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Iva Troj, Rachael Bridge, and Meagan ‘Magpie’ Rodgers Come Together for ‘Angel Dust’

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Simply put, Dark Art Emporium says its new show is about "the Fantastic." With paintings from Iva Troj, Rachael Bridge, and Meagan "Magpie" Rodgers, "Angel Dust" takes a diverse approach to this concept—though all carry the dark surrealist undertones the Long Beach venue is known for offering. The show kicks off on Sept. 14 at the gallery.


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Simply put, Dark Art Emporium says its new show is about “the Fantastic.” With paintings from Iva Troj, Rachael Bridge, and Meagan “Magpie” Rodgers, “Angel Dust” takes a diverse approach to this concept—though all carry the dark surrealist undertones the Long Beach venue is known for offering. The show kicks off on Sept. 14 at the gallery.


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“Three fantastic artists, each bringing a new selection of fantastic works, featuring fantastical creatures all dwelling within fantastic worlds. This is the looking glass. You are welcomed to play the part of Alice and step inside. The door you take could lead anywhere. To a lush environment filled with the swarming visages of anthropomorphic copulations, maidens and gods (Iva Troj), Or perhaps the eternal forest, existing in a blanket of everlasting night with demons and ghosts as your guides (Meagan “Magpie” Rodgers), or you may end up alone, confronted only by the mirrored image of yourself (But not) staring back at you with all of the fears and anxieties that live within you made flesh and beautiful (Rachael Bridge).”

See more works from the show below and on the gallery’s site.


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Though Iva Troj's paintings share the sensibility and feminine grace present in Renaissance era art, her work is informed by her modern point of view. Growing up in the outskirts of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the now UK-based artist was faced early on with male dominance in a communist country. She often expresses admiration for women artists like Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, whose mere existence was seen as problematic, while men at the time were painting women to look like dolls. "I so wanted to just go in there and change them all," she says.

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