Chuck Sehman's
installation will be on view March 15, 16 and March 21, 22 from Noon-
5pm. Also by Appointment, please call .
(small scale model by Chuck Sehman of installation to be shown at CHELA)
Show notes by "Tom" Borax
this night might be what you all need instead of staying home afraid of
the ides of march. for those of you who haven't been to chela, it's a
great place and the hostesses there are as warm and friendly as, say,
the staff at denny's, but they're sharper, more intellectual. they work
hard to bring great stuff to the people of this great city.
firstly, artist chuck sehman is a fantastic and original artist, unlike
anyone, yet presenting subjects we can all relate to, such as giant crabs
devouring cities, ghosts trapped for eternity in townhouse blueprints,
and socks that are evolved venus flytraps. chuck is like a refined nihilist,
but with the mind and media resources of a ten year old. he often uses
crayons and cardboard and various "crude" mediums to present
humorous, deadly images, which i think still have a lot of innocence about
them. he's a quiet guy who lives in the burbs with his parents. i met
his grandma at one of hisngs. she didn't seem exactly "proud"
of chuck, but she didn't seem at all concerned either by his bloodthirsty
bunny rabbits or dinosaurs feeding on the remains of trainwreck victims.
i think she understands that chuck is "special" and that's he's
doing something that people like and enjoy.
also chuck designs "chuckcards". they're a bit like baseball
cards, but feature such subjects as "building", "steamshovel"
and "tank." pretty nice! you can buy some to trade with your
pals, i guess.
i don't know what exactly chuck's going to do in the chela space, but
i think it will be sad, bad, beautiful, funny and many other things. come
down and see for yourself this great little-known local artist!
also this same night is the baltimore premier of two carly ptak original
videos. fantastic! carly ptak, one half of nautical almanac, is also a
mad scientist and scavenger of gutteral culture and an aficianado of the
pockets of our civilization which are often despised and ignored, but
are in fact as real as your beating heart and a whack on the funny bone
of your brain. she is showing two of her films "take a look"
and "funnel take", which is a "field piece" of sorts,
recreating the sights, sounds, and bodily feelings of a visit to the maryland
state fair. she will also be showing videos by aaron dilloway and nate
young (of wolf eyes), and anthony miller.
for my portion, look for a man dressed in a rainbow exploring the possibilities
of a marashino cherry suspended in a twenty pound ball of flavorless gelatin.
i'll be presenting original music to accompany myself.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
CHUCK SEHMANhttp://evilbreakfast.netfirms.com
: CS is from the suburbs. He enjoys creating large scale installations
that explore cut-ups and cut-outs. He's the creator of "Chuckcards"
and his work has been shown at DC's Waterside Mall complex for the "Art-O-Matic"
show, at the Intercultural Museum Art Gallery, and the Chesapeake Center
for Creative Arts.
CARLY PTAKwww.heresee.com:
CP, is one half of electronic duo Nautical Almanac with Twig Harper. She
also enjoys rabid collecting and scavenging of cultural artifact and artifalse.
"TOM" BORAXhttp://www.pithot.org/
TB is not insecure aout his musical inclinations in LEPRECHAUN CATERING
(with Jason Willett) and PITHOT (with Jerry Lim).
