We are so excited to present our next show of solo and collaborative work by Louis St. Lewis and Sean Yseult which includes multimedia collage and silkscreens on silk.
The show opening is this Saturday, May 19, from 5-9 pm.
Noted artist and North Carolina native Louis St. Lewis has been kicked out of every school he ever attended. With over 30 solo shows to his credit and over 100 news articles and reviews profiling him, he has been praised by critics and collected by princes. St. Lewis was once hailed by Andy Warhol as “Hieronymous Bosch meets Mtv.”
He has exhibited internationally and is represented in Paris, San Francisco, Raleigh, Charlotte, and New Orleans. Noted for his lush collage techniques and biting wit, Mr. St. Lewis draws his share of comments. Mark Sloan, curator of the prestigious Halsey Gallery at the College of Charleston states, “If people were electrical current, Louis St. Lewis would definately be HIGH VOLTAGE.”
St. Lewis has permanant pieces in The Ogden, NOMA, The Masur Museum of Art and The Morris Museum of Art.
A New Orleanian for 10 years, Sean Yseult spent her childhood at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston Salem, where she studied both ballet and visual art. She continued studying graphics and photography, receiving her BFA at New York’s Parsons School of Design.
Yseult went on to co-found and play bass for Grammy-nominated rock band WHITE ZOMBIE, moving to New Orleans as soon as they disbanded. Her photography showed in a number of galleries independently and in collaboration with Louis St. Lewis, receiving high accolades.
Post-hurricane, Yseult began filling sketchbooks with abstract graphics from her early childhood influences including Peter Max, Maurice Sendak, Beardsley, and Pucci. The vision quickly took shape on silkscreened silk charmeuse, and they have been snapped up by high end boutiques in London, Tokyo, Paris, Melbourne, New York and Los Angeles.
Before being kicked out of the North Carolina School of the Arts, Louis met Sean. The two became fast friends and cohorts, creating spontaneous art collaborations that usually led to trouble. Since then, St. Lewis and Yseult have collaborated on shows in New Orleans, Raleigh, and New York City, where they first showed their collection “12 Inches of Fame” at the gallery of the famed and now defunct CBGB’s. Theirs was the final show at the venue before its closing, and some of the remaining work will be premiering in NOLA, along with some brand new collaborative pieces.
Show on view until June 16. Gallery hours 12-5 Wed-Sat.
Be on the lookout opening night for special guests!
-Amy
