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Todd Schorr's Universe -- A New Retrospective of the Pop Surrealist at Otis
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Jul 3, 2010
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Todd Schorr's Universe -- A New Retrospective of the Pop Surrealist at Otis
Pop Surrealist or "Lowbrow" artist Todd Schorr mixes Bruegel and Bosch, Duck-and-Cover and Scopes, Max Fleischer and "The Mummy," to come up with paintings you can lose yourself in, and in the process, come to understand Schorr's worldview.
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Pop Surrealist or "Lowbrow" artist Todd Schorr mixes Bruegel and Bosch, Duck-and-Cover and Scopes, Max Fleischer and "The Mummy," to come up with paintings you can lose yourself in, and in the process, come to understand Schorr's worldview.

Pop Surrealist or "Lowbrow" artist Todd Schorr mixes Bruegel and Bosch, Duck-and-Cover and Scopes, Max Fleischer and "The Mummy," to come up with paintings you can lose yourself in, and in the process, come to understand Schorr's worldview.

Despite his popularity and talent, Schorr is only now getting a retrospective in Southern California, at a new show at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design.

Schorr invited Off-Ramp host John Rabe to the opening to talk about his work, and what it means to him and the genre get a retrospective.