Artist Robbie Conal and Track 16 Gallery, both incidentally customers of FINE ART SHIPPING, have teamed up to present a retrospective of the artist’s gloriously politically incorrect work. A seriously trained artist, Conal is best known for his takes on right wing icons who are treated with the attention to satiric detail they so richly deserve. To confront Conal’s Nixon or Phyllis Schlafly on a dark evening in the warehouse is a must stop and shiver moment not to be forgotten. For the younger set, there is plenty of George W and Cheney to go around, as well as a foray into positive depictions of “good guys” painted in the wake of 9/11.

Here’s a link to the recent Los Angeles Times article on the show, which opened October 19th and runs through November 22nd.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-robbieconal13-2008oct13,0,1778852.story

Although the timing of this exhibition to coincide with election fever couldn’t be better, there is a range of works on offer and not all are political.

FINE ART SHIPPING salutes Mr. Conal for 30 plus years of speaking truth to power. And congratulations also to Track 16 Gallery for another “must see” exhibition. Before Jon Stewart there were these folks, and they are still at it when and where it counts.

Betsy Dorfman / FINE ART SHIPPING