“Today’s the first day I haven’t been to the post office in like two weeks. They hate me there,” says Rest In Pieces owner Justin Torone, holding a jar containing a murky yellow liquid and a severed head. “Today’s the first day I haven’t been to the post office in...
RVA Muralist Nils Westergard returns from Europe with stories and new work
After graduating from VCU’s film department, Nils Westergard bought a one-way ticket to Amsterdam with a plan (kind of): he just wanted to paint. What followed was a five-month nomadic tour of Europe with the goal to leave behind as much work as possible. After...
Anderson Gallery’s Forecast exhibit highlighted diverse, massive installations
Forecast has crafted an exhibition that is both relevant and beautiful, hosting six world-class artists’ work addressing similar problems in vastly different mediums. It investigates the geopolitics surrounding human impact on landscapes around the globe. The show...
These portraits of Insane Clown Posse fans by RVA artist Jenn Rockwell are both terrifying and intriguing
Local artist Jenn Rockwell’s work has evolved since she first started painting portraits in oil and acrylic. Her new work is more illustrative and contains more of a narrative. She paints things that she finds either humorous or intriguing, inspiring, or absurd--most...
Gender politics and the photography of Christa Blackwood
Though Christa Blackwood’s show at Candela Gallery closed on the 18th, it was so striking it is burned into my memory. Though Christa Blackwood’s show at Candela Gallery closed on the 18th, it was so striking it is burned into my memory. Anyone who attended the...
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