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A group show of Aaron Trotski, Hoondirt and Brandy Greenwell, September 19-October 26, 2007.
Brandy Greenwell
I was proudly born in the Carolinas 23 years ago to the most amazing
parents in the world. I began my education at Converse College where I
originally pursued an interior design degree, until I met Andrew
Blanchard who mentored me and inspired my artistic expression, to which
I decided art would be a better served path for me to take in life. I
will graduate in May 2008 with my BFA. After a recuperative break I
will attend graduate school and hopefully teach art somewhere in the
world and continue to make work and inspire others.
I approach my life and my work with reckless honesty. Unafriad to
bluntly display the dramatic and often sacred moments of my life
through film and onto paper, I express the emotions, thoughts,
memories, and desires that most people would rather deny or hide.
Often known for shock value, I simply wish to confront issues and
complex emotions which most people find uncomfortable. I am a strong
believer in being true to yourself and your feelings no matter how
ridiculous, taboo, or aggressive and I thoroughly enjoy broadcasting
these obsurdities to the world.I hope that this pure approach to my
work will evoke the hidden thoughts and desires of my audience.
There often seems to be an unsaid connection between me and a certain
sect of people within my social circle. I enjoy drawing out the things
that they are often afraid to admit. Though I've begun to take a more
subtle and sentimental approach to my work (due to a recent
life-threatening illness), I still manage to express the underlying
desires, sexual frustrations, and animosity that we all have in common.
Hoondirt
My goal is to become the Muhammad Ali of the Art World. My inner-artist
was awakened after meeting a man with a skeleton-like face and body who
taught me to weld. My work will always be dedicated to that wonderfully
kind and somewhat creepy man who is now only a memory. The art that I
am creating now consists of mostly found materials and the subject
matter often includes antique bicycles, skeletons and items of an
almost carnival-like nature.
I weld and create art so my children don't have to.
Aaron Troski
I was born in the small town of Toronto, Ohio, overlooking the rust.
Raised on skateboards and heavy metal, I always knew that there was
more to life than inheriting your father’s bar stool.
After twelve years of being a managing partner in a restaurant
corporation and wearing a shirt and tie to work every day of my
sixty-hour work week, I sold out, packed up my family and relocated to
Spartanburg.
At 34 years old, I picked up a brush for the first time in fifteen
years and painted. With no formal training but a love of low-brow and
folk art I locked myself away and took an oath that would create my
truth through art. Born out of anxiety, rock & roll, heartbreak and
loss of love, I started a series that can only be described as low-brow
folk art.
Asked about influences I would say that sometimes art creates itself. I
never felt comfortable with my work but when I came to the crossroads,
I made a decision that everything in me will be on display. For better
or worse, there it is.
Future art plans include a series of pieces based on a story of mine,
done in much the same style as my recent work. I have also been working
with private collectors and have plans to do some large-scale fine art
pieces.
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