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Lucas Custer
July 2010 - Art Opening on Sunday July 11 from 6-10PM
lucascuster@gmail.com | kingdomofthezodiac.com

Pix from the Gulu Show

All material has been retired, rescued and repurposed.
These orphans have been adopted. I have cleaned them and 
dressed them in my own clothing. I have encouraged them to
use words from my own vocabulary. 

These paintings are my concerns. 
They are warnings.
They are reminders that humans share the earth.

We share it with each other.
We share it with the animals.
We share it with our refuse and debris.
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Originally from Texas, Lucas Custer graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2003 where he studied graphic design.  Living in Salem over the past seven years has afforded him the opportunity to acquire abandoned artifacts which he gives new life in his work.  

Greg Orfanos - Lapin Park Art Box Project

Over two long and hot weekends in July, Montserrat College of Art alumnus Greg Orfanos donated his time and energy to create a public art project in Lapin Park.

The intent of this art project was to transform two of Salem's unsightly utility boxes into unique works of art. The city had approved the basic design of Greg's project and the Gulu paid for Greg's supplies and numerous cups of coffee.
  
The Gulu hopes that this is just the beginning for public art projects in the city. We believe that projects like this one help to contribute to the vitality and attractiveness of the urban streetscape and defer graffiti.

About the Art
The art on the large box is an interpretation of "The Walrus & the Carpenter" from Lewis Carol's Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

The small box features several strange and whimsical creatures. At least one is wearing a tube sock.

Click the links below to see the before, during, and after pix from the project:
The boxes before the art | Greg painting the large box | Greg painting the small box | The finished project

Matt Maguire         
August 2010
http://www.visionwalker.com

Over the years I’ve managed to claw my way through the art world  from comics to Tattoos and everything in between. Drawing dinosaurs on my grandmother’s living room walls evolved into sci-fi Horror comics for Heavy Metal. In the past I’ve worked for Marvel, Top Cow, Heavy Metal Magazine, Penny Farthing Press, Flesh Rot Magazine and a bunch of other Indi press comic companies. I spend half my time tattooing as a resident artist at Witch City Ink in my hometown of  Salem Mass, the other half is spent working on new stories for Heavy Metal or paintings for gallery shows.

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