Earthmart Ice Cream Truck, Poor Al

Nice little mention in the San Diego Union-Tribune today, by Robert Pincus - the Tribune's and San Diego's only credible art critic, in the Monday Currents section D2 under Essentials about the Humeurs expo currently on view at the Art of Framing. Here it is in its entirety, short but sweet:

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Group shows are treasure hunts of a sort, and "Humeurs," in the small confines of Art of Framing in Normal Heights, is one with a few genuine rewards. Maura Vazakas has made glistening versions of State birds, Bradley Streeper's "Red" is an elgantly executed abstraction, and the robotic vendor in Poor Al's "Earthmart Ice Cream Truck" serves up scrap-metal cones for robotic customers.

I'd like to think that the show was a genuine "find," certainly here in San Diego, but mainly for the diversity, strength and quality of all the works presented. Certainly, each and every one of the artists has had a long and critically acclaimed career and have shown their works in major galleries and museums here and abroad. They deserve any and all recognition they receive. I'd like to take this moment to thank Brad Streeper, Bruno Lavelle, Hervé Crespel, Joey Burns, Maura Vazakas, Michael Arata, Poor Al, Régent Pellerin, Richard Gleaves, Tom Torluemke, the Art of Framing gallery, and the Drawing Club and John Lieberman (Culver City expo) for their participation, effort and confidence in the process. It was fun. More here.