Gigantic Gallery

Two pieces by John Vance. For Cartes de visite, part deux, our second anniversary show.

Photo of the pair by John Carleton.

1, 2, and Untitled by Robert Bickel. For Cartes de visite, part deux, our two year anniversary show.

Photo of 2 by John Carleton.

Beatrice, Hester, and Velma by Maryanna Hoggatt. For our Cartes de visite, part deux two year anniversary show.

Photo of Beatrice by John Carleton.

Andreé Putman and Johnny Fain by Greg Higgins, as part of our show From The Well: A show of pen and ink.

“Unless you have the knowledge that modest things can be more beautiful than anything expensive, you will never have style.” —Andreé Putman

Photos by John Carleton, AKA Super Stylin’.

Mother of Demons: Caireen, the Dear One by Andrew Constantine. Acrylic on canvas, framed. 18” x 24”. As part of his show Mythos: Gods, Demons, Fantastic Creatures.

From the title card:

Early legends depict her as a champion and defender of youth and a patron of chidren. …Later stories appear to merge her with another god, Morrigan—the crow goddess, associated with war and death on the battlefield. This hybrid deity becomes the mother of phantoms, demons, and shape-shifters, and the patroness of priestesses and witches.

So it’s fitting that, hidden in the hair flaring from the warm and welcoming face, are peering eyes, howling dogs, robed monks, and other creepy specters.

This is the last weekend for Mythos! All work is 20% off until the 30th. If you’re interested, get in touch.

And, as always, the good photos are by John Carleton.

Aine of Knockaine: fairie queen of Munster by Andrew Constantine. Acrylic on canvas, framed. 20” x 24”. As part of his show Mythos: Gods, Demons, Fantastic Creatures.

From the title card:

Originating from the Munster region of southern Ireland, Aine of Knockaine, the fairie queen, was closely associated with the sun in early myths. Over time, however, she became more commonly referred to as a moon goddess associated with love, fertility, growth, crops and cattle. …Although folklore regarding Aine is as varied as her magical attributes, bards regularly regaled listeners with tales of her infidelities with random humans. These encounters created a magical new race and effectively ended her marriage to Manannan mac Lir, the ancient sea god.

I wonder if Aine ever took old Mannanan mac Lir to the night court of Aevel?

Photos by John Carleton.

Dark Lady: Aevel, the Lady of Sexuality by Andrew Constantine. Acrylic on canvas, framed. 24” x 20.5”.. As part of his show Mythos: Gods, Demons, Fantastic Creatures.

From the title card:

Referred to as “the Lady of Sexuality”, the character of Aevel was at the heart of a great many erotically-charged sagas. Bards spoke of mythical midnight courts held to determine whether or not husbands were satisfying their wives’ sexual needs. Aevel acted as judge, jury, and executioner, leveling exacting punishments if a lover’s complaints were proven true.

Well how about that to inspire some performance anxiety?

Photos by John Carleton, who’s clearly doing it right.

Mythos: Gods, Demons, Fantastic Creatures opens tonight! Hope you can make it!

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Gwen by Ian “South Bend” Seniff. Gouache on paper on wood. As part his show Silver Age, showing at Gigantic Gallery through April 29.

If you haven’t read about Gwen Stacey’s death, it’s a pretty big deal. Some people see it as the end of the Silver Age, as heroes and narratives became darker and grittier in the Bronze Age.

Not only is the composition great and the colors gorgeous, but Ian used the same typography as was used in the comic.

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Oh snap!—photos by John Carleton.

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Aaron by Ian “South Bend” Seniff. Gouache on paper on wood. As part his show Silver Age, showing at Gigantic through April 29.

Aaron Stack, AKA Machine Man, AKA Z2P45-9-X-51, is a Jack Kirby creation, spun off of his comic adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He is a sentient robot—the only one of his series not to go mad from sentience, in part because he was raised as a human son by his creator. He was also exposed to the wacky radiation of a monolith. That probably helped some too.

Photos by John Carleton. Dude’s a photo-taking machine!