Once a year (sometimes twice) the Dirty Show takes over Bert's Warehouse Theatre in Detroit with hundreds of erotic works of art, performers and denizens of Detroit. As usual, yours truly volunteers to help out with the show, and this year I was asked to do set design, which I jumped on with the speed of light! Jerry Vile, the show's organizer, Satori Circus (one of the performance artists) and I sat down and discussed the design inspired by Pagliacci's opera: I painted two 12 x 9
cloths to look like a circus tent in the spirit of the opera. I also painted two large
walls to resemble the feeling of a well to do home, complete with crown moulding accented with nipples in pink, chair railing and some bold blue square accents framed in black mouldings. Carl Lundgren helped me paint because it was such a large project and we had such a tight deadline to meet.
My good friend, Adam Owen Layne, a talented artist who also shows at the Dirty, sent me a link today, you can see my painting in it. How cool is that? Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0fe6hU-5QY&feature=player_embedded
And, of course, I have a painting in the show, called "Tunnel of Love" It's four feet square and hung in the best spot in the show! Wooo! :) I hope to see everyone there!
Don't forget you can always check out my Events page on my
website for all my upcoming shows!
