Exhibition Hours: Fri - Sat 11am - 9pm; Sun - Mon 11am - 6pm
Opening reception: Thursday, June 17, 7 - 10pm featuring a live performance by Hangar 18 from Definitive Jux Records, plus DJ James F!@#$%^ Friedman
"Fred Rogers was a man who wasn't afraid to do things his way, however uncool that way may have been," says Kevin Grady, who co-founded GUM with designer/artist Colin Metcalf in 2002. "Despite all common wisdom, there was no rapid-fire, attention deficit disorder-pandering on this TV show. No neon-colored mayhem at all. Just the same hand-knitted sweaters, the same simple puppets, the same old self-sung theme song." And a simple, consistent gengless that now, more than ever, is a comfort in a violent world.
Contributors will include Phil Frost, Dalek, Richard Colman, Rick Valicenti, Guido Vitti, Michael Wiener, MCA/Evil Design, Bask, Aye Jay, Visibl, Magmo The Destroyer, Dean Bradley, typeStereo//SomeShine. Angela Boatwright, Lump Lipshitz, AA/ProjectorStudio, Mr. Florencio Zavala, Kandy Littrell, Linda Zacks/extra-oomph, Brett Phares, Randy Janson, Jon Burgerman, Ian Hanna and members of The Drama collective, along with Grady and Metcalf from GUM.