Click Mort
"Res Ipsa Loquitur, Baby!"
August 5 - 28, 2011
Artist Reception: Friday, August 5th; 8-11 PM
Click Mort is much more than a great collagist. His unique recombinations of nostalgic pop-sculpture have attracted a healthy and ever growing clientele of in-the-know collectors. A lifetime fascination for oddity is as much an asset as his meticulous craftsmanship, and it's perhaps no surprise to learn that Click served a brief stint playing guitar for The Cramps earlier in his career. His exquisite alterations of antique Rockwell, Hummel, and other miniature gift statuettes require a jeweler's precision in the extensive cutting, scultping, sanding, and painting involved in creating these pop-culture chimeras. The term surrealism is often recklessly misapplied in the current post-pop contemporary art market, but Click's pieces are truly of the essence that originally defined the movement in the early twentieth century. Like his contemporary Ron English, Click Mort's unique methodology is a prime example of art that transcends its origins, elevating kitsch and improving the source pieces, which are works of art in themselves.
Click Mort previously contributed to the Everything But the Kitschen Sync show. This is his first featured exhibition at La Luz de Jesus.
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