Kenny Scharf: WOODZ ‘N THINGZ at TOTAH GALLERY

Описание: James Kalm is back in the streets of the east side of the Lower East Side to visit an exhibition by Kenny Scharf. “The way things become meaningful is a function of time,” and, it seems that as one generation begins to wane, the consideration of its contributions are reevaluated, and their “meanings” are established. Scharf is one of a handful of artists who came out of the East Village scene and were associated with the iconic FUN Gallery. Indeed, Scharf is credited with coming up with the name “FUN”. Since that beginning, Scharf has gone on to create a recognizable body of work that melds Street Art/Graffiti, Cartoon Pop, with a savvy fluency in Kid Culture. “Woodz “N Thingz” presents a body of work that is of a more “mature” subject matter, thou it’s cloaked in the artist’s “Hanna-Barbarian” characters. “…latter day ecological threats and the looming certainty of global crises have come to seep into his canvases like liquid metal”. The awareness of this crises is apparent in whimsical images of forests, where every piece is sentient, and all nature is part of a great green cartoon. Perhaps these pictures are merely a sobering plea to sanity, that when things have arrived at this state, it’s to late to cry, so you may as well laugh… This program was recorded April 30, 2022. An introductory musical performance is provided by ABRACADABRA TRIP. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk