprehensive single volumes on British mythological entities that I have ever encountered. Even Dr Katharine M. Briggs’s essential tome, A Dictionary of Fairies, universally acclaimed as the standard work on such beings, now has a rival in terms of the sheer diversity of examples documented. 
And where Strange Lands effortlessly outpoints even that classic work is of course in its illustrations, which are truly breathtaking in their beauty, intricacy, and vibrancy" from the foreword by Dr Karl Shuker

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