CLICK MORT
Delirium Tremens
showing with Edward Robin Coronel, Christopher Bales, Aaron Rivera
July 3 – August 2, 2015
Artist reception: Friday, July 3rd; 8-11PM
LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 666-7667
www.laluzdejesus.com
The Jitters. Hallucinations and nightmares, occasionally punctuated by some pleasant dream. Sleep tight, my darlings.
Click Mort‘s work centers on indiscreet modifications to existing porcelain figurines. Each piece is a unique consolidation of two or more previously unrelated figures, with extensive cutting, sculpting, sanding, and painting being required to unify them into a new, seamless whole. The result is kitsch resurrected in a still vaguely familiar but somewhat less cozy form.
Mr. Mort’s formal training consists of a single high school ceramics class, where the tendency of his pieces to explode when fired eventually led to him being banned from the kiln. He has since opted to work only with pre-fired materials.
His recapitated figures have been shown at La Luz de Jesus in Los Angeles and Webb Gallery in Waxahachie, Texas. A book of Mr. Mort’s work, The World’s Best Loved Art Treasures, was published by La Luz de Jesus Press in October of 2014. It is available at Wacko as well as a number of reputable booksellers.
