Gary Kachadourian is like an artist's version of a 5 star general, he knows how to rally the troops and get them marching. Friday January 28, 2011 was the opening of 'Self Portrait as a Rock Star'. In this show Gary put together at Current Gallery he asked artist to contribute a portrait of themselves as their favorite rock star (as the title suggests). I don't know how many artists were involved in total but as you can see Current Gallery was packed!
There was a ton of work. The quality and execution varied greatly. Some pieces were very simple 'doodles' on what appeared to be a notepad while others were complex and detail oriented paintings, photos and mixed media pieces. There were even a few relatively ambitious video pieces. It was a bit hard to get a real look at all of the work because the place was so packed.
A bit later in the evening the karaoke began!! This was a really nice touch and rounded out the social nature of such an event very well. I was a bit disappointed that they ran out of Natty Boh around ten o'clock.
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