Mad Art Gallery: Friday, 6 November 2009

Famous Fictional VILLAINS! Portraits from Literature & Film opens at Mad Art Gallery with a free opening reception on Friday, November 6, 2009, from 7 pm to 11 pm. Mad Art Gallery is proud to present the third installment of the annual Famous Fictional art show, ripping characters from the headlines of ancient texts, traditional folk tales, and modern films and interpreted by an exciting group of St. Louis-based painters, illustrators, cartoonists, printmakers and designers. This year the characters will be more infamous than famous, as Mad Art will be turned into a Rogue's Gallery of fiction's greatest villains, bad-guys, enemies, vengeful lovers, miscreants, monsters, and more.

Invading the gallery will be everyone from Medusa and Frankenstein to Ming the Merciless and Godzilla, from the Headless Horseman and MacBeth's three Witches to the shark from Jaws and the "Facehugger" from Aliens. The show is curated by Dan Zettwoch (www.danzettwoch.com), who promises to put together an array of villainous art that is as rich in narrative as it is in eyeball-candy.

Participating artists: Anchovy, Jenny Cimino, Katie Frisbee-O'malley, John Hendrix, Kevin Huizenga, Mardou, Scott Matthews, Thomas Plunk, Peter Pranschke, Jason Robards, Chris Roettger, Jessica Russo, Max Vento, Ron Weaver, Jeff Worm, Brian Yap, Dan Zettwoch.

Mad Art Gallery
2727 S. 12th Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
www.madart.com