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CPop Gallery

Proudly Unveils The World Premiere Of:

Carnivora

The Dark Art of the Automobile



80 Artists- Including , Robert Crumb, HR Giger, Robert Williams ,Mark Mothersbaugh, GL Barr & Niagara.

January 12 to March 31.

For more information about the CARNIVORA exhibition please visit
http://www.myspace.com/lesbaranyscarnivora

©POP Gallery is proud to be hosting the World Premier and first leg in the exhibit tour of "Carnivora -The Dark Art Of The Automobile" which will coincide with the book release of the same name published by Barany Books/Scapegoat Publishing with an opening reception on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 7 PM, followed by a book signing by a number of the showcased artists on Sunday, January 13th, from 1 PM until 5 PM.

More than 80 internationally renown post-Pop artists contributed a piece or two for the book and exhibit (much, but not all of the works in the book will be on display) most notably, Robert Crumb, HR Giger, Robert Williams, Marshall Arisman, Stanley Mouse, Joe Coleman & Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO. Detroit is well represented in both the book and exhibit with Niagara, Glenn Barr, Tom Thewes, Camilo Pardo, Chris Dean & Topher Crowder.

An incredible array of some of the most well-known, Comic Expressionists, Post-Pop painters and Kustom Kulture renegades , all celebrating Detroit's gift to the human race.

Curated by NY Artist Super agent, Les Barany, Carnivora is a shadowy realm where flesh and machine coalesce into humanity's greatest technical achievement — the Automobile.
Indispensable extensions of our nervous systems, cars are metallic monsters as dark and destructive as the men and women who drive them.

Carnivora: The Dark Art of Automobiles takes you on a chilling joyride powered by the Automotive Age's hottest artists.

Complete contributing artist list from the book
(Most, but not all artists will be included in the exhibit)

John U. Abrahamson
Guy Aitchison
Eduard Anikonov
Marshall Arisman
Anthony Ausgang
Les Barany
Glenn Barr
Zdzislaw Beksinski
Mike Bellamy
Jim Blanchard
Stephen Blickenstaff
Hanno von Bran
Joshua Bronaugh
Greg Brotherton
Trevor Brown
Mark Bryan
David Burke
Colin Burns
Patrick Byers
Matt Cambell
Vincent Castiglia
Steven Cerio
Joe Coleman
Chris Conte
Coop
Bernardo Corman
Christian Correra
ChrisTopher Crowder
Robert Crumb
Ronnie Cutrone
Jason D'Aquino
Chris Dean
Cam de Leon
Mike Diana
Steve Ellis
Ron English
H.R. Giger
Goldmine Shithouse
William B. Hand
Brian Horton
D. Hwang
John John Jesse
Eric Joyner
Jacaeber Kastor
Fred Engelbert Knecht
Viktor Koen
Frank Kozik
Robert LaDuke
Dennis Larkins
Craig LaRotonda
Andre Lassen
Tanino Liberatore
Eli Livingston
Travis Louie
John "Crash" Matos
Tara McPherson
Mark Mothersbaugh
Stanley Mouse
Kazuhiko Nakamura
Niagara
Till Nowak
Camilo Pardo
Peter Pontiac
Pooch
J. K. Potter
Rick Prol
Dan Quintana
Amjad Rasmi
Rich Rethorn
J.L. Robbins
Paul Rumsey
Sibylle Ruppert
Megan Rush
Chris Savido
Hugo Schuhmacher
Shag
Winston Smith
Hajime Sorayama
Stainboy
Kevin Thayer
Tom Thewes
Jeral Tidwell
David Trulli
Tomi Ungerer
Demetrios Varkas
Brian Viveros
Nick Weber
Keith Weesner
Kenneth Williams
Robert Williams
Martin Wittfooth
Jacek Yerka
Chet Zar

Artists however, needn't concern themselves with the safety, etiquette or the regulations which burden and restrict the automobile industry. Carnivora presents a world where propriety and rules fly out the window vent like a lit cigarette butt , or a glob of spittle. Great art generally comes from a dark place, an alternative reality , a place of danger and excitement, not safety and comfort. Many of Carnivora's contributing artists were weaned on Kustom Kulture and all of it's thrill-seeking and dangerous glory. Here you will bear witness to the dark communion of flesh and metal, power and speed, life and death.

Welcome to Carnivora , drive at your own risk.

The exhibit runs to February 22nd, 2008

©POP is located at 4160 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan 48201, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Willis, 4 blocks south of the Detroit Institute of Art.

The Gallery is open Tuesday through Thursday from 3pm until 7 PM, Friday-Saturday from 1pm-7pm and Sunday from 1 PM until 5 PM.

Phone us at (313) 833-9901 or visit the Gallery on line at www.cpop.com or www.MySpace.com/cpopgallery and for more specifics on the exhibit please visit www.MySpace.com/lesbaranyscarnivora, or email us at adriel@cpop.com.

BOOK INFO
Published by the new Scapegoat imprint, Barany Books, Carnivora features work by 112 artists and writers. Advance copies of the book will be unveiled at the January 12th, 2008 opening of an exhibition of the same name at ©POP Detroit Gallery. The exhibition, showcasing art from the book, will run concurrently with the Detroit International Auto Show. It will then move to L.A.'s L'Imagerie Gallery at a soon to be announced date in the Spring and to NYC's Fuse Gallery in July.

For more info on Carnivora, the book also visit http://www.baranybooks.com.
To contact Les Baranay: LesBarany@aol.com