Ed and Geoff at REDCAT

We broke out of the house to check out the Ed Fella/Geoff McFetridge art show at REDCAT. It was Eloise's first art show and she did all right. A little breakdown, but nothing a bottle and new diaper couldn't fix. We ran into Eric as well as Steve from the Crypt (Vienna), too.


Oh yeah, the art show. Most of you are probably familiar with Geoff's bold graphics work and effortless hand-drawn illustrations, which have been showcased by everyone from Burton to Pepsi to The Virgin Suicides. His side of the building was huge, with an installment you could walk through as well as a section devoted to his commercial work. This half of the room was both playful yet inspiring.

Fella also has a commercial background, coming from the world of advertising agencies and going to art school and joining academia. His hyper organic and prolific work, which is famously made with those four-color Bic pens, is overwhelming, with open sketchbooks whose interiors one can only dream about--unless you buy the nice book--and an entire wall of fliers that provides not only an overview of Fella's own work but a cursory history of graphic design as well.

The artists' styles complemented each other really well--one mostly clean, the other mostly sketchy. One big installations, the other small sketches and fliers. Of course, it's more complicated than that, and it deserves another visit. Maybe one sans the baby sling, for more careful inspection.