NEW YORK CITY (PRWEB) August 25, 2004
A.I.R. Gallery, Karen Ocker are pleased to present a group art exhibition inspired by The George W. Bush Coloring Book from Garrett County Press. The show will make it?s New York debut just blocks away from the 2004 GOP National Convention at an opening reception on August 28th from 6-9pm.
This national exhibition was curated by Karen Ocker, illustrator of the George W. Bush Coloring Book, to offer artists a creative platform to voice their own opinions about the Bush administration. The show, which has been exhibited in New Orleans and Chicago, focuses on pages from the coloring book, which are based on Bush?s own words. Artists were asked to ?color in? a page from the book that inspired them. The result is a range of mediums and styles that do not stay within the lines and boast more mediums than the obvious box of Crayolas. Participants include: wood-working, glass, silk-screen and graffiti artists, a puppeteer, a fashion designer, folk artists, painters, and political activists, spanning age 8 to 87. Select New York City artists have been invited to contribute to the growing exhibit for it?s New York debut. The works illustrate Bush?s words on geography, homeland security, foreign policy, the environment, social security, and the war in Iraq.
Visitors can choose a side?war or peace, with Paul Troyano?s ?WMD Checker Set?, or size up NY fashion designer, Rosie Steven?s ?frock?, a garment composed of multiple pages from the book that have been cut up, colored in and re-assembled in the form of a dress. Those interested in toppling Bush in 2004, are invited to stop by the gallery to practice with Ocker?s ?Pinheads: The Bush Administration Bowling Set?. Karen Ocker will be signing copies of The George W. Bush Coloring Book at the opening reception which will be available for purchase. A portion of all profits from the sale of books at the exhibition will be donated to the not-for-profit A.I.R. Gallery, and the remainder will help to fund this travelling exhibition.
A.I.R. GALLERY was founded in 1972 as the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States. Their mission is to advance the status of women artists by exhibiting quality work by a diverse group of women artists and to provide leadership and community to women artists. The gallery exhibits work by women artists from around the world. http://www.airnyc.org | 212.255.6651
THE GEORGE W. BUSH COLORING BOOK Drawing from the imaginative quotes Bush has uttered over the years, The George W. Bush Coloring Book illustrates Bush?s very own words in the form of a coloring book. Illustrator Karen Ocker lends her visually distinct style to on-the-record quotes like ?It?s amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity and incumbency,? and ?I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.? The book includes a 2 page essay by Joley Wood. http://www.gcpress.com/gwbush/
GARRETT COUNTY PRESS is the New Orleans based, award-winning publisher of Best of Temp Slave. http://www.gcpress.com | garrett@gcpress.com | 504-598-4685
[Ocker?s] ?drawings are crisp, nicely composed and chock full of smart-aleck visual details.?
?DOUG MACCASH, Art Critic, Times-Picayune
?Isn?t there anything that can make Bush blush? Guess we?ll have to do it ourselves, with the help of Karen Ocker?s witty George W. Bush Coloring Book??
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