pettibon.

Untitled (A very Columbus...), 2001.
from Regan Projects, Los Angeles, and David Zwirner, New York

the new york times did great justice to artist raymond pettibon in their recent magazine profile; read here. his art takes on a punk-rock feel with wild comic-like sketches + drawings + paintings with images of surfing, locomotives, baseball + gumby. it's all in the bio.

ART:21: Are any of the characters in your work ever heroes? Say the baseball players.

PETTIBON: I'm not in awe of what most people would consider heroes which would be someone of stature and power. In fact those would tend to be people who I don’t respect at all. The public has a kind of natural awe of them that tends to be a mixture of fear, control, and violence. You could say the loss of innocence in baseball began with the fixing of the games in 1919 with the Black Socks World Series Scandal.