A Couple o' Boys (and their penises) from Saskatchewan

I'm going to miss this opening because of the new job's commitments, but got a sneak preview at the gallery last weekend. The (expected, but in this case overly profound) discrepency between the photographs of the art work and the art itself in person prompts me to encourage folks to take the time to see this show.

"Play Boys: A Two-Man Exhibition" opens this Thursday night at craig scott gallery (CSg) on Berkley, south of Queen. Both artists (Zachari Logan -- boy with, ahem, gun -- and David Folk -- boy in bed with socks) are doing the MFAs at University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. The oil on canvas works are self-portraits. For those who notice certain attributes of the paintings' subjects, you will be interested to know the artists will be in attendance at the gallery on Thursday. Logan also painted the baseball player (delightfully called "Wrong Team") Go here: www.craigscottgallery.com for more, but really, these works just don't translate well to digital images, at all.

The works are big (larger than life size), but young artists = relatively (measured against the size of the works, certainly) inexpensive prices. Buy a nude for above the couch for Pride.

I quite like both sets of work, but Logan's stuff really is masterfully done and very painterly (which is so, so lost in the images).

Check it out, ya'll. Tell Craig Scott I sent you -- maybe I'll get a discount on my next purchase :)