Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave
310.264.4678
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Robbie Conal, Street poster after the original Read My Apocalips, 2004
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Opens Saturday Oct 18, 2008 (6–9pm)
Oct 18, 2008 – Nov 22, 2008
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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Authors for Obama hosts a special fund-raiser supporting Nevada voter turn-out efforts, on Sunday, October 19 (6-8pm, $75).
Even Robbie Conal's most fervent admirers tend to see his work primarily through their car windows. His trademark posters — featuring his unique style of portraiture (thick black lines, physiognomic flaws intensified) and knack for satirical puns (Starr Fucker; Read My Apocalips) — have festooned overpasses and transformer cases in SoCal and beyond for almost 40 years. But few know about his parallel track as a gifted studio painter, where his political wit meets a deep understanding of art history and a talent for impasto, bold color, and complex symbolic narratives. Now a much-anticipated survey of Conal's lengthy career gives audiences the chance to contemplate all of his talents in stationary comfort.
