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This is a gratuitous “arts and culture” post and horn tooting, your weekend chance to grab a cup of coffee or a Goose Island and do some art and music browsing.
I really should actually be getting ready for this show instead of writing about it, but hey, it’ll only take a few minutes, right? For those of you who live anywhere near Louisville, you owe it to yourself to go checkout the Unusual Animals exhibit at the 930 Art Center including two drawing by Yours Truly. I had the pleasure seeing the current exhibit when I took my own submission a few weeks ago. Very nice place. What made me respond to the call for entries was not just for the chance to respond to a cool theme, but also the fun knowing that the folks from Asthmatic Kitty were part of it, and, in fact, were part of the judging.
What I hadn’t realized is that Unusual Animals is also an ongoing project of Asthmatic Kitty compilations and events, the most recent of which is, you guessed it, in Louisville. Asthmatic Kitty is a Landers, Wyoming (I had to look, too) based label, but if I recall has strong roots around the country. They’re the home of some of my longtime favorite artists like Danielson (by way of Sounds Familyre and Tooth & Nail back in the day) Half-Handed Cloud, Liz Janes and Sufjan Stevens.
My sister and I freaked out over Danielson’s A Prayer for Every Hour way back when we must have been subconsciously craving sounds like that. That album became for me the standard with which I’d compare many musical first impressions for a number of years, and may actually still be something like an artistic reference point. Visually, as well. I can guarantee you that much of Daniel Smith’s artwork (he has often, if not always, done his own album art) has influenced my own.
So it is no surprise that I’m proud to be putting my two cents in on this exhibit. Go check it out. The show opens April 4th. There is more information at the 930 Art Center website.
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