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Girls Girls Girls
Luckystar Studio
5407 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee
www.Luckystarstudio.com
Through July 14.
"Gorilla My Dreams"
By Judith Ann Moriarty
In order to be a true blue fan of Bridget & Gene
Evans, you need to follow them around. In
Milwaukee they’ve been north (on Holton) south (in
the Third Ward), and now they’re “west” at 5407
Vliet Street, having returned from a year of
recuperative meditation in Chicago. They’re glad to
be back. I hope they stick around as I’m weary of
tracking them hither and yon.
Girl Girls Girls opened on Sunday, June 24, and is
hung salon style in the 8’ x 10’ “Green Room,”
which more or less matches the green tea the
couple offer for tippling during their “Low Tea” time
on Wednesdays. Luckystar’s logo is a fanged
gorilla, a jokey poke at stuffy galleries. In fact
when they were considering renting the 1500
(plus) square-foot space, the landlord arrived with
a cake (from nearby Eat Cake) emblazoned with
their gorilla logo. The gesture went a long way
toward sealing the deal.
I’m not a devotee of “theme” exhibits, but
Luckystar makes it happen by assembling artists
who push the envelope of creativity. As you’d
expect at a show titled Girls Girls Girls, the subject
matter focuses on ample girls, thin girls, girls young
and old. Covering the walls are images of femmes
painted, collaged, photographed, and remembered
in poems by local writer Eddie Kilowatt. Expect full
frontal nudity and full ahead masturbation in
Stephen Somers pencil drawing Anything for
Money. Somers also offers a painting of a fully
clothed Michelle Williams Having Coffee. A clutch of
photos (by Katherine Biehl) depicts Panties My Bitch
Ate, priced at a very modest $25, and if underwear
doesn’t cover your needs, then peruse Stephanie
Jhin Bollow’s up close and personal faces of Cindy,
Janet, Linda and Stephanie. Von Munz, a local
known for his Rock Star album covers, zany chairs,
and assortment of wild ideas, has a creepy
painting titled Grave Road, wherein little red riding
hood (minus the hood) enters the forest dark and
dreary.
It’s temping to rate this exhibit as “X”, but that
would be square, and unfair, as actually the show
is par for the course for Luckystar and their no-
holds-barred approach to “pushing paint and
pimping art.” Feminists may emerge from the
woodwork to shout “sexist!”, but I’m a feminist
who also believes in freedom of expression. It was
great to see folks from the neighborhood stopping
in to say hi, some with kids in tow, and no one
seemed offended by the offerings. The gallery is
quite attractive (Bridget & Gene made it so), and
there is plenty of parking and a sparkling clean
restroom with screaming yellow walls. It’s swell to
have LS back in Milwaukee, and the energetic and
outspoken couple who made it happen will soon
celebrate ten years of matrimonial meanderings.
She’s been painting for 17 years, and he for two
plus decades… the result of their artistic coupling
spills into the main gallery, where their large
paintings of Pop Icons, including one of Deborah
Harry, rock on. Before exiting, I grabbed a frosted
donut hole, ogled some bicycle chain jewelry, and
pocketed a card announcing The Doll exhibit (now –
July 29), at the Bay View Book Arts Gallery on S.
Kinnickinnic Ave. It might be a good adjunct to Girls
Girls Girls. Check it out.
Judith Ann Moriarty is a frequent contributor to
Susceptible to Images.
Comments?
Email comments@susceptibletoimages.com
Copyright 2007. Content may not be used or
reproduced without the permission of the author.
Luckystar Studio
5407 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee
www.Luckystarstudio.com
Through July 14.
"Gorilla My Dreams"
By Judith Ann Moriarty
In order to be a true blue fan of Bridget & Gene
Evans, you need to follow them around. In
Milwaukee they’ve been north (on Holton) south (in
the Third Ward), and now they’re “west” at 5407
Vliet Street, having returned from a year of
recuperative meditation in Chicago. They’re glad to
be back. I hope they stick around as I’m weary of
tracking them hither and yon.
Girl Girls Girls opened on Sunday, June 24, and is
hung salon style in the 8’ x 10’ “Green Room,”
which more or less matches the green tea the
couple offer for tippling during their “Low Tea” time
on Wednesdays. Luckystar’s logo is a fanged
gorilla, a jokey poke at stuffy galleries. In fact
when they were considering renting the 1500
(plus) square-foot space, the landlord arrived with
a cake (from nearby Eat Cake) emblazoned with
their gorilla logo. The gesture went a long way
toward sealing the deal.
I’m not a devotee of “theme” exhibits, but
Luckystar makes it happen by assembling artists
who push the envelope of creativity. As you’d
expect at a show titled Girls Girls Girls, the subject
matter focuses on ample girls, thin girls, girls young
and old. Covering the walls are images of femmes
painted, collaged, photographed, and remembered
in poems by local writer Eddie Kilowatt. Expect full
frontal nudity and full ahead masturbation in
Stephen Somers pencil drawing Anything for
Money. Somers also offers a painting of a fully
clothed Michelle Williams Having Coffee. A clutch of
photos (by Katherine Biehl) depicts Panties My Bitch
Ate, priced at a very modest $25, and if underwear
doesn’t cover your needs, then peruse Stephanie
Jhin Bollow’s up close and personal faces of Cindy,
Janet, Linda and Stephanie. Von Munz, a local
known for his Rock Star album covers, zany chairs,
and assortment of wild ideas, has a creepy
painting titled Grave Road, wherein little red riding
hood (minus the hood) enters the forest dark and
dreary.
It’s temping to rate this exhibit as “X”, but that
would be square, and unfair, as actually the show
is par for the course for Luckystar and their no-
holds-barred approach to “pushing paint and
pimping art.” Feminists may emerge from the
woodwork to shout “sexist!”, but I’m a feminist
who also believes in freedom of expression. It was
great to see folks from the neighborhood stopping
in to say hi, some with kids in tow, and no one
seemed offended by the offerings. The gallery is
quite attractive (Bridget & Gene made it so), and
there is plenty of parking and a sparkling clean
restroom with screaming yellow walls. It’s swell to
have LS back in Milwaukee, and the energetic and
outspoken couple who made it happen will soon
celebrate ten years of matrimonial meanderings.
She’s been painting for 17 years, and he for two
plus decades… the result of their artistic coupling
spills into the main gallery, where their large
paintings of Pop Icons, including one of Deborah
Harry, rock on. Before exiting, I grabbed a frosted
donut hole, ogled some bicycle chain jewelry, and
pocketed a card announcing The Doll exhibit (now –
July 29), at the Bay View Book Arts Gallery on S.
Kinnickinnic Ave. It might be a good adjunct to Girls
Girls Girls. Check it out.
Judith Ann Moriarty is a frequent contributor to
Susceptible to Images.
Comments?
Email comments@susceptibletoimages.com
Copyright 2007. Content may not be used or
reproduced without the permission of the author.
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