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Popping In On The Pop-Up Gallery – The Art Of Wonder Art Exhibit: NYCC 2016

Published Sat, 08 Oct 2016 07:00:58 -0500

by Chuck Brouillette

Last year on the Thursday NYCC 2015 opened I spent my first afternoon outside of The Javitts Center in a smart gallery downtown with some rather super-inspired installation art.

But this year I didn't have to travel nearly as far to check in on how artists (who also happen to be fans of DC Comics' high Trinity of heroes) have been recognized by the comic con event. Art Of Wonder, a mini pop-up gallery was on display right on site of convention hall.

Kudos to the producers of the show and the owners of the property for bringing this interpretive art, inspired by one of the cornerstone of comicdom as well as corporate licensing, into the fold of her fan boy/girl et al artist selves.

It's funny to recall a story i'd here from comic sketch artists at events over the last couple of decades regarding how the licensing rights owner's of Wonder Woman were particularly litigious regard unlicensed art featuring the character. If so, how things have changed.

The exhibit focuses on three fresh & over-sized interpretation of the most amazing amazon in American fiction. A raven-haired beauty who just so happens to be celebrating her 75th birthday this year. And its an evolution of their debut at San Diego Comic Con this past summer at the hands of the 3 Southern California artists who created them.

Also on display are images of Our Heroine from her comics, and her most well known comic artists over the years. But the primary focus are the three massive pieces that originated as street art at tge San Diego event.

Katherine Brannock's vivid and primary canvas mixes a brilliant blend of the 3 most primary of colors into a swirling black-velvet romp.

Celeste Byers classically captures Princess Diana of Themyscria against floral fucias and sky blues.

And Christina Angelina's artfully strobed silhouette likenesses of Wonder Woman film star, Gal Gadot, is set off by splashes of color at each bare shoulder.