Exhibition

Tomorrow's Vig by Martin Eaton

We're proud to present "TOMORROW'S VIG," an examination of the unexpected prices humans pay traveling the roads of everyday life to find happiness. Martin Eaton, the writer/art director, pulls nine stories from his forthcoming coffee table book of illustrated flash fiction for this three-day exhibition.

An unequivocal amuse-bouche, this author and creative tactician teases the audience with a distinctive art style for each of his nine genre-hopping short stories. Singularly, they offer a glancing emotional punch that lingers just long enough for you to realize you've held your breath—and then you're whisked away. In an inexperienced hand, it would mirror annoying channel surfing, but his decades of directing creatives produces a dichromatic visual and narrative experience that feels purposeful and pleasurable.

It's a unique expression that maintains its grip on the viewer for the solid thirty minutes required to complete his narrative tour. And to see his outward delight, palpable, watching each queued reader slow as they migrate to the next piece, lingering longer on the artwork so as not to repeat the false assumptions that betrayed them when they began, was a treat.

Finishing the collection, you realize you've let all assumptions go by the second or third to last piece and given yourself over to whatever emotion Martin wants to elicit in the next story. It felt invigorating and delicious. And never high brow.

"I'm not trying for souffle...more an exquisite doughnut," Martin admits. A sugary spritz to enjoy with our false courage as we walk out the door, arrogantly believing we've got it more sorted than his faux everyday heroes and heroines. Until we misstep crossing the street, as he knows we will—and the Vig comes due.

Opening Reception: Monday, March 11th 2024 from 6:00-8:00PM Closing March 13th, 2024 from 12:00-8:00pm Gallery Hours: March 11th-13th, from 12:00-8:00PM