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Zombies In Love-Art Exhibit at Gallery Nucleus
“Zombies In Love” is an art exhibition that runs from Feb 6th-Feb 22nd at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California.
Since October of 2004, Gallery Nucleus is open 7 days a week and strives to be a welcoming gathering place for the art loving community by offering quality art, art-related goods, and rarities. Focusing primarily on gallery exhibits, they have also had benefit auctions, product signings, music events, and artist lectures. Having exhibited both local artists and artists from abroad, and catering to an international customer base, they offer an extensive collection of original contemporary, illustrated, graphic, commercial, and narrative art. (from http://www.gallerynucleus.com)
Discover the true meaning of undying love…
Gathering recognized names in the field of zombie culture and other zombie enthusiasts contributing paintings, sculptures, and live performance paying homage to the reanimated dead and true love that persists beyond the grave.
Featured artists include:
Amy Ortiz, Anna Chambers, Barth, Becky Cloonan, Ben Zhu, Brian Smith, Chito Arellano, Chris Lane, Damon Bard, D’Holbachie-Yoko, Graham Annable, Greg Nicotero (KNB efx group), Ippei Gyoubu, J. Shea, Jim McPherson, Jeremy Enecio, JJ Villard, John Pham, Jonathan Wayshak, Jordu Schell, JPG, Junko Mizuno, Martin Astles, Mindy Lee, Pendleton Ward, Robh Ruppel, Rodney Fuentebella, Scott C., Sebastien Mesnard, Tony Lombardo, William B. Hand, William Stout.
When asked “Why a zombies in love art exhibit?” Ben Zhu, Manager at Gallery Nucleus stated that he wanted to do a Valentines themed show but nothing really piqued his interest. He liked zombies and had been wanting to do a show on zombies for awhile. He feels that even though some people think zombies are relatively recent, that they’ve actually been around for a long time.
While anticipating this event I didn’t quite know what to expect to be honest. I had seen the ad, known the concept and thought it would be kind of like the cover of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” (i.e. a lot of famous art reworked with zombies). As we found out, it was not, but that did not sway my opinion either. Overall, I would say that the exhibit was less “zombies in love” and more “in love with zombies” as there were more pieces that did not seem to have “love” as a theme. Still, all of the art was quite amazing. Particularly grotesque, in a train wreck kind of way, were the 3D pieces that looked like real skin with eyes, teeth, and whatever he wanted to add. I know that normally “train wreck” is usually used in a negative connotation, but these were so awesomely gruesome I had to turn away, then look back to see if I thought they were as realistic and disturbing as I had thought, and yup…they certainly were. This process was repeated a good four or five times with each piece of his there. My favorite piece, being the hopeless romantic I am, was probably the one of a male and female zombie out of the coffin, but still underground together. It was more cartoony than realistic just so none of the readers think I am some sort of necrophile. Lol I would definitely recommend this exhibit to anyone who loves zombies. -Michael Funk (from ZWN)
One would expect certain themes from a zombie art exhibit-brains, horror, decay, hunger, sadness…and well, more brains. I really wasn’t sure what to expect from an art exhibit called “zombies in love”, but honestly, I didn’t really care because I just wanted to see some zombies! I’d say probably less than half of the exhibit kept to the theme of “zombies in love”, but that’s fine with me. There was a good smorgasbord of zombie art; pictures, sculptures, paintings, busts, and even zombie plushes. Some were quite grotesque, but that’s to be expected from a zombie art exhibit, right? While some of the art I would graciously accept in my home, others I wouldn’t want in the same city.The “Zombie Fair” would make a great print to hang on a wall as a kind of “Where’s Waldo” of zombies while the most puzzling piece was a giant statue of an alien creature over 7 feet tall, which posed the question-Can aliens be zombies? My favorite pieces were probably the zombie plushes (Blue, Green, and Pink Zombie Babies), but I’m weird that way. I really enjoyed the exhibit and would highly recommend it to those of you weirdoes that love zombies as much as me. -Marcel “Dangermouse” Sarfati (from ZWN)
If you can’t make it to the gallery before the exhibit ends, you can view it on the Gallery Nucleus website.
Gallery Nucleus is located at:
210 East Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 458-7482
Mon-Thurs: 12pm-9pm, Fri-Sun: 11am-10pm
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