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November 14, 2020  

LOWBROW ART / POP SURREALISM – The Origins / History Book from Italy

an Italian language book about these art movements compiled by Mauro Tropeano, is now available. The book features international OG’s of Lowbrow Art and Pop Surrealism including myself and colleagues: Robert Williams, Isabel Samaras, Ciou, Junko Mizuno, Glenn Barr, Anthony Ausgang, Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Shag, Jennybird Alcantra, Camille Rose Garcia, Ed Roth, Joe Coleman, Gary Baseman, Travis Louis, Joe Sorren, The Pizz, Tim Biskup, Todd Schorr, Scott Musgrove, and others.
     Here’s the synopsis: While in the Eighties in America and in the world, in galleries and museums a taste for an increasingly conceptual art took root, in California, in particular between Los Angeles and San Francisco, they appeared, not too timidly, in the underground circuits, the first forms of what will be recognized as “lowbrow art” first and “pop surrealism” later.
     This volume traces the main guidelines that define the lowbrow culture which then gave way to an artistic current that from the United States has overwhelmed the rest of the world in the following decades, albeit with other forms and other languages, united among it gives them a common purpose: to flesh out the human soul by making its torments emerge in a carnival of colors and shapes, exorcising the darker sides of the subconscious.
The book is available from blurb.com

 

March 1, 2019  

The Wonderfully Weird World of Lisa Petrucci video segment on Art Zone

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Here’s the “Person of Interest” piece that was made by the incredibly talented (and patient) Chris Barnes for Art Zone with Nancy Guppy on the Seattle Channel. See me in my natural habitat, working at Something Weird Video and talking about my art and collectibles. But it’s mostly an homage and tribute to the great legacy of Mike Vraney. Featuring scenes from the Something Weird Greatest Hits record release party with The Sellwoods at Darrell’s Tavern!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKx_WT3NcgM&t=82s

 

November 6, 2016  

Frankenkuties Apparel by Kreepsville 666

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Kreepsville 666 has produced a line of apparel featuring my Frankenkuties! Kute and kreepy details from my original art on bright monster green stretchy polyester fabric. There are two different frightfully fantastic dresses for ghouly gals, and even an adorable frock for lil’ spooks! The dresses are available in most sizes in Lil’ Lisa’s Pop Shop!

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RJB Photo, Frankenkuties dress modeled by Cara Franklin-Moytoy

 

 

June 1, 2016  

Interview in Suffragettes Fanzine!

suffragettes1Thanks Sol Charlotte for the interview about my art and Something Weird in the premiere issue of SUFFRAGETTES, a female-focused pop culture fanzine published (in Spanish) out of Barcelona!

 

March 16, 2015  

I’m featured in “The Graphic Art of the Underground: A Countercultural History”

Bloomsbury in London has published a gorgeous coffee table book THE GRAPHIC ART OF THE UNDERGROUND: A COUNTER-CULTURAL HISTORY that presents a dazzling journey through the visual art and design of alternative and youth cultures from the 1950s to the present. Authors Ian Lowey and Suzy Prince give a brilliant survey of the Lowbrow art phenomenon and the artists who have contributed to it’s becoming a legitimate and influential historical movement. My art and designs are featured on four pages! The book is available from Amazon www.amazon.com/Graphic-Art-Underground-Countercultural-History/dp/0857858181/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426537670&sr=1-1&keywords=graphic+art+of+the+underground

 

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