Until
Sunday February 9 2020
Born in
1961 with Downs Syndrome, self-taught artist Walter Mika has been producing his
drawings (one each day) since 2002, when he enrolled at Pure Vision Arts, a
program providing studio and exhibition space for the developmentally disabled.
Inspired by cartoons and comic books, Mika works with oil pastels on large sheers
of paper, filling his compositions almost to the edges with primitivistic
figures whose full frontal impact recall Willem De Kooning’s Abstract
Expressionist paintings of women. Vigorous marks and toothsome grins create a
creepy clown vibe, putting these characters on a spectrum between cuteness and
mania.
Venue
name:ShrineVenue
website: www.shrine.nyc
Venue
phone:347-693-4979
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