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Last
of the Merlot,
oil on canvas 30x40, 2008 |
Humorologist C.W. Metcalf says humor and laughter do not exist in the absence of sorrow and tears, but co-exist as a balance of sanity. Mark Bryan's iconography, loaded as it is with multiple inferences, has the potential to make us laugh and also think about the frivolities and stupidities committed by so-called "enlightened" human beings . "Sometimes while I'm sketching," says Bryan, "I often feel like I'm taking notes at a dark comedy, but the play never ends, and they won't let us go home." essay by Nicholas Roukes, Artful Jesters |
This Party's Over! |
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"The
Mad Tea Party" "
I'll never go there again!" said Alice, as she picked her
way through the wood. "It's the Stupidest tea-party I ever
was at in all my life!" |
| Posters
and Giclee prints of "Mad Tea Party" and "Dick"
are available click
here for details |
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Pie
in the Sky,
oil on canvas 30x40, 2007 |
News,
Upcoming Events |
Hollywood
Ca., June 2009 |
June 5th .-June 28th, opening reception June 5th 8-11 pm |
"Meditations
on the Apocalyptic" |
Cal
State University, Pomona , Fall 2009 |
Recent Events |
"A
Farewell Kiss" (for Bush) |
| Feb. 6th- March 14th., Opening receptions Feb. 6th, March 6th, 7-10 pm |
Curated by DeWitt Cheng |
Oakopolis
Gallery, link 447 25th Street Oakland, (510) 663-6920 |
"Visual
Subversion" |
| Mark
Bryan, Dennis
Larkins, KRK Ryden, Winston
Smith |
Pop
Gallery, http://www.popsantafe.com/ |
Oct.
11th/Nov. 30th, Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
"Monkeys
in my Head" |
Steynberg
Gallery Nov.
7th/Jan 2nd, San Luis Obispo Ca. |
Nov.
7th .-Dec. 28th, opening reception Nov. 7th 6-9 pm |
"Bread
and Circus" Art
of Democracy |
ArtObjectGallery,
San Jose Ca. Nov. 15th-Jan !5th |
Opening
reception Nov. 15th 6-9 pm http://www.artobjectgallery.com/ |
Art
of Democracy: War and Empire |
| Meridian
Gallery http://www.meridiangallery.org/ |
535
Powell Street San Francisco, CA 94108 |
Sept.
4th-Nov. 4th, opening reception Sept. 4th 6-9 pm |
Solo
Exhibition, May 1st-31st 2008, Sacramento Ca. |
Opening
Recption May 10th |
"Lakeview
Terrace" |
Mark
Bryan's Mad Tea Party painting featured
in "Lakeview Terrace" |
Starring
Samuel Jackson, release date sept. 19th 2008 |
"Carnivora" |
The
Dark Art of the Automobile |
|
Cpop Gallery, Detroit, Opening
Jan 12th |
L'imagerie
Gallery |
May
3rd.-June 14th, opening reception May 3rd 7pm |
10555
Victory Blvd. North Hollywood |
JUXTAPOZ
Magazine |
Feature
article, Gallows
Humor, The Art of Mark Bryan, January issue 2007 |
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"Bunny
Love ", oil on canvas, 30x24 2007 |
Geez
Magazine |
Cover
art , Monsters in our Midst, fall issue
2007 |
Miz
Radio interviews Mark Bryan |
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"Dick" |
New
portrait, oil on canvas 30x24", 2006 |
Posters
and giclee prints are available of "Dick" click
here for details
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T-
shirts of "Mad Tea Party", "Dick" and "Uncle
Sam" are now available click
here for details |
| bAdbusters Magazine illustration for TV Turnoff Week,Spiritual pollution issue |
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| bAdbusters Magazine Three illustrations, for special end of the year issue 2005 bbb |
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