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“The Ace Is Wild” Group Exhibition with Artists Mu Pan, John Haverty and Richard Kirk



Mu Pan, John Haverty and Richard Kirk are three talented artists that all work with ballpoint pens, inks, watercolors, a few brushes and large paper. Their group exhibition entitled The Ace Is Wild opens at Copro Gallery this Saturday evening. The exhibition runs from June 16 through July 7. Click here to see the show preview. Read more about these artists after the jump!


The Long March (panel 1) by Mu Pan

 
Mu Pan, John Haverty and Richard Kirk are three talented artists that all work with ballpoint pens, inks, watercolors, a few brushes and large paper. Their group exhibition entitled The Ace Is Wild opens at Copro Gallery this Saturday evening. The exhibition runs from June 16 through July 7. Click here to see the show preview.

 

The Long March (panel 2) by Mu Pan

 

 

The Long March (panel 3) by Mu Pan

 



Mu Pan was born 1976 in Taiwan as a child of a military family his favorite artistic subjects are the history of China mixed with fantastic terror scenarios of warriors fighting with dogs, frogs and other strange-animal-human mutations. It brings to mind characters from a painting by Hieronymus Bosch in a disjointed modern world.

 

Toad Licking by John Haverty
 

John Haverty was born in Boston, Massachusetts,but travelled through thirty-four countries on five continents before his twenty-third birthday. He states that these experiences abroad helped shape and influence the diverse body of work that he currently illustrates and paints. “When it comes to art-making, both my process and subject matter are inspired by what I am deeply afraid of. I despise the dark, but am a nocturnal worker. Solitude unsettles me, but I deliberately work in lonely environments. Much of the imagery in my work has a nautical feel, yet I have an irrational fear of water, with all of its mystery, its alien creatures, the threat of drowning to death. Paper is the space in which I feel most free to confront, explore, even play with these taboo fascinations.”

 


Peering into Darkness by Richard Kirk
 

Richard Kirk is a visual artist, illustrator, and author living in Canada. He actively shows in Canada, USA and Europe, and has works in many private collections throughout the world. He has illustrated works by Clive Barker, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Christopher Golden, China Mieville, and others. Richard created the artwork for the eighth CD by the rock band Korn.

 

Frog War by Mu Pan

 

 

Frog War by Mu Pan
 

 

Deer Hunter Series by Mu Pan

 

 

Deer Hunter Series by Mu Pan
 

 

Strange Days by John Haverty
 

 

Pug by John Haverty
 

 

Offbeat Hinterlands by John Haverty
 

 

Emissions of Hypocrisy by Richard Kirk
 

 

Unaccountable Absence of the Wastrel by Richard Kirk
 

 

Harrowing Sediment by Richard Kirk
 

 

Savage Sideshow by Richard Kirk
 

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