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3/11/2010

Sophie Crumb - Irvin Morazan

DCKT Contemporary (old location), New York

SOPHIE CRUMB

DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present SOPHIE CRUMB's debut solo exhibition. This exhibition coincides with the release of the monograph Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist, edited by her parents R. Crumb & Aline Kominsky-Crumb and published by W. W. Norton. A talk with R. Crumb is scheduled for 7pm on Monday, November 1 at Barnes & Noble - Union Square.

CRUMB's drawings are expressionistic, unforgiving and starkly revelatory. CRUMB mines her emotions to create works based on her current experiences but always with an eye on her unique and eccentric past. Her drawings and prints often depict events culled from her life in a small town in rural France, as well as periods of time in New York and Berkeley.

Other CRUMB drawings critique the way the media churns through people and products for the next big story, or flash in the pan. Images of models, starlets and socialites are rendered in harsh colors. Sunglass models no longer have perfect, airbrushed skin but are covered in the lines of the artist's hand. Starlet meltdowns are exposed with a tinge of sadness directed toward the media-addicted public that demands scandal.

Sophie Crumb: Evolution of a Crazy Artist explores the development of an artist from her earliest beginnings to the present. CRUMB has peppered the book with commentary explaining the circumstances of her life at the time the drawings were made. CRUMB discusses the challenges of growing up the daughter of two celebrated artists and the pressure to find her own voice.

CRUMB has been included in group shows at DCKT Contemporary, Paul Morris Gallery and other galleries. She has been published in Vogue, V, Nylon, Vice and numerous other magazines. She has also collaborated with R. Crumb & Aline Kominsky-Crumb on Dirty Laundry Comics and produced her own series, Belly Button Comix. CRUMB is a practicing tattoo artist and lives in the south of France with her husband and their son Eli.

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IRVIN MORAZAN

DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present a series of performances by IRVIN MORAZAN. MORAZAN creates characters that perform absurd sacrifices while wearing fantastical sculptural headdresses. He intertwines pre-Columbian mythologies with gluttonous rituals and ceremonies involving food. MORAZAN merges ancient tribal traditions with urban street aesthetics to invent personas that blur the boundaries of culture and stereotypes. The value of history and theory and their relation to contemporary art is central to his process.

MORAZAN's upcoming performances at DCKT Contemporary include:
Thursday, November 4, 7:30pm
Introducing Masterblaster
A sound battle between Ghettoblaster & Masterblaster that starts in the gallery and ends in the street.
Sunday, November 14, 3:30pm
Orgasmic/Delicious
Bewitching sounds nourish a force-fed ritual.

Sunday, November 21, 3:30pm
XIPE-TOTEC
Intensely solemn, otherworldly sounds set the tone. Two characters wearing headdresses assume positions opposite one another. Fleshy substances created with the aid of microwave ovens are thrown at each other in a messy ritual.

MORAZAN lives and works in New York, NY. He received a BFA from The School of Visual Arts in 2003. MORAZAN attended the Skowhegan Residency in 2009 and is a recipient of a Mapplethorpe Award. Recent performances and group exhibitions include Art in Odd Places 2010, Jersey City Museum (NJ), Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (NM), Museum of the Caribbean (Baranquilla, Colombia), Marte Museum (El Salvador), Bronx River Arts Center (NY) and Exit Art (NY).

Image: Irvin Morazan, Neon Coyote Headdress, 2009

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 4, 6-8pm

DCKT Contemporary
195 Bowery (at Spring Street).
Hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11am - 6pm; Saturday, noon - 6pm; Sunday, noon - 5pm.
free admission

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