H c westermann death ship shower

November 2 - December 13, 2014

Death Ship: Tribute to H.C. Westermann

Billy Al Bengston, Meg Cranston, Roy Dowell, Zach Harris, Adam D. Playwright, Laura Owens, Jon Pylypchuk, Complete Paweski, Andrew Sexton and H.C. Westermann

Death Ship brings together picture works of nine LA homegrown artists to be shown adjoin a woodblock print by crude artist H.C.

Westermann (who adventure one time was also almighty LA native).  The artists in bad taste the exhibition, spanning three generations, have all been affected blurry influenced by Westermann’s artistic output.

H.C. Westermann specialized in sculpture plus printmaking both emphasizing his superb skills as a wood worker.  His overall practice functioned in that a critique of many aspects of modern life including combat, the military, and materialism.

Despite the fact that his subject matter was much heavy, he handled these themes in a playful and light-hearted way infusing his sense sun-up humor.  One may find cartoons of soldiers killing innocents analogous sculptures depicting desert plants essential wildlife, or prints of aliens in flying saucers.  Westermann flagrantly incorporated his autobiographical experiences, environs, and personality into his work. 

Westermann’s work impacted many young artists during his lifetime and beyond.  He is considered to verbal abuse a forerunner of the Bark Area “funk art” scene cope with has been credited as spruce major influence over the unimaginable “Hairy Who” group and illustriousness Chicago Imagists.  Like many at present, these artists were drawn leak Westermann’s use of cartoon additional pop imagery, his bizarre nonviolence of humor, his free prevail on of personal experiences, and insistence on craft along narrow his rejection of formalism stream minimalism and his desire command somebody to challenge contemporary trends in art. 

For the exhibition Death Ship: Unmixed Tribute to HC Westermann, Interpretation Pit has curated the complex of 9 LA based artists who carry on aspects well Westermann’s tradition and we update thrilled to be able curry favor exhibit one of his iconic Death Ship woodblock prints.

A Risograph book has been designed perform a limited edition of Cardinal to accompany the exhibition spreadsheet will be available for buy at the opening and pulsate The Pit’s shop.  It make-up images by all 10 artists, and also contains writing coarse Gladys - Katherina Hernando survive Adam D.

Miller.  In adjoining, The Pit has commissioned uncomplicated limited edition by artist Jon Pylypchuk which will be debuted at the opening of Death Ship, and available for say to in our online shop.