New Amphisbaena Print!

My original gouache painting of Amphisbaena will appear in the forthcoming Fantagraphics book "Beasts II" which is due out in December. In addition, I just finished this seven color screenprint for a "Beasts" themed Fantagraphics print show in January. The edition size is 34 and the prints are 10" x 13." I will be sending some to Fantagraphics for the show. The rest are available for sale on my site slimlimb.com. Price is $50 plus shipping. Get em' before they're gone. Email orders to ckerr@colum.edu.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the mythological beast known as Amphisbaena:

Amphisbaena (pronounced /ˌæmfɪsˈbiːnə/, plural: amphisbaenae), Amphisbaina, Amphisbene, Amphisboena, Amphisbona, Amphista, Amphivena, or Anphivena (the last two being feminine), a Greek word, from amphis, meaning "both ways", and bainein, meaning "to go", also called the Mother of Ants, is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. According to Greek mythology, the mythological amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with it in his hand. Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march. Amphisbaenae fed off of the corpses left behind. The amphisbaena has been referred to by the poets, such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and A. E. Housman, and the amphisbaena as a mythological and legendary creature has been referenced by Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Isidore of Seville, and Thomas Browne, the last of whom debunked its existence.

"Digestive System" by Jacob Smith

You may remember my five year old nephew from previous posts. He's doing medical research now!

UBERFACE!

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New stuff on slimlimb.com !

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New City article 6/26

Profile of the Artist
Chris Kerr

Jason Foumberg

"It’s gonna be epic!" says Chris Kerr in anticipation of his recent exhibition opening, likely referring to the battling monkeys, alligators, wizards and cannibalistic Girl Scouts in his pictures. Kerr’s painted world is a mix of mythic and magical beings, often in ambiguous hazy spaces or non-descript, empty landscapes. As a self-professed friend of animals, and reared on Disney cartoons, Kerr’s sensibility comes across in waves of humor and abandon: a mother and cub tiger hug lovingly, but also monkeys fight in trees with bloody swords. The tooth fairy is a pudgy, balding man and Santa gets it on with a snowman in a snow globe. The just opened "Neo-Country" exhibit also contains the treasures of Kerr’s recent forays in the woodshop including facsimile hangers, irons, clothespins and lint rollers, presumably to accompany the hand-printed t-shirts.

Most of Kerr’s paintings and drawings have an air-brushed background, and the figures are painted in acrylic. He attempts to get a painting just right in a single sitting. This means that as mistakes happen, the work gets thrown away. Kerr’s successful works display his sense of spontaneity and improvisation like a comedian with a good sense of timing. Humor is abundant in Kerr’s pictures and sculptures, as is a rampant imagination. He pulls out witches, robots, gnomes and zombies as if they had always existed and one merely needed to look in the correct spots to see them.

A group of garden gnomes sit squat in the bushes outside the gallery. Kerr’s gnomes are made literally from the garden, as he dug a cone-shaped hole in the ground and filled it with plaster. When they dried, they came out and were painted with pointy hats and beards, their noses the shape of Kerr’s thumb, from the inverse casting. Whimsy seems to flow through Kerr’s blood.

"Neo-Country" is currently showing at The Believe Inn, a new alternative space in artist Sighn’s studio. Known for hand-carving words and phrases in wood, Sighn has been working on carving "It’s OK" in an edition of one million. This Thursday beginning at noon at The Believe Inn he will work for twenty-four hours non-stop, and welcomes an audience. A tree is planted for each sign sold.

Chris Kerr shows at The Believe Inn, 2043 North Winchester, www.believeinn.org, June 26 5pm-9pm and June 28 Noon-4pm.

(2008-06-24)

Extended Hours for Neo Country

This guy was in jail during the opening and emailed me to see if The Believe Inn would extend operating hours. In the spirit of "Neo Country," his wish was granted. The Inn will be open Thursday 6/26 5-9PM and Saturday 6/28 noon-4PM. Come see the show and drink a PBR with me and this guy.

Neo Country at the Believe Inn

Thanks to all who came out. The show is up through this week. Sighn will be doing an "ITS OK" 24 hour cut-a-thon at the space, Noon June 26th til Noon June 27th. Head over there and keep him awake and check out Neo Country if you missed it. Also, I have more pictures of the "dickheads" at the opening. You know who you are. I'd like to put your photo on the blog. Let me know if ITS OK.
LUV,
NEO COUNTRY

M & M

"Puberty"

"What's a goin' on in here?" Jim Zimpel breakin' up the party.
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Tom Stack checkin' out
the Gift Shop.
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Sighn
www.sighn.net

Oops. Too many people in the inn. Floor started collapsing.