'Factory Girls & Boys' - September'10 @ 14th/Flanders - Elroy Artspace, a Gallery of Modern Art

Elroy Artspace, a Gallery of Modern Art

'Factory Girls & Boys' - Mark Randall solo exhibition
September 1st + 2nd, 2010

...About the Show...

Fluxus Pop-Up Mailboxless Gallery presents a First Thursday opening reception for "Factory Girls & Boys" - the Pop Art of Mark Randall...

"Factory Girls & Boys" features Mark Randall's (aka Bbert Goo) large scale pop-art works inspired by the images of factory-created humanoid formed mannequins which are central to the featured series or works. And by the uninhibited and experimental vigor of Warhol's 'The Factory', whose energy was captured by Randall in his temporary "Fluxus Pop-Up Mailboxless Gallery" when creating his own assembly line to create the 'China Paper Streamers Room" installation piece.

1418 NW Flanders, Portland, OR, 97209

The Artists' Statement:

With a love of Pop, Dada and Surrealism as well as advertising (both vintage and new); Mark Randall’s artwork can be described as a tactile survey of elements of those artists whose influence can be seen in it - including Magritte, Rosenquist, Cornell, Ernst, Warhol, and Rauschenberg among others.

Using paper, spackle, varnishes, acrylic, tempera and various marking pens, pencils and more, Mr. Randall lavishes these media to wood and cardboard. He presents them either on a flat plane floated in a frame, or sometimes applied to a box or column form (which he calls ‘timbers’). He works to distress and create an interesting decayed surface, upon which he overlays the primary image. The wood base uniquely allows for a lot of application and/or taking away of materials.

Mr. Randall’s artworks appeal not only to our sense of sight, but also to our touch. Viewing them, we can sense the feel of amassed texture and vibrant color, allowing us to become enveloped into the surreal world of his subjects. “Ever since I was a kid I have been a scavenger of physical images that caught my eye, and I collect interesting tidbits of paper and images from various print media, old and new,” says Mr. Randall, “I shoot and use digital photo images with several types of cameras, and images collected from the internet.” Having made large collages from Life magazines in his early teens, Marks current work has evolved from his long love affair with the wide-format Xerox machines, “It gave me the ability to blow up 1” and 2” images into 3’ x 6’ monster images - the effect is like silkscreen, engraving and billboard art."

Mr. Randall hails from the Pacific NW, born and raised in Eugene, Oregon. He earned a BS in Art Education from the University of Oregon in 1978, and has been creating and selling his artwork ever since. He is a prominent businessman in the artworld, and lives in the Portland area. His works are proudly owned by innumerable private collectors throughout the land.