Teaser Preview: Conor Harrington’s “When the Ship Goes Down” @ CONTROL Gallery, Los Angeles


Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home 

Conor Harrington has always been an enigma. He doesn’t overly share, doesn’t grab a bullhorn to express his beliefs; it’s all there in the work. Through 3x on the cover of Juxtapoz, there is a pattern of anti-authority, understanding the past, confronting a history and tradition that may no longer apply and the struggle to come to grips with that identity crisis is at the heart of Conor’s work. It’s about a struggle, both internal and political, that plagues us.  “I’ve been painting 18th Century European archetypes for many years now, as for me they represent an almost cartoon-like representation of European excess and arrogance,” Harrington said recently. “It was a time of great opulence and ego and this is best…

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