Glenn Barr

This piece of original artwork comes ready to hang.

Inner State Gallery and Heron Arts are proud to announce The Detroiter a unique collaborative group show opening July 30th, 2016 in San Francisco. Featuring a vast selection of artists with ties to Detroit, the exhibition includes artists currently living and working in Detroit, expatriate Detroit artists from around the globe, as well as select artists from the Bay Area who take inspiration from Detroit’s unique visual landscape. On top of over 50 visual artists, the exhibition will include a showcase from Ghostly International curated by Detroit's trendsetting Movement Electronic Music Festival, bringing the Detroit sound to San Francisco with live performances from Matthew Dear, Shigeto and Lusine.

This expansive group exhibition will feature original artwork from:
Andrew Krieger - April Segedi - Ben Saginaw - Brett Amory - Camilo Pardo - Clinton Snider - Dabls - Dan Armand - Derek Weisberg - Dessislava Terzieva - Ellen Rutt - Fel3000ft - Glenn Barr - Graem Whyte - Jeremy Harvey - Jerry Vile Jesse Kassel - John Dunivant - Jonny Alexander - Julian Spradlin -
Lauren Harrington - Lucien Shapiro - Mark Arminski - Mark Sarmel -
Matt Eaton - Matt Gordon - Michelle Tanguay - Nick Jaskey - NNII - Ouizi - Pat Perry - Patrick Ethan - Paul Johnson - Paula Schubatis - Paula Zammit Peter Adamyan - Rashaun Rucker - Ron Zakrin - Ryan Doyle - Scott Hocking Shaun Roberts - Stephanie Buer - Sydney James - Tiff Massey - Tom Thewes -
Tylonn Sawyer - Vaughn Taormina and Eugene Watson

Glenn Barr's surreal creatures, specters and tragic characters live in a seedy universe, drenched in the grit and haze of a post-apocalyptic urban dreamscape. His Detroit work has been labeled Pop Surrealism, Pop Pluralism, Lowbrow, Regional, Outsider, Ashcan or as he coins the phrase “B Cultural-ism”. Barr finds inspiration in the city streets as well as from pop and counter cultures that infuse a familiarity in his many parallel realities. With a nod to old master painting, pulp art, and cartooning, Barr's paintings are mesmerizing in their narrative complexities and technical depth.