Glenn
Barr
"Haunted
World "
April 2 - May 2, 2004
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Glenn Barr's robots, creatures, and vixens live in a seedy, yet swingin' 1960s universe, drenched in the haze of a post industrial hangover. Working out of the burgeoning lowbrow movement in Detroit, Barr uses elements of pop culture to infuse familiarity to an otherwise parallel reality, where angels and devils alike share the same urban playground. With a nod to pulp art and cartooning, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in both their simplicity and depth. Glenn Barr is one of Detroit's most celebrated and successful underground artists. His paintings have appeared in galleries from Seattle and San Francisco to New York City. Glenn's work has been featured in a variety of comics and graphic novels such as Mad, DC Comics and Paradox Press as well as in a series of self published books called HEEP. Barr's contribution to animation include background styling for The Ren and Stimpy Show, Bjork's I Miss You video, and The New Woody Woodpecker Show. Barr's paintings have been reproduced in art journals like Juxtapoz, Juxtapoz Erotica, and Film Threat magazine and a book, Lowlife Paradise: The Works of Glenn Barr, published by La Luz de Jesus Press & Last Gasp. |
