Opening tonight. Drawings by the great Karl Wirsum, a central member of the mindshattering Hairy Who Chicago monster school, at Derek Eller, in Chelsea. See it while it’s up. In the 70s, the few times I was in New York, I would go to Phillis Kind Gallery and ask to look at Karl Wirsum and Jim Nutt’s work. There was a treasure trove of paintings on plex, polychromed wood sculpture, insane marionettes and ink drawings in her back room. Killer stuff. When I saw this album cover for Screaming Jay Hawkins in a record shop in about 19seventysomething my big toe jumped up in my boot. It was about the greasiest piece of art I had ever seen.
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