THE ICONOCLASTIC DEAD PREMIERE

a video of the show i recently participated in, the ICONOCLASTIC DEAD premiere by Rafael "Dr Charro" Morales below. a great video, with amazing music. a video that i'm excited shows every piece of artwork! we can all feel like we were there in mexico to see the for the show ourselves :)

READ THE AUTUMN SOCIEY'S POST HERE:

It is with great pleasure and honor to announce the beginning of the Autumn Society Mexico. For starters, The Autumn Society's "THE ICONOCLASTIC DEAD" show was a big success in Mexico City! So much so, that we have signed on for several more shows to take place in Mexico City between 2012 & 2013!

At this point I'd like to thank several people for making this dream a reality. German Orozco for his leadership, friendship, the marimba, and for taking this show above and beyond! Jorsh Pena, for providing some stellar special guests and artists. Jorge Gutierrez, Rhode Montijo, and Alberto Cerriteno for sharing their wonderful art and accompanying us on the show. Guru Galeria y tienda for all the love and goods that they provided for the show (papel picado, t-shirts, postcards, ads, tequila, and all the rest!). Another big thank-you to Rosario Ruiz, Manuel Lugh, Romero Chagoyan, Bere & Bere, POGO, and all of the Hula Hula gang! Gracias a todos who came out that night!

iconoclastic dead preview

 

saturday night was the premeire for the ICONOCLASTIC DEAD show at guru gallery in MEXICO!  i was worried when my piece almost didn't make it there, but it got there and i'm excited to see some coverage since i'm not able to be there myself. 

READ MORE HERE: http://www.theautumnsociety.com/2011/10/tonight-autumn-society-takes-mexico.html#more

 

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GET A SNEAK PEEK PHOTOS OF THE SHOW HERE
VIEW SOME PIECES OF THE ICONOCLASTIC DEAD SHOW HERE: (http://www.theautumnsociety.com/search/label/The%20Iconoclastic%20Dead)

dia de los burton

we hit france, and now we're heading to MEXICO!  the autumn society is having the amazing "the iconoclastic dead" show at galeria guru in mexico city! the show premieres october 1 and runs to the end of the month, october 31. i'm honored to be one of 40+ artists participating in this phenominal show.

the iconoclastic dead is a "Dia De Los Muertos" themed show where artists celebrate someone famous they admire that is either dead or alive in the "Muertos" fashion.
 

i chose to illustrate tim burton. although i initially grew as an artist admiring and looking up to salvador dali most of all, tim burton has slowly been advancing a step ahead in my heart. i'm beyond inspired by all that tim burton does. his vision and his ideas are unique and dark and confusing. everything i love. growing up, i was obsessed with his movies and when i became old enough to realize that there was much more to tim burton than movies, i was able to start appreciating his art and his mind.  it's like a weird distanced relationship that evolved from childhood to adulthood. this is just my weird, long, unnecessary way of saying he inspires me.

i designed my piece as a 3-dimensional piece. burton and the white border on one piece of glass, the floral pattern on another piece, are all raised about an inch above background with tge sandworm and skull. an additional bit of dimension is the swirly hill silhouette, which is placed about halfway between the top and bottom layers.  basically, there are a lot of layers going on and it looks pretty amazing in person. these photos absolutely do it no justice.

 initially, i wanted to include several characters from tim burton movies and his artwork, all designed in the day of the dead style. to keep a better flow to the pieces, i only featured the sandworm and some jack skellington heads.

trying to show the dimension in the piece, you can see below with the shadows..

Gurú Tienda Galería

Colima 143, LA ROMA
Mexico City, Mexico

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