Gregorio Escalante Gallery
978 Ching King Road
“DARK REALISM / DARK SURREALISM”
Curated by Chet Zar & Greg Escalante
Featuring Dreamlike Sculptures by Myron Dyal Overtaking the Basement Gallery
Off the heels of LACMA’s Guillermo del Toro show, Gregorio Escalante Gallery presents a true Nightmare Before Christmas, with “DARK REALISM / DARK SURREALISM.” In the main gallery, Chet Zar and Greg Escalante approach the concept of Dark Surrealism -
surrealistic images from each of the twenty artists on view's
imagination. While each has a distinctly different aesthetic, each
creates within the paradigm of the Dark Arts, searching for solace in a
dark time. The looming threat of extinction, political upheaval, and
warring religions on our minds have found a new outlet for expression,
Dark Art acts as a means of finding solace amidst this upheaval. Artists
on view include Sarah Elise Abramson, Samuel Araya, Tom
Bagshaw, Ryan Brown, Nathan Cartwright, William Hand, F. Scott Hess,
Karen Hsiao, Jed Leiknes, Elizabeth McGrath, Lee Shamel, Brian Smith,
Stanislav, David Stoupakis, Jon Swihart, Christopher Ulrich (massive Last Supper painting is the largest ever in the gallery), David Van Gough, Jasmine Worth, Chet Zar, and Peter Zokosky.
