Dorks. Isn’t that derogatory? Not from where I’m standing. A dork, nerd, geek, weirdo, whatever, is someone who doesn’t fit into a cleanly defined mold of what a person should be in our culture. It is someone that is usually looked down on for not living up to a standard of normalcy. I think that suits us just fine. The Art Dorks, originally the brainchild web community of Brendan Danielsson, quickly evolved into a collective of artists. Our work is really not easy to define. The influences range from the 1980’s to the 1880’s and we each bring a different feel to the mix. While we tend to associate with the lowbrow kind of thing, don’t define us by that. We all share a love of drawing and whether we make monsters or meat, robots or rabbits, it is work that revels in and celebrates growing up in a pop-culture, sci-fi, kung-fu cornucopia of a culture. We make what we know, and what we know is that life is not always normal. It doesn’t always wear name brand clothes, drink light beer and watch Monday night football. It’s just life. If I can say one thing about our work, it is that it is a celebration of the things we love as people. What else should you make art about? - Chris Mostyn
Group Shows
UPCOMING:
- 2007 - Art Dorks Collective - THINKSPACE Gallery, Los Angeles - [flyer]
- 2007 - “Art Dorks Squared” - McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC - [flyer] [poster]
- 2007 - “Don’t Wake Daddy II” - Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany - *unofficial show
PAST:
- 2007 - Fountain Art Fair - McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC - [photos] [info] - *unofficial show
- 2006 - Art Dorks Collective - Gallery 405, Springfield, Missouri
- 2006 - “Don’t Wake Daddy” - Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany - [photos] - *unofficial show
- 2006 - “That New Dork Smell ” - Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA - [flyer]
- 2006 - “Art Dorks SMASH!” - Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA - [flyer] [photos]
- 2005 - “Curious Organism” - Hope Gallery, New Haven, CT
- 2005 - “Dead Man’s Party” - Hope Gallery, New Haven, CT - *unofficial show
- 2005 - “5×5, Inside” - Hope Gallery, New Haven, CT - *unofficial show
Site Credits
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