Art gallery Cotton Candy Machine, located at South First and Roebling streets in Williamsburg, NY, launches artist “Skinner’s” solo art show called “The Undermining Satanic Energies of an Incongruent Suburban Sickness” show on April 13, 2012. The works of Skinner, whose real name is Warren Davis, are featured in the form of original paintings, t-shirts, cushion covers, and other metal works. The event also marks the official New York release of his book “Every Man is My Enemy,” a compilation of all his works from 2008 to 2011.
The main theme of the show is monsters and demons, who Skinner says are significant to our lives because they are “very symbolic … they’re in myths” but at the same time “they are the embodiment of uncertainty … we’re totally fascinated by the fear of the unknown. Nothing’s really more powerful than that.” Monsters, Skinner continues, “are all around us,” drawing comparisons to them with everyday “entities like the IRS, or emotional instability, or being jealous or insecure.”
Sean Leonard, co-owner of the gallery and a self-proclaimed fan of monsters, wanted to feature Skinner’s works because he feels that he paints the best monsters he has ever seen. “The level of detail and sophistication in his works are simply mind-boggling and truly showcases his imagination.” Beyond “celebrating Skinner,” Leonard continues, tonight’s show is also to “commemorate the gallery’s first year anniversary, which actually falls on Monday (April 9, 2012), but Mondays are never a good day for throwing a party.”
At certain points of the night, the show had close to a hundred visitors from all over the city and even a handful of international visitors. Dominic Phua, a photographer from Singapore here in New York for a two week assignment says he found out about the show online and decided to check it out because he found the idea of a monster-themed art show intriguing. “This is truly unique,” says Phua of Skinner’s works, “I wish there were more shows with such levels of imagination in my country.”
The show closes on May 6, 2012, after which the Cotton Candy Machine will feature “Tender Times: the works of Scott C.” from May 11 to June 3, 2012, according to Cotton Candy Machine’s website.
Photographs from Event:
Artist “Skinner” (Warren Davis), whose works are being displayed at Cotton Candy Machine from April 13 to May 6, 2012, poses in front of the gallery holding a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Outside Cotton Candy Machine, an employee serves cotton candy to passers-by during the launch of Skinner’s new solo art show on April 13, 2012.
The cover of Skinner’s book “Every Man is My Enemy,” a compilation of all his works from 2008 to 2011, which was released in New York on April 13, 2012 at his solo art show at the Cotton Candy Machine art gallery.
“The Undermining Satanic Energies of an Incongruent Suburban Sickness” will be on display at Cotton Candy Machine until May 6, 2012.
Please click here to listen to my interview with artist Skinner.
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