Artist Reception : A CONVERSATION - Art by Ann Vollum (Beastly Beasties) and Russell Christian @ SOPAC

The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) unveils the latest in its rotating series of visual art exhibitions in the Herb & Milly Iris Gallery at SOPAC.  On view from June 7 – September 18, 2014, is A CONVERSATION, an exhibit featuring paintings, drawings and constructs by NJ-based artists Ann Vollum (Beastly Beasties) and Russell Christian, and is curated by Micha Hamilton.

Kicking off the exhibition is a free reception Wednesday, June 18th @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm, featuring a meet-and-greet with the artists.  The artwork on exhibit is for sale with partial proceeds supporting SOPAC.


Examining the artworks of Ann Vollum and Russell Christian as a
whole, one might sense they are looking at an alternate timeline of
human evolution and bio-diversity as filtered through the prism of
cultural anthropologists informed with a love for dark humor. If the
drawn line is the single-celled organism of all artistic creation, Ann
Vollum’s Beastly Beasties
could very well be the first creatures to have emerged from the
primordial muck, while Russell Christian’s characters could be
considered a record of the bent, bloated and twisted sense of human self
in it’s gluttonous pursuit of dominance in the natural world.
Independent of what subtext or underlying message these images might
hold, their works are fun, frisky and easy to enjoy, and should be reveled with the joy and wonder of child-like abandon.

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