Stanislav Krawczyk’s deeply unique art is a series of frenzied, haunting forms, each one born from a need to exorcise the demons that haunt him. This book collects over 60 of his most powerful drawings into a deluxe, limited edition hardcover, honoring his journey as both an artist and a human being. Born in 1984, in the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine and living with cerebral palsy in a country hobbled by conflict, he found that channeling his pain and suffering onto paper became an outlet for both the agony of cerebral palsy and the agony of isolation from […]
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Presented by: THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY and STEPHEN ROMANO GALLERY October 24 – December 21, 2024 The first exhibition of Shonberg’s work in Los Angeles in over 50 years, including many never before seen works. A catalog includes essays by the late Roger Corman, Shonberg biographer Spencer Kansa, film historian Justin Humphries, independent curator Robert Cozzolino, and art historian and documentarian Brian Chidester. A screening of the film “OUT HERE – A FILM ABOUT BURT SHONBERG” by Marshall Berle (former manager of SPIRIT, RATT, and VAN HALEN) and an online conversation between Stephen Romano, Justin Humphries, and Spencer Kansa (registration is […]
I’m running a sale on original works, sculpture pieces, and framed prints (unframed prints not included at this time) until the end of the month to help lighten the amount of work I’m going to have to transport to the new place. Running 30% off with promo code “HAPPYMOVING” at checkout. Visit www.schamballah.com! —V Holecek
Vincent Castiglia Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Opening December 1st and continuing through February 2023. For a detailed press release, follow this link. A catalog will be available, with contributions from es-teemed writers Michael Bonesteel (author of “Henry Darger: Art and Selected Writings) and curator Robert Cozzolino (whose exhibition “Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art” recently toured museums in the USA), as well as Christopher Ian Lutz (whose writings have appeared in Beautiful Bizarre and Riot Material, and who wrote the catalog essay for Morbid Anatomy’s “Opus Hypnagogia” exhibition).
Speak of the Devil: V Holeček Wednesday, August 9th / 7pm MST Speak of the Devil – Reverend Campbell Interviews V Holeček. He is a contemporary artist, working in colored pencils and acrylic paint. His work is grounded in Central/Eastern-European and American dark surrealism. Join us live as we discuss his history with Satanism, artistic inspirations and the life of an artist. You can learn more about V Holeček and view his artwork on his website schamballah.com. Sign Up to the Email List. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel. Give a Rating & Review. Hail Satan! —Reverend Campbell
Stephen Kasner: Capture & Release Cleveland Exhibit and Interview Stephen Kasner talks to Cleveland Scene magazine about overcoming his medical and emotional challenges and his current exhibit at Hedge Art Gallery in Cleveland. The reports of Stephen Kasner’s death have been greatly exaggerated. While Kasner disappeared from the scene for several years due to health issues and the nightmare of what it’s like to be uninsured, his work is healthier than ever. His ethereal paintings and mixed-media pieces, always prone to leaving viewers’ jaws agape, are taking on new life at a fresh Hedge Gallery exhibition. Read the full interview […]
V. Holecek at Crypticon, Kansas City: July 14-16 Artist V Holecek will be participating as a vendor at this year’s Crypticon KC Convention, being held at the Saint Joseph Civic Arena. Holecek’s body of work is a heavily industrialized dark-surrealist collection of places and things that often come to him in dreams. Holecek has contributed work to films and books, to include the Creepy Romance series of books, now in its fourth edition. There will be a collection of prints and original works on display and for purchase, which you can find at booth #444 in the main floor area. […]
Trigger Warning: Exploring the Wasteland with Fine Artist V Holeček V Holeček’s pencil drawings and acrylic paintings evoke an other-worldly realm that is earthy and engrossing. His darkly surreal landscapes are deliciously organic but filled with post-apocalyptic-dystopian wrecks and outsized bones and skulls littering the environment…He creates these arresting bastardisations of classic images, with targets including a portraiture of a Renaissance style angelic woman who is afflicted with a pig’s snout, trotters, and the absence of eyes (in Das Tierdrama). There is also George Washington with black anime-proportioned eyes and tentacles (in In His House at V’rnon, Dead Washingthulu Waits […]
The Devils Reign II: Psychedelic BlasphemySubmission Guidelines HOWL Books announces submission guidelines for The Devils Reign II: Psychedelic Blasphemy, curated by Magus Peter H. Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan. This limited edition hardcover book will feature 90 to 120 artists, with a focus on tattoo artists and illustrators. The Devils Reign II will also feature an expanded page count of 120 to 180 pages. A book release party and opening art show will be set for the end of 2016 at HOWL Gallery/Tattoo, Fort Myers, Florida. Additionally, a year-long touring exhibition in 2017 will feature 20 to […]