Louie Cordero at Osage

My friend Louie Cordero just sent me some pics from the February 27 opening of the Some Rooms group show in Hong Kong. The images are courtesy of the Osage Gallery. It looks like he's really getting into sculpture, and I'm starting to recognize some repeating themes and forms as well.


The schoolboys with the Johnny Ramone haircuts and peeled-back skin on the lower half of their faces, for example. It's only a matter of time before you start seeing these in night markets across Asia. (That's Louie on the right. See any similarity?)


But Louie certainly hasn't lost his touch when it comes to painting. (When he showed at GR2, all of the work was ink or paint on paper.) His rock 'n' roll imagery seems to have slightly more pre-Columbian Central American feel these days--as if its from an old culture that's advanced but still cannibalistic. Or is it new?


Not bad for a guy who started off making comics about shit! The show runs through May 27, so it's not too late to check it out.