Apexart presents “Lots Of Things Like This,” curated by author Dave Eggers from April 2 through May 10. The show attempts to find a unifying theme within a broad array gallery-worthy artwork that use cartoon images and text. From well known artists, literary figures and others.
Dave Eggers at Apexart [artdaily]
Gawking over Eggers’ art show [Gawker]
Apexart [Apexart gallery]
Eggers is a prominent literary figure who became nationally famous for his work A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also known throughout the literary community as the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing house which publishes a quarterly literary journal. Eggers’ show features “artmaking exemplified” by contemporary artists like David Shrigley, Raymond Pettibon, Nedko Solakov, and Tucker Nichols. The show features about 100 works, all sketch-like drawings with humorous text captions.
Pieces on display via Apexart
The exhibition include works by Marcel Duchamp, Shephard Fairey, Kurt Vonnegut, Raymond Pettibon, David Mamet, among many others.
