First Amendment Gallery is pleased to announce, “REAL ICKY,” a new solo exhibition by Bay Area artist, Erik Bender. Initially under the influence of urban life and graffiti culture, Bender’s subjects exist in a mysterious world built by personal iconography and style. For “REAL ICKY,” Bender muses on the unknown and unfamiliar, maneuvering his expansive letterform characters in expressionist shapes to create an energetic visual dialog chronicling the many facets of the human condition.