Mariano Ching, "Portrait Series: Dog-Faced Boy"

The glossy, hyper realistic, gigantic celebrity portraits of American artist Richard Phillips stimulated the concept behind Even Bad Days Are Good, Mariano Ching’s solo exhibit now on view at SLab.  Phillips’ glammed up subjects, sourced from photographs of the famous, icons of popular culture, and even soft-porn movie stars, look out vacantly from within their frames.  They stare stiffly back at viewers, frozen in their perfection, devoid of emotion. Continue reading →