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August 13, 2015
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“Summer Soirée” Exhibits Works Inspired by Summer Heat and Mythology

This month coincides with the rising of Sirius, Orion's dog star, from which the dog days of summer take their namesake and Copro Gallery's upcoming group show. Inspired by the summer star, the participating artists of "Summer Soirée" draw upon seasonal and fantastical themes for the exhibition. In particular, the exhibit features a new series of acrylic paintings by Florida based artist Scott Scheidly, previously covered here on the blog. His portraits play on the mythological associations of Sirius with oncoming heat, fevers and evil, as in Homer's Iliad.

Scott Scheidly

This month coincides with the rising of Sirius, Orion’s dog star, from which the dog days of summer take their namesake and Copro Gallery’s upcoming group show. Inspired by the summer star, the participating artists of “Summer Soirée” draw upon seasonal and fantastical themes for the exhibition. In particular, the exhibit features a new series of acrylic paintings by Florida based artist Scott Scheidly, previously covered here on the blog. His portraits play on the mythological associations of Sirius with oncoming heat, fevers and evil, as in Homer’s Iliad. Summertime goddesses are portrayed wearing dramatic headdresses of combined flora and fauna elements, a signature of his works. His paintings are on display alongside new works by Viktor Safonkin, Nick Sheehy, Leslie Ditto, Brian Smith, Clare Toms, and Erik Alos. Nick Sheehy also exhibits a blurred narrative in his macabre illustrations of oddball characters. Using mostly graphite and watercolor, he draws frogs tying together symbols of summer, such as pineapples and skull-faced cicadas, with red string. Sheehy’s drawings continue from where his recent exhibition, “Metamorphosis” left off, which explored themes of change, death, and his childhood imagination. Take a look at more works from “Summer Soirée” below, opening at Copro Gallery in Los Angeles on August 15th.

Scott Scheidly

Nick Sheehy

Viktor Safonkin

Clare Toms

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copro gallery, Dog Days, nick sheehy, Scott Scheidly, Sirius

copro gallery, Nathan Spoor, Suggestivism

August 11, 2014

Artist and curator Nathan Spoor takes over Copro Gallery in Santa Monica this month for another iteration of his "Suggestivism" group show, an annual exhibition with a rotating roster of contemporary artists. Spoor coined the term "Suggestivism" during his graduate studies to describe the type of ambiguous, fantastical figurative art he was creating. He later discovered that art historian Sadakichi Hartmann used the term as early as 1890 to describe “an art that is possibly more than it seems, or possibly an art that is not what it seems.” The description seems apt for the collection of dreamlike, imagination-driven works in the show, featuring artists like Amy Sol, Dan May, Scott Musgrove, Heidi Tailifer, Michael Page, Hannah Yata and Marco Mazzoni. Spoor has staged past versions of the show in LA, Rome and New York. Take a look at the new work in this year's rendition below.

Preview: “Roadside Attractions” Group Show at Copro Gallery

copro gallery, Cris Velasco, Halloween, Roadside Attractions

October 13, 2014

As Halloween approaches, Copro Gallery is gearing up for their "Roadside Attractions" group show, a dark art extravaganza guest curated by film and video game composer Cris Velasco. Subtitled "A collection of oddities," the exhibition features works in a variety of media. Some pieces revel gleefully in the idea of evil, like Clifton Harvey and Matt Dangler's paintings, while others present insidious-looking, haunting specters (as in the case of Laurie Lee Brom and Chris Mars). The exhibition opens on October 18 alongside Chet Zar's solo show, "All Hallow's Eve." Following the opening, viewers will have the chance to fully immerse themselves in the shows' macabre themes at the gallery's Halloween costume party. Take a look at our preview of "Roadside Attractions" below.

Preview: Chet Zar’s “All Hallows’ Eve” at Copro Gallery

Black Moon, Chet Zar, copro gallery, Halloween, Yayoi Kusama

October 18, 2014

With Halloween just around the corner, we're seeing many exhibitions exploring darker themes and subject matter inspired by the season- from new works by the Black Moon collective to "The 13th Hour" at Last Rites gallery, and even Yayoi Kusama's "Pumpkins". Among the spookiest is opening tonight at Copro Gallery; Chet Zar's "ALL HALLOWS' EVE", coinciding with their group show "Roadside Attractions" (previewed here). Lover of horror cinema, monsters, movie props and all things Halloween, Zar contributes a new body of work with some of the holiday's most popular images in his style. Glowing skulls, witches, ghosts and the mysterious unknown are all represented in these colorful 60s-inspired illustrations.

Opening Night: “BLAB!” Group Show at Copro Gallery

Blab Show, copro gallery, mark ryden, Monte Beauchamp, Robert S. Connett

September 17, 2014

For nearly a decade, Copro Gallery has fused emerging talents with established names in the New contemporary art game in their annual "BLAB!" show. The show is the brainchild of Blab World creator and art director, Monte Beauchamp, representative of his eclectic taste in artists of varying aesthetics and a penchant for the unusual. Many of them have appeared in most, if not all, of the annual shows and developed together with the event. Last Saturday, "BLAB!" celebrated it's ninth year as an exhibition with the announcement of the upcoming BLAB World 3 anthology.

“Summer Soirée” Exhibits Works Inspired by Summer Heat and Mythology

Preview: “Suggestivism” Group Show at Copro Gallery

Preview: “Roadside Attractions” Group Show at Copro Gallery

Preview: Chet Zar’s “All Hallows’ Eve” at Copro Gallery

Opening Night: “BLAB!” Group Show at Copro Gallery

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