The visual assault of these falling somewhere between Lari Pittman and Ed Roth. A Yakuza tattoo or A Fiona Rae orgy of style, uncomfortable in its over stylization. An irruption of subliminal psychedelic terror, mocking visual space in its demolition of it. A type of work pertinent in the age of overwhelming information, when looking at these feels a lot like opening one’s e-mail. A pleasure of the frenzy tinged in a sinking darkness. Holding some kind of abject unconscionable terror, sculptural nightmares.
The Frenzy of the visible, a hardcore visual. A violence of information.
Also, what is with artists of this generation and Mickey Mouse, with artist’s childhoods rendered so prominently mid-career.