BALLOONS, ORGIES, AND PRETTY COLORSNew Works by John Copeland
| God’s Favorite Mouse, acrylic on canvas, 2009, 54 x 60 inches. |
John Copeland is a masterly artist who’s as comfortable scribbling up a few amusing doodles in pencil on a napkin as he is detailing sweeping scenes with brushes and puddles of oils on a 12-foot canvas. Six days a week, year-round, Copeland toils away hermitlike in his painting studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and, much like God, rests only on the Sabbath to screw around with his motorcycles. Here is a small sampling of what comes of it.
John is exhibiting at London’s Zoo Art Fair in October and he has a solo show at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen in February. Lucky you, Copenhagen.
| You Are the Wind Beneath, 2009, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 25 x 21 inches. |
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| lazy eyez killa, on Sep 3, 2009 wrote:
quite a contrast in his graphite and paintings. | | Anonymous, on Sep 2, 2009 wrote:
the titles to all of these drawings are great. obscure yet loosely sensical | | Anonymous, on Sep 2, 2009 wrote:
@tinkerer
probably. marge is kind of slutty | |
| catbird, on Sep 1, 2009 wrote:
these are so cool! | | Anonymous, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
I saw his show in Chelsea, his work is good and he makes a lot of it. This guy is there. | |
| shep, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
maybe tv stations should use things like that to censor. instead of black bars or blurs we could have smiley faces and pink teddy bears and shit. | | Anonymous, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
he calls that "detailing?" ha. no, really though, i love this. but i don’t think his stuff and "detailed" really go togethere. | | Anonymous, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
I love graphite. Not enough artists use it. Look at the lines! Awesome. | | Anonymous, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
anyone have any idea what he’s supposed to be playing with? looks like a book to me. | |
| tinkerer, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
is mickey getting head from marge simpson? | | Anonymous, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
smiling shit bubbles. who’s got the chocolate pudding? | |
| The Max, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
Nick Gazin copied what from what? This doesn’t look like Gazin’s stuff at all. | | Anonymous, on Aug 31, 2009 wrote:
I WONDER IF NICK GAZIN COPIED THIS IMAGE A LITTLE BIT....
EH? | | Anonymous, on Aug 28, 2009 wrote:
i wonder if she farted out all those balloons. gross | | Anonymous, on Aug 26, 2009 wrote:
is that one mickey mouse dude forcing the other one to give him a bj? kinky. | | Anonymous, on Aug 26, 2009 wrote:
Just once I’d like art/photo detractors to submit a link to their own work. Just once. | | Anonymous, on Aug 25, 2009 wrote:
lame. | |
| kennyp, on Aug 25, 2009 wrote:
hehe, her anus is a smily face | |
| thedon, on Aug 25, 2009 wrote:
i think gods favorite mouse is tom. he gets way with everything! | | Anonymous, on Aug 25, 2009 wrote:
shit | | Anonymous, on Aug 24, 2009 wrote:
is that like a micky mouse orgy or what? | |
| hi fructose, on Aug 24, 2009 wrote:
don’t you know god loves all mice equally? | | Anonymous, on Aug 24, 2009 wrote:
it seems like he literally uses pounds of paint on those. | | Anonymous, on Aug 20, 2009 wrote:
i want to be involved in a mickey mouse orgy, smashing minnie is a dream | | Anonymous, on Aug 20, 2009 wrote:
ah balloon vaginas, is there nothing the art world wont cover up. at least its smiling.
| | Anonymous, on Aug 18, 2009 wrote:
It’s a smiley face balloon and there is a nail on the left. Watch out! | |
| bum tickler, on Aug 18, 2009 wrote:
am i crazy or is that a mouse threesome going on in the first one? | | Anonymous, on Aug 17, 2009 wrote:
the second two picture are a little more tasteful...I can kind of take him seriously now | | Anonymous, on Aug 17, 2009 wrote:
is that a smiley face coming out of her asshole? | | Anonymous, on Aug 14, 2009 wrote:
mickey mouse ears. how artsy | | | Next 30 comments > |
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