Paul Madonna is known for drawings of the city and sometimes maddening text. His new venture concerns toys from his childhood and sometimes maddening text. What’s the connection … with the art? We don’t know. Both are irresistible, and that’s progression enough for us. The new exhibit,
“In What Era Will You Get Stuck?,” appears alongside a book of art, but don’t call it a catalog: Madonna comes from zine culture, and the exhibit exists mostly to christen the premiere issue of his new publication,
Album. He’s going to do one issue a year, and for someone used to newspaper deadlines for his
All Over Coffee strip, that sort of lead time must be liberating. Perhaps that’s why he’s drawing toys.
Nov. 13-Jan. 9, 2009