Hot Stuff

Mike Kuchar

Hot Stuff, 202361 x 45.5cm5000 USD
Details
MaterialGalleryLocation
pencil, pen, felt pen, and ink on paperFrançois GhebalyLos Angeles
Description
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The artwork features a vivid, surreal depiction of two demonic figures in a fiery, chaotic scene. The prominent use of deep blues, oranges, and reds creates a sense of intensity and turbulence. The central figure, a muscular, nude male, is restrained by chains and surrounded by flames, while a horned, bestial creature looms above. The bold, illustrative style and the incorporation of symbolic elements, such as the skull, suggest a commentary on the darker aspects of the human experience or desire. The artist's intention seems to explore the themes of power, conflict, and the primal forces within the human psyche. ...

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Mike Kuchar
Artist
Mike Kuchar
B.1942, American

Mike Kuchar began his artistic career in the early 1960s by making playfully absurd 8mm films with his twin brother George Kuchar. While working with punks, drag queens and eccentric queer personalities from the underground scene of the Bronx, the brothers would use image manipulation, layering, and illustration to create surrealist shorts. Crossing over into a somewhat sinister realm, these kaleidoscopic films stretched the glamour and glitz of Hollywood cinema to its limits, where nonsensical narratives and larger than life personas challenged the more classic cinematic elements. Kuchar’s first solo filmic venture was Sins of Fleshapoids (1965), an extravagant sci-fi piece. Following the film, he cultivated a portfolio of drawings of key characters from these works, which made drawing an inseparable part of Kuchar’s process. Highly graphic, with concrete linework, Kuchar’s muscular figures began appearing in comic books and quickly garnered a cult following. Leaning into a camp, kitsch aesthetic, Kuchar amps up hyper-masculine characters such as gladiators, cavemen, soldiers, or bodybuilders, to craft homo-erotic, playful illustrations.These soft-core illustrations seamlessly align with Kuchar’s tongue and cheek film oeuvre. Today, Kuchar's brawny beings continue to traverse the worlds of comic books and cameras. ...

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François Ghebaly
Gallery
François Ghebaly
Los Angeles, New York City

Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...