It must have been a pretty bad joke. You can see just how bad in the twist of Kelsey Birsa’s lips.
“Twisted” is both name and theme of a new two-month exhibit at The Artist Loft, a small second-floor gallery at 1001 Main St, Suite C. Artist Birsa, who happens to be the daughter of curator Leslie Faulds, based this self-portrait on a photograph her brother snapped just after telling her some howler.
Grimacing lips are only a taste of this twisting installation. Earlier this week, as community contributions were arriving, Faulds said she expected to display many artworks that are “illustrational” and influenced by graphic novels, comic books and cartoons.
The folks who venture upstairs to explore The Artist Loft tend to be young and artistic, Faulds said, and she wanted to enlist them.
If You Go
What: “Twisted,” an exhibition of imaginative art.
When: On display through April. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; also 5-9 p.m. today, during First Friday Art Walk.
Where: 1001 Main St., Suite C, Vancouver.
On the web: www.facebook.com/ArtistLoftVancouver/
“I’m always looking for new artists and I always want to hear what’s hip,” she said. Now, she’s looking forward to a dazzling display of steampunk, fantasy and comics-inspired artworks.
But, Faulds added, she wanted to make sure the show’s mission is plenty broad and inclusive, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. So she mentioned to her member artists — most of whom aren’t quite so young — that the show would welcome oddness of all sorts.
“Twisted” goes on display today, in time for the monthly First Friday Art Walk, and continues through the end of April.
