lowbrow
First Annual European Pop Surrealism Award
categories: David Galloway | Galerie Richter Masset | Graffiti | helicopter | James Kalm | Karlsruhe | Lothar Keuler | lowbrow | Munich | Pop Surrealism | Street | Urban Art
Robert Williams Conceptual Realism at TONY SHAFRAZI
categories: art | chelsea | drawing | gallery | James Kalm | kitsch | lowbrow | New York | Painting | Pop | Robert Williams | sculpture | surrealism | Tony Shafrazi
James Kalm slides through this exhibition just before closing time to bring viewers a glance at works by one of today’s most influential “bad” painters. Robert Williams has been a presence on the West Coast art scene for decades. He came to my attention while I was still in high school as the artistic director of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s studio. There after, he teamed up with the likes of Robert Crumb and S. Clay Wilson as a contributor to the iconic Zap Comix. In 1979 he birthed and became the Godfather of “lowbrow” and, in 1994 founded JUXTAPOZ Magazine. His aesthetic encompasses Hotrod and surf culture the seamy side of Hollywood grudge, punk, hipster, slacker, and scuzz, the epitome of current “bad taste".
