A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Apocalypse, Art, Blog, Chico, Environment, Fashion, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Paranormal, Politics, Science, Sex, TV, War
One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was proofing Mad Bob Howard's column, and he referenced a fellow "outsider artist" (aside: something about the term "outsider art" or "outsider artist" makes me cringe, and therefore, encase it in quotes like some sort of literary specimin) by the name of Jonathan Troxler.
Easter is one of those bizarre holidays – quasi-religious, quasi-pagan, entirely alcoholic these days. It has really become a post-modern event. Thanks to Johnathan Troxler's terrific and terrifying paintings I will never get the image of the crucified Easter Bunny out of my head. That and the three stooges strumming the guitar in a manger for baby Jesus and Santa Claus. This is Troxler's older work – to me it doesn't point to any particular warp or hiccup in his character – instead it asks of us a simple and direct question: What kind of sick freaks are we?
Three Stooges as the Three Wise Men, with Baby Jesus and Santa in the Manger? Sounds like my kind of religous art! Unfortunately I couldn't find that particular image on any of Troxler's sites, but I did manage to uncover a few other precious religous art specimens. Enjoy.
