Proud Parasite

Calgary readers:

My buddy Tim has a new show at Art Central downtown. Please go check it out. He's a sweet, caring guy with an incredible skill for drawing robots, monsters, cute girls and assorted undead in an approachable, ultra-fun illustrative style that never fails to win a smile or a laugh from me.

The show is called "Parasitic Tendencies" and tonight at the opening I listened to Tim explain the pieces' titles - they're named after his friends. Partway through the naming process, he realized he was calling his friends parasites, sticking their John Henries under magnified, cartoonish close-ups of internal biological nasties in dayglo red and yellow. Personally, I'm honored to be a parasite on the glowing talent that is Tim - though I didn't see my name anywhere in the titles. Boo.

For the faint of heart, rest easy: it's not just parasites on display. On the other wall is a collection of Tim's gig posters for Broken City, which I am thrilled to own a few of and are, for me, an iconic part of the club's visual imprint. You may have seen them around downtown on telephone poles and such. Tim likes that kids would tear them down and steal them for their own private collections.

Also supercool is that Carbon Media has a great selection of Threadless t-shirts on site for decent prices. I grabbed a ray gun print that will see regular rotation on my torso. And geez, I had no idea Art Central had so many nifty boutiques, galleries and studios to browse. I've usually just breezed in and out to grab breakfast at Siding Cafe, but this time I trolled all three floors and was heartened to see art in the middle of Cowtown. And busy! Lots of people! Even ran into Michal and Aviv.

Here are the precise deets for Tim's show:

Parasitic Tendencies
Carbon Media Design (lower floor)
Art Central
#3 100 7 Ave SW
403-802-0350
info@carbonmedia.ca

NOW WITH HELPFUL DATES ADDED! (thanks Neil)

Show runs from 3 August thru 30 August

Go. Seriously. Check out the rest of the digs too. It's good stuff.

And in case you missed the embedded links above, there's a decent sampling of Tim's work linked here at GigPosters.