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The Funnies

Whitney Art Works Presents The Funnies, an exhibition co-curated by Deborah Whitney, Jeff Badger, and Elianna Mesaikos. The exhibition will be on view from February 4th- February 28th. A reception for the artists will be held on February 6th 5-8pm during the First Friday Art Walk. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12-6 or by appointment.

The twenty-five artists in The Funnies may be labeled as illustrators, cartoonists, musicians, inventors, or fine artists, but most of them skate and skirt these imaginary lines with ease, caring much less about these arbitrary distinctions than the writers charged with defining their indefinability. Their work ranges from abstract paintings that reference comics through formal iconography to straight-up gags about rabbits and carrots. They hail from Maine, Alaska and places in between, and their work can be found in contemporary art museums, graphic novels and toy stores.

Comics and fine art have always been frenemies. In spite of (or perhaps because of) nearly fifty years of postmodern attempts to crash, splat and splonk distinctions between hi and lo culture, an undeniable fissure remains between these two forms of communication that share so much. But whether you think comics are high art for low brows, low art for high brows, or somewhere in between, come relive Sunday mornings with The Funnies at Whitney Art Works.

-Jeff Badger 2008
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Artists include:

Ben Asselin, Jeff Badger, Nick Colen, Jay Cornell, Pat Corrigan, Amanda Curreri, Haig Demarjian, Sean Foley, Mike Gorman, Sam Henderson, Charlie Hewitt, Graham Kahler, Victor Kerlow, David Kish, Ryan LaMunyon, Amy Morken, Michael Nakoneczny, Deb Randall, Alex Rheault, Irene Stapleford, Tyler Stiene, Aaron Tompkins, Chad Verrill, Ty Williams, and Henry Wolyniec

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To view works by the participating artists: The Funnies

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