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October 16, 2017

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Jean-Michel Basquiat died 25 years ago today

25 years ago today the art world suffered a huge loss when Jean-Michel Basquiat died at the age of 28. You read that right - only 28 years old.

Chuck Bowdish at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects

Most artists tend to do more than just one thing. Most do painting but also do collage or cartooning or sculpture. It's not often for a gallery to show the diversity of an artist, to spread their wings a bit rather than "pigeonhole" them. Granted, there are many logical reasons to present an artist in a clear and consistent light. Steven Harvery Fine Art Projects shows a few different sides of the prolific Chuck Bowdish , yet there's connective tissue between these pieces. "Best Not To Annoy God" exhibits paintings, watercolors and collages on paper. There's a clear influence of early Picasso figures that can't be denied. Throw in a smidge of Basquiat, a little Henry Darger, a dash of de Chirico, and Bowdish stirs them up to create his own vision. His background as a commercial illustrator serves him well in his graphic sensibilities. It's not easy to commit to large areas of negative space if you don't know how to make it work

"Obsessive Compulsive Design" at S.I.C.A.

One time at a dinner party, the subject of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) was raised. Apparently, some psychiatrists believe everyone has a LITTLE bit of this, and the conversation quickly turned into a confessional booth of little tics - one person has to check the oven every time he leaves his apartment, another had to have everything in alphabetical order, etc - - all relatively benign and hidden in these cases. In its extreme, people end up with their lives seriously impacted by their obsessions either mentally and/or in their lifestyle. There are artists who incorporate this "style," if you will, into their work. Some use art as an outlet for their issues, others use the theory of obsessive or repetitive motion or imagery in their work. The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA) has made this the theme of their current show, "Obsessive Compulsive Design." The show presents "art that utilizes an abundance of repeated elements and

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