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Sounds & The City

8 of 55 cards by Rob Sussman
ART TODAY 030118 The variations of Rob Sussman’s world, exemplified in his deck of playing cards, “to mimic the heterogeneity of the Village Gate”

ART TODAY 030118 The variations of Rob Sussman’s world, exemplified in his deck of playing cards, “to mimic the heterogeneity of the Village Gate”

Clockwise from upper left: Emma Goldman, Nina Simone, Walt Whitman, card back, James Baldwin, Marcel Duchamp, Angela Davis, card back, Henry Geldzehler, Margaret Cho. The deck was inspired by famed Greenwich Village jazz and comedy club the Village Gate. Over the course of its 35 year history, the 3-story club hosted everyone from Nina Simone to Noam Chomsky, Richard Pryor to the Velvet Underground.

All Gates Open by Rob Sussman
ART TODAY 022618 All Gates Open inspired by a David Lynch talk on ‘where great ideas from’ – Acrostic Interview starts today

ART TODAY 022618 All Gates Open inspired by a David Lynch talk on ‘where great ideas from’ – Acrostic Interview starts today

Though named after a song by Can, I drew this upon hearing David Lynch talk about where great ideas come from. "Trillions and zillions of ideas," he said, "and they’re all there, waiting to be caught." I wanted to communicate that sense of abundance — a kind of blossoming, voluptuous life force. Fertility run amok.

Illustrator Joe Rocco
Review 2017: Thank you Joe Rocco for letting us into your heart and for sharing your world as a Hollywood Illustrator first, Cartoonist second, with endless possibilities.

Review 2017: Thank you Joe Rocco for letting us into your heart and for sharing your world as a Hollywood Illustrator first, Cartoonist second, with endless possibilities.

Joe Rocco is an award-winning American illustrator and designer with over 27 years experience in editorial publishing and animation. Joe’s work has been centered on Entertainment and Children’s publications and for 7 years he art-directed...

BonnoArt Super Tomato is Mad at Breakfast
ART TODAY 11.16.17 Actor, Writer, Painter – Three humoristic ways Chris Bonno expresses himself

ART TODAY 11.16.17 Actor, Writer, Painter – Three humoristic ways Chris Bonno expresses himself

As an Actor and Voice-over talent Chris Bonno moved to LA he earned guest and co-star roles on various sitcoms including “Mad About You”, The Drew Cary Show”, “Married with Children”, “Malcom and Eddie” and “Just Shoot Me”, to name a few. He’s also a working...