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Vice 2013 Photo Show .. Opening Reception: Thursday, July 25th 6PM - 11PM .. At the show you'll find new work from tag-teams like Barry McGee and Jim Goldberg; Peter Sutherland and Ben Pier; Alec Soth and Brad Zellar; Sandy Kim and Maggie Lee; Richard Kern and Kim Gordon; Jim Mangan and Tadayoshi Honda; Ben Pier and Peter Sutherland; Martin Parr and Kate Fox; Lele Saveri and Francesco Deiana; Henry Hargreaves and Amirah Kassem; Petra Collins and Arvida Byström; Tim Freccia and Gerald Slota; Asger Carlsen and Roger Ballen; Jaimie Warren and her mom; and even a massive piece by the dream team of Ryan McGinley, Collier Schorr, Marilyn Minter, and Roe Etheridge.

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SUPERCHIEF AT CULTUREFIX PRESENTS:

FITNESS CENTER FOR ARTS & TACTICS focuses on the transformative effects of sound, visual, and performance art. Expanding on noise, hardcore, dance, and various artistic genres of the like, artists who exhibit or perform at Fitness are required to push beyond the boundaries to which they have previously been confined. We aim to test the creative stamina of our featured artists, and to stress the refinement and training of the eyes/ears of our audience.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY SASHA FITNESS IS: david randall etienne pierre duguay jenna cecilia laura blüer miles pflanz sasha winn simón acosmist reece cox vincent bäeza and participating artists adel souto alaina stamatis jessica mensch nick broujos rebecca gaffney http://superchiefgallery.com/ [email protected]

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On Tuesday, July 2 Superchief Gallery at Culturefix presents Mike Diana's new book of comics, 'America' along with an exhibition of his work.

Mike Diana, born 1969, is an illustrator and comic artist whose work frequently delves into comic violence and sexual depravity. Much of his work is funny, mocking things like sex, family values, the church, drugs, and generally just “values” in general. To quote the erection-sporting guy on cover of Boiled Angel #6, “I love engaging in antisocial behavior.”

Mike’s claim to fame is a 1993 trial which made him the first artist ever to be convicted of obscenity for artwork in the United States, specifically for his comic books. A Florida prosecutor named Stuart Baggish saw a copy of Mike’s comic Boiled Angel, and took it upon himself to throw the book at him. The FBI investigated him, the fire department bulldozed his house, he was made into a scapegoat for the Gainsville serial killer, and Mike was sued for about six times as much money as he had made in his life.

He was drawn to, and excelled in art from a young age – but consistently dealt with depicting the dark and ugly side of things. In his first art class he was instructed to collect seashells on a beach for a collage, and rather elected to collect garbage and dead fish. He would later cite this instance in his famed obscenity trial, as a basis to establish that “art can be ugly and convey a message.”

Mike’s work helped pave the way for independent comic artists today. The style he was producing then still reigns as a point of reference for some of the edgiest artists working today, twenty years later.

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