Beefmaster artist Kottie Paloma will be exhibiting work at Rubin Chapelle for Fashion’s Night Out.

‘The work in Brooklyn based artist Kottie Paloma’s newest exhibit at Rubin and Chapelle called GOLD and BROWN, includes drawings and sculpture. The drawings depicting young contemporary black woman posing on colorful rugs and striped mattresses brings to mind the works of Matisse, Cezanne and Manet with a 2010 twist. Most of these women are posing with 9MM guns and cigarettes. Paloma Brilliantly juxtaposes fluorescent pinks, blues and yellows while accenting everything with gold. The idea for his latest drawings began in 2008 in San Francisco where he lived in a loft at 6th and Market considered the armpit of San Francisco. These are the drug addicted and abused woman occupying the residential hotels next to Kottie’s studio. This drawing project originally called The Hotel Girls, transforms these women from battered to beautiful, yet still objectifying them as sexual objects lying in their bikinis and underwear. However, one gets the feeling that these women already know this and they don’t care. 22 soft cigarette sculptures (edition of 25) called Shortys each one numbered and signed stack the floor of the gallery. Each made by hand by Kottie. Another sculpture called Godiva, a small teddy bear, painted brown and gold leafed with 23 carrot gold reflects the nature of chocolate as an economic divide between rich and poor. Kottie Paloma GOLD and BROWN opens to the public at Rubin and Chapelle Friday September 10th 2010.’

To view Kottie’s video Officer Fuckface and Sidekick Gun visit our project room archives by clicking here.

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