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D•STATE

The Black Faun Gallery

The Black Faun Gallery presents D•STATE, a group show of Surrealist work by sculptural installation artist, Nancy Tobin; collage artist, Curtis Patrick Arnold; and painter, Carin Billings from May 5 - 26, 2018. Curtis Patrick Arnold will give an Artist Talk on Saturday, May 12 at 5:30 p.m. Curtis Patrick Arnold began his professional career in the arts as an apprentice inker for Image Comics Studios in 1995. His comic book career spans nearly 8 years and over 100 books including Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wolverine. Before ink, Curtis has been making collages since childhood. “Coupling with pen & ink, collage has been my passion since youth and is my one deeply intimate form of expression,” Curtis explains. “I expose the inner self through my works—a portrayal of my identity focused on the feminine amongst and against the terrible. I use minimalist papercuttings and tearings to conjure shadowy spectres, turbulent vignettes and textured enchantments using predominantly black and white photo imagery selected from books and magazines. Ink acts as a flow and a growth. Like blood, the spider’s web, or a climbing ivy, the ink binds and completes the figure. My work is an intimate utility for visualizing, viscerally what’s in me through paper, pen and ink. With hope that my self reflection and rebellion through art is relatable to others with their own dualities, I keep in mind that I am not alone in the struggle to negotiate inner conflict.”

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• The Black Faun Gallery

PRICE

• Free