This month, Copro Gallery in Santa Monica once again pays homage to Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, helmer of horror-tinged films like Hellboy, Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth, and others. “Inspirations, Curiosities & Other Oddities” collects work from more than 50 artists. In turn, the show also pays tribute to the names that influenced Del Toro: Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, and others.
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Chet Zar
Ania Tomicka
David MacDowell
Christine Aria
Matt Dangler
“This show will be the fourth in a series of art shows that Chogrin has been putting together in tribute to del Toro since 2013’s ‘Into the Labyrinth & Mind of Guillermo del Toro,’” a statement says. “With each one of these art shows Chogrin hopes to create & curate artworks that showcase the many layers of del Toro’s genius work.”
Featured artists include Michael Ramstead, Gerald Brom, Chet Zar, Rovina Cai, Matt Dangle, Mark Covell, and several others. The works range from watercolors and acrylics to digital creations. See more of the works below.
Eric Bonhomme
Chet Phillips
Rovina Cai
Gerald Brom
Guillermo del Toro is known as one of the most imaginative filmmakers working today. As the director of some of this generation's most inventive horror and monster genre films, from Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Pacific Rim (2013), and Crimson Peak (2015), it should come as no surprise that del Toro loves monsters- and he has a creepy art collection to match. His treasured collection has been a work in progress since he was a child in Guadalajara, Mexico, and given its significant impact on del Toro's work and process, is now being brought to the public, courtesy of LACMA.
Do you recall the disappointed feeling from childhood, when someone told you the imaginary creations of your pretend games were not real? Painter 
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Tomorrow night,