2015Exhibitions

Scott Hove & Dr. Paul Koudounaris

April 3 – 26, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3rd, 8-11 PM
Hove Closing Lecturing: Saturday, April 25th, 7-10 PM

SCOTT HOVE
Pussy Jihad

In popular, straight, male culture, to be labeled with the misogynist term ‘Pussy’ is one of the ultimate, emasculating insults a man can receive. In contemporary, religious, fundamentalist culture, Pussy must be marginalized, shamed, circumcised, hidden, and minimalized under the threat of death. The term ‘Pussy’ in the title of this show is used both literally and as metaphor. Pussy in this context will represent the peak, positive expressions of the feminine… kindness, lush beauty, intimate pleasure, the promise of the everlasting.

The title of the show Pussy Jihad points out the ultimately, cowardly ethos behind the religious, fundamentalist position–using Pussy as an explosive weapon. Those who destroy lives, culture, and nature behind the moral facade of religion are pussies. This unforgiving and sad morality must be destroyed via Pussy Jihad.

Scott Hove is a primarily self-taught, San Francisco born artist living in Los Angeles. His ‘Cakeland’ sculptures integrate dualistic themes in a highly theatrical manner, using traditional cake decorating techniques in sculptures and installations to describe a world of implied comfort and threat. His work has been featured on the Food Network and on several travel and gourmet programs.
Scott’s works encompasses a broad variety of media, from sculptural installations to painting, but the cakes are formed using carvable polyurethane foam and plywood. They are frosted with a variety of acrylic media and accessorized with fake fruit and other objects found in stores or on the street. The materials and techniques borrow from traditional and decorative arts and craft to render the oftentimes jarring objects and fantasy installations. The archways here at Littletopia were created on site, specifically for this space.

Hove’s co-opting of kitsch is elevated through satire, allowing him to integrate topical political and social issues as textual messages in a thought-provoking rather than offensive manner.

: Scott Hove – #notsorry
Mixed media, 2015, 12 x 10 x 5 in., $1,800 Sold

: Scott Hove – Happy Graduation Boko Haram
Mixed media, 2014, 15 x 15 x 6 in., $2,800

: Scott Hove – Sorry About the Perversion of Your Morality
Mixed media, 2015, 22 x 18 x 5 in., $3,500

: Scott Hove – Welcome Home Islamic State
Mixed media, 2015, 22 x 18 x 5 in., $3,500

: Scott Hove – Snatch (front and sideview)
Mixed media, 2014, 9 x 11 x 9 in., $1,800 Sold

: Scott Hove – You’re an Open Book
Mixed media, 2014, 10 x 8 x 10 in., $1,800 Sold

: Scott Hove – Warhead
Mixed media, 2015, 77 x 32 in., $20,000 Sold

: Scott Hove – White Fang
Modified stripper shoes and mixed media, 2015, 19 x 23 in., $10,000

: Scott Hove – Anima
Decorated reproduction M4 rifle and mixed media, 2014, 27 x 14 x 6.5 in., $4,000 Sold

: Scott Hove – Animus
Decorated reproduction M4 rifle and mixed media, 2014, 27 x 14 x 6.5 in., $4,000

: Scott Hove – Pussy Jihad
Modified stripper shoes and mixed media, 2015, 15 x 17 in., $10,000

: Scott Hove – Ride The Slayer
Modified and customized kiddie ride, 2014, 52 x 25 x 42 in., $28,000

: Scott Hove – The Baby (ambiguous) Prophet Delivering the Annunciation of the Divine Beheading
Modified religious figure and mixed media, 17 x 17 x 9 in., $3,200

: Scott Hove – Awkward
Acrylic media on wood, 10 x 8 x 2.5 in., $450

: Scott Hove – Cockroach
Acrylic media on wood, 12 x 11 x 2.5 in., $500

: Scott Hove – Eat
Acrylic media on wood, 10 x 8 x 2.5 in., $450

: Scott Hove – Ebola Jamboree
Acrylic media on wood, 13 x 11 x 2.5 in., $550

: Scott Hove – F.U.
Acrylic media on wood, 10 x 8 x 2.5 in., $450

: Scott Hove – Mortality
Acrylic media on wood, 12 x 10 x 2.5 in., $500

: Scott Hove – Oh Well
Acrylic media on wood, 23 x 16 x 2.5 in., $800

: Scott Hove – Pussy Jihad XXX
Acrylic media on wood, 13 x 12 x 2.5 in., $550

: Scott Hove – Selfie

: Scott Hove – So Long

: Scott Hove – Sorry

: Scott Hove – TTYL

: Scott Hove – ISIL
Acrylic media on wood, 12 x 12 x 2.5 in., $500

: Scott Hove – The End
Acrylic media on wood, 12 x 10 x 2.5 in., $500

DR. PAUL KOUDOUNARIS
Memento Mori

For the past decade, photographer and art historian Paul Koudounaris has been traveling the world to document macabre funerary culture and artwork created with human bones. In the process, he produced two prior books, The Empire of Death and Heavenly Bodies. But his third and final book on the topic, Memento Mori, is intended as the magnum opus, and includes material from a vast array of cultures and historical periods in order to show, in stunning visual terms, mankind’s universal desire to cross the threshold of death and continue a meaningful relationship with those who have departed. This photo show held in conjunction with the release of the book will include the finest of his images, somber yet beautiful testaments from around the world that affirm the unbreakable bond between the living and the dead.

Dr. Paul will be singing copies of Memento Mori at the opening reception from 7-9PM.

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Burgio, Sicily, mummified woman
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 26 in. (46 x 32 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Kete Kesu, Sulawesi, Indonesia, skull with offerings
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 30 in. (46 x 36 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Burgio, Sicily, skeleton with top hat
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – La Paz, Bolivia, skull with flowers at Fiesta de les Ñatitas
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 39 x 27 in. (45 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Gangi, Sicily, mummified priests
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Caccamo, Sicily, mummified priests
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 36 x 27 in. (42 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Kolin, Czech Republic, ossuary
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 26 in. (46 x 32 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – La Paz, Bolivia, skull with sunglasses at Fiesta de las Ñatitas
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Lombok (village), Sulawesi, Indonesia, skulls in coffin
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Lombok (village), Sulawesi, Indonesia, burial cave
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 31 in. (46 x 37 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Palermo, Sicily, mummified monks
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Mondsee, Austria, decorated skeleton of Abbot Konrad II
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Lampa, Peru, ossuary tomb
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 36 x 24 in. (42 x 30 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Lombok (village), Sulawesi, Indonesia, pair of skulls in burial cave
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Ntarama, Rwanda, genocide memorial
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 26 in. (46 x 32 in. framed), $600.00

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Oria, Italy, mummified members of Confraternity of Death
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 39 x 27 in. (45 x 33 in. framed), $600

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Munich, Germany, St. Munditia
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600

: Dr. Paul Koudounaris – Palermo, Sicily, mummy of Francesco Balsamo
Digital print on metallic luster paper, 40 x 27 in. (46 x 33 in. framed), $600.00