cultural hysteria

Cultural Hysteria
by Mario Zecca

266 W 37th Street (between 7th and 8th Ave)
New York, NY 10018

July 21 - August 5, 2011
Open: Thursdays - Saturdays, 11am to 7pm

The artist will be working live in the gallery, creating new site works.
Random acts of recorded sounds and acoustic live music will also be performed by the artist.

Opening reception: Saturday, July 23, 2-6pm
Poetry reading by Patricia Murphy: Saturday, July 30, 5pm. "Ekphrasis"

Referencing the overwhelming deluge of information, problems posed by pollution and population and the frantic pace of of life in the 21st century. New works dealing with death, dreams, imagination, relationships, attitude and evolution.

Artist Bio:
Mario Zecca was born in Oklahoma, grew up in the central Bronx, spent the following 20 years living in Oklahoma-attending OU; and California, experiencing a wide array of occupational activities from street musician and book illustrator to shoveling cement for house foundations.   Drawn to comic book art and drawing from an early age, he has exhibited fine art, careered in illustration and design and made major forays into writing, music and miniature sculpture.

Artist e-mail:
mzart@optonline.net