SULAC’S “THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM”
BY STEPHANIE SMITTLE AND LINDSEY MILLAR
‘SULAC: NEW ARTWORK FOR THE NEW YEAR’ THROUGH SATURDAY 5/28. GALLERIES & BOOKSTORE AT LIBRARY SQUARE.
Local visual artist Sulac has managed to build an entire universe with marker, paper and colored pencil — one populated with donkeys ferrying giant eggs and cats named CATherine O’Hara and overly ambitious water towers and women wearing tiny houses as hats. To call the work whimsical is to understate its bite; Sulac’s smiling suns and heavy-lidded flowers often seem one click away from mischief, macabre deeds or flat-out existential crisis. Or maybe they’re just suns and flowers to be taken at face value? You be the judge; this show of new work is up through May at Central Arkansas Library System’s Library Square in the River Market. SS
The omicron variant has yet to fade out of view, and continues to suspend artists and hospitality industry workers in a state of calendar limbo. If you’re staying in, now’s a great time to buy a gift certificate from your favorite bar (buy your future self a beer!) or order merch from your favorite local musician. If you’re going out, may we suggest that you booster up, mask up, have that vaccination card ready and tip well? Gathering safely for live performance is a work in progress; be on the lookout for cancellations, policy changes or date changes, and handle them with all the grace you can summon. ARKANSASTIMES.COM
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