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Chelsea art stroll of the week This Week in New York |
We love the crazy world of Chuck Agro, filled with bizarre, colorful characters that are often frighteningly realistic despite their cartooniness. Agro has opened up his studio for this exhibit, including drawings, paintings, enamels, watercolors, inkjet prints, a porcelain bowl, and a papier-mache sculpture. Although the fifty pieces are entertaining on their own, the back wall tells a kind of narrative, following "the education of an American boy" as he learns about sex, war, booze, justice, love, violence, and forgiveness. You’ll swear you’ve seen at least one of the three dudes on the opposite wall, affectionately known as "Stinky Zen," "Life and Death," and "Heavy Metal." And don’t drink the water from "Prayer or Wishing Bowl?" as it’s encrusted with gemstones. "Cheeseburger" is the third section of a group show that begins with recent NYU MFA grad Megan O’Connor’s "O’Connor," a room occupied by toilet-paper figures and religious icons, and Millree Hughes’s black-and-white digital animation "Figure 3." |
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