New York-based artist Scott Campbell makes his West Coast debut with the new exhibit Noblesse Oblige at LA’s OHWOW gallery. Campbell uses copper, currency, graphite, ink, and neon to transform traditional tattoo iconography into new forms.
Campbell sources uncut sheets of dollars directly from the United States Mint and, using a relief technique, creates intricate, three-dimensional carvings of the violent (skulls, guns) and holy (Jesus, Mary). He’s also known to engrave copper plates with a tattoo gun and draw on the interior of ostrich eggshells. Pretty wild stuff.
Noblesse Oblige
March 19 – April 22, 2011
Opening Reception March 19, 2011 6-9pm
OHWOW Los Angeles
937 N. La Cienega
Los Angeles, CA 90069