Lowlights from the Exhibition
The Art Dreco Manifesto
Above are highlights from the Chalkware section of the Dreco Exhibition. Top Row are Kewpie, a fragment from Washington's White Horse, new piece Woolite Dreams, Bathing Beauty. Bottom row are Rin-Tin-Tin, National Geographic, Popeye, Superman, Taco Bell, Rin-Tin-Tin II, and Borzoi
The Art Dreco Exhibition graced Paxton Gate's gallery space on Valencia Street during a successful 2001 exhibition. Exhibition categories included Chalkware Dreco (seen above), Political Dreco, Lumi Dreco,Shell Dreco Tie Dreco, Stuffed Dreco, and the works of famous Drecoists Augustus Sheissmacher, Chester Eggert, and Clarice Henry.
Also on display were audio dreco masterpieces, such as Florence Foster Jenkins, and
A new category, Neo Dreco emerged, namely new mass produced pieces constructed with the same loving lack of taste and talent as established Dreco. Note the comparison between Taco Bell (purchased at Walgrens - a rich source of Neo Dreco) and Rin Tin Tin.
